Table 1. Summary showing various endpoints from small-RNA sequencing of plasma samples from Day 0, 8 and 16 of the oestrous cycle (n = 8 heifers).

	Day 0	Day 8	Day 16	Mean
Raw reads	9,241,040	9,380,798	8,737,868	9,119,902
Reads with adapter	8,461,507	8,361,521	7,918,324	8,247,117
Reads that passed QC	4,073,814	5,075,814	4,251,624	4,467,084
Reads that mapped to the genome	3,918,066	4,894,047	4,075,763	4,295,959
Total miRNA reads	2,727,909	3,468,900	2,922,572	3,039,794
Bovine miRNA reads	2,724,952	3,465,422	2,920,090	3,036,821
Human miRNA reads	2,957	3,479	2,482	2,973
Novel miRNA reads	1,493	2,034	1,597	1,700