Genome-wide association study for response to vaccination in Angus calves1

BMC Genomic Data

Table 1 Posterior estimates of genetic (σ_g²) and residual (σ_e²) variance, and heritability (h²)

Virus	Trait^a	σ_g²	σ_e²	h²
BVDV1	Maternal Decay^b	0.01	0.03	0.22
	Maternal Antibody Titer^b	0.28	1.58	0.15
	Initial Titer	0.41	1.58	0.21
	Initial Vaccination Response	0.17	0.73	0.18
	Booster Vaccination Response	0.33	1.42	0.19
	Overall Vaccination Response	0.29	1.48	0.16
	Final Titer	0.33	1.65	0.17
BVDV2	Maternal Decay^b	0.005	0.02	0.21
	Maternal Antibody Titer^b	0.23	2.03	0.10
	Initial Titer	0.17	1.94	0.08
	Initial Vaccination Response	0.11	1.16	0.09
	Booster Vaccination Response	0.21	2.25	0.08
	Overall Vaccination Response	0.18	2.02	0.08
	Final Titer	0.20	2.01	0.09
BRSV	Initial Titer	0.18	1.38	0.12
	Initial Vaccination Response	0.07	0.35	0.16
	Booster Vaccination Response	0.09	0.42	0.18
	Overall Vaccination Response	0.09	0.47	0.16
	Final Titer	0.08	0.49	0.14
BHV1	Initial Titer	0.14	1.24	0.10
	Initial Vaccination Response	0.22	1.52	0.13
	Booster Vaccination Response	0.29	2.20	0.18
	Overall Vaccination Response	0.30	2.28	0.12
	Final Titer	0.27	2.36	0.10

^aAll trait titers measured in log₂ transformations from serum neutralization dilutions. Maternal Decay measured as log₂ titer change per day
^bMaternal Decay and Maternal antibody titer data only available for BVDV1 and BVDV2 (Bayes C analysis)

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