Table 3.

Correlation coefficients of ECM (Energy Corrected Milk) and tSCC (total Somatic Cell Count).

	Direction (i–j)a	Correlation	P value	Range (2.5–97.5%)
ECM	1–2	0.44	<0.001	0.23–0.64
ECM	2–3	0.42	<0.001	0.12–0.62
ECM	1–3	0.31	<0.001	0.09–0.54
ECM dam–offspring	L–L	0.11	<0.001	−0.06 to 0.30
tSCC	1–2	0.39	<0.001	0.22–0.57
tSCC	2–3	0.40	<0.001	0.21–0.62
tSCC	1–3	0.27	<0.001	0.10–0.47
tSCC dam–offspring	L–L	0.14	<0.001	−0.03 to 0.31

^aDirection (i–j) refers to the correlation between lactation number i and j (i.e., 1−2 refers to the correlation of the levels between the first and the second lactation), subscript L refers to relative lifetime value. Correlation values are global values, while ranges are for the individual farms.