Table 4.

The effect ofTNF-αandLTFgenes on DM

Gene	Inter-calving period	Estimate	Standard error
TNF-α	1	−0.05145	0.1109
	2	−0.14070	0.1081
	3	−0.03931	0.1206
	4	−0.06595	0.1375
	5	0.35460*	0.1561
	6	0.67430**	0.2332
LTF	1	−0.56560**	0.1864
	2	−0.04408	0.1836
	3	−0.08243	0.1989
	4	0.26440	0.2293
	5	0.58100*	0.2515
	6	0.53880	0.3819

Asterisks indicate statistical significance levels * P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01.