. 2015 May 8;10(5):e0126498. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126498

Table 1. Meaning and results on synthetic phenotypic variables.

					Breed				Test
Trait	Variable	Variable code	LAG	NDA	BAO	BOR	ZFU	ks_test		Wilcox
PCV	Pre-infection median	PCV_Init	35.86	34.38	33.80	32.50	37.38	0.083		0.793
(%)			2.79	0.74	3.63	3.16	3.07
	Median	PCV_Med	30.36	28.63	27.60	26.13	25.50	0.002	^*	0.001	^**
			1.25	1.41	2.07	2.85	2.27
	Minimum	PCV_Min	24.86	23.88	22.60	21.75	19.38	0.004	^*	0.001	^**
			1.46	1.73	2.30	3.28	2.45
	Maximum decrease	PCV_MD	-11.00	-10.50	-11.20	-10.75	-18.00	0.010	^*	0.003	^*
			2.31	2.00	4.32	2.60	4.63
	Slope decrease	PCV_SD	-0.13	-0.21	-0.18	-0.19	-0.32	0.003	^*	0.001	^**
			0.02	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.11
	Final value	PCV_FI	31.86	31.00	30.20	29.13	24.88	0.048		0.007	^*
			2.67	2.07	3.27	3.23	5.99
	Final—init	PCV_FI-Init	-4.00	-3.38	-3.60	-3.38	-12.50	0.033		0.016	^*
			4.55	2.07	2.70	3.07	7.48
PA	Mean [log₁₀(PA+1)]	PA_Mean	1.88	2.01	2.17	1.67	2.16	0.425		0.060
(/ml)			0.22	0.46	0.48	0.94	0.88
	Rate of positive observation	PA_Obs	0.51	0.53	0.60	0.44	0.55	0.342		0.059
			0.06	0.11	0.11	0.24	0.21
	Frist day of positive sample	PA_First	16.00	15.75	15.60	15.38	17.13	0.744		0.362
			2.08	3.96	3.05	2.50	2.64
	Maximum value [log₁₀(PA+1)]	PA_Max	5.09	5.14	4.96	4.73	5.26	0.750		0.202
			0.48	0.58	0.53	0.92	0.83
Hb	Pre-infection median	Hb_Init	12.45	11.51	11.47	11.11	12.78	0.021		0.757
(g/dl)			0.94	0.36	0.94	0.93	1.16
	Median	Hb_Med	10.05	9.37	9.08	8.51	8.33	0.001	^**	0.001	^**
			0.48	0.43	0.47	0.83	0.80
	Minimum	Hb_Min	8.03	7.61	6.88	7.03	6.33	0.035		0.004	^*
			0.92	0.85	1.03	1.33	1.08
	Maximum decrease	Hb_MD	-4.42	-3.89	-4.59	-4.08	-6.45	0.002	^*	0.002	^*
			1.07	0.96	0.67	1.08	0.95
	Slope decrease	Hb_SD	-0.08	-0.06	-0.07	-0.10	-0.11	0.038		0.060
			0.03	0.02	0.03	0.06	0.03
	Final value	Hb_FI	10.31	9.85	9.64	9.49	7.75	0.021		0.005	^*
			0.51	0.62	1.00	0.96	1.79
	Final—init	Hb_FI-Init	-2.14	-1.66	-1.83	-1.63	-5.03	0.001	^**	0.002	^*
			0.77	0.49	0.67	0.78	1.86
RBC	Pre-infection median	RBC_Init	8.56	8.17	8.28	7.67	9.30	0.004	^*	0.964
(x10⁹/ml)			0.83	0.37	0.58	0.82	0.61
	Median	RBC_Med	7.16	6.81	6.69	5.82	6.36	0.010	^*	0.020
			0.55	0.79	0.38	0.73	0.60
	Minimum	RBC_Min	5.82	5.37	4.98	4.53	4.38	0.043		0.014
			0.76	0.87	0.50	0.99	1.20
	Maximum decrease	RBC_MD	-2.74	-2.80	-3.30	-3.13	-4.93	0.002	^*	0.000	^**
			0.92	0.77	0.69	0.77	1.00
	Slope decrease	RBC_SD	-0.05	-0.05	-0.04	-0.05	-0.09	0.046		0.014
			0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.04
	Final value	RBC_FI	8.01	7.34	7.30	6.40	5.44	0.018		0.007	^*
			1.17	1.25	0.52	0.97	1.53
	Final—init	RBC_FI-Init	-0.55	-0.83	-0.98	-1.26	-3.86	0.001	^**	0.000	^**
			1.41	1.07	0.81	0.87	1.48
TWBC	Pre-infection median	TWBC_Init	6.43	6.26	7.42	6.70	6.70	0.167		0.699
(x10⁶/ml)			0.88	0.39	0.93	0.79	0.91
	Median	TWBC_Med	13.81	12.31	11.70	9.96	8.99	0.001	^**	0.000	^**
			2.00	2.23	1.33	2.06	1.64
	Maximum	TWBC_Max	18.27	17.80	16.82	15.09	13.23	0.009	^*	0.003	^*
			2.78	2.99	2.42	2.45	2.32
	Maximum increase	TWBC_MI	11.84	11.54	9.40	8.39	6.53	0.010	^*	0.002	^*
			2.03	3.11	3.12	2.84	2.83
	Slope increase	TWBC_SI	0.14	0.12	0.09	0.11	0.09	0.143		0.036
			0.06	0.03	0.02	0.06	0.04
	Final value	TWBC_FI	16.96	15.21	15.02	13.26	10.63	0.020		0.000	^**
			3.02	3.71	2.51	2.97	3.34
	Final—init	TWBC_FI-Init	10.53	8.95	7.60	6.56	3.93	0.025		0.000	^**
			2.27	3.76	3.27	3.22	3.67

For each breed, the average for the individuals is noted, with its standard deviation below. P-values for the non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis tests (ks_test) on the 5 breeds and for the Wilcoxon tests (wilcox) comparing LAG and ZFU (LAG>ZFU hypothesis except PA) are shown.

Symbols:

“*” P-values ≤ 0.01

“**”P-values ≤ 0.001