Table 1. Summary of sequencing data.

	Control a	FD b
Raw reads	14,214,146	16,415,279
Cleaned reads c	13,787,000	15,681,069
Sized reads d	6,838,797	8,464,633
Sized and unique sequences processed	215,663	204,005
Reads mapped e	5,784,949	7,278,339
Unique sequences corresponding to mapped reads	67,971	75,474

^ameans of data for the 4 Control goat libraries

^bmeans of data for the 6 FD goat libraries

^csequencing adapters removed

^d17-28 nt size filter, used by the miRDeep2 software

^ereads with at least one and at most five reported alignments, used by the miRDeep2 software.