Table 7.

Effects of combination genotypes of IL-17 F and IL-17A on SCS and serum cytokines in Chinese Holstein and Sanhe cattle

Breed	Genotype	n	SCS	IL-4,	IL-6,	IL-17^⌘,	IFN-γ,	TNF-α,
Breed	Genotype	n	SCS	ng/mL	pg/mL	pg/mL	pg/mL	pg/mL
Holstein	CCAA	49	5.71 ± 0.61	1.02 ± 0.07	179.14 ± 8.76	14.1 ± 1.05	44.57 ± 2.56	1.17 ± 0.07
	CCAG	101	6.02 ± 0.56	1.18 ± 0.06	171.31 ± 7.73	15.00 ± 0.93	47.53 ± 2.26	1.11 ± 0.06
	CCGG	78	6.02 ± 0.57	1.07 ± 0.07	176.25 ± 8.29	14.1 ± 0.99	47.28 ± 2.41	1.21 ± 0.06
	CTAG	47	5.43 ± 0.66	1.18 ± 0.07	176.97 ± 9.01	15.08 ± 1.08	44.66 ± 2.64	1.19 ± 0.07
	CTGG	42	4.57 ± 0.69	1.11 ± 0.07	183.34 ± 9.28	14.07 ± 1.08	44.98 ± 2.64	1.12 ± 0.07
	TTGG	16	4.6 ± 0.92	1.18 ± 0.10	175.63 ± 12.38	17.10 ± 1.49	45.79 ± 3.63	1.1 ± 0.09
	P value		0.23	0.11	0.83	0.35	0.71	0.51
Sanhe	CCAA	35	4.83 ± 0.35	0.88 ± 0.02	114.30 ± 4.28	13.82 ± 0.90^C	34.88 ± 1.41	1.15 ± 0.04
	CCAG	25	3.51 ± 0.39	0.99 ± 0.03	121.22 ± 5.00	15.15 ± 1.05^BC	37.60 ± 1.65	1.18 ± 0.04
	CCGG	16	4.99 ± 0.51	0.88 ± 0.04	130.81 ± 6.57	17.22 ± 1.39^AB	37.60 ± 2.17	1.23 ± 0.06
	CTAG	17	5.00 ± 0.49	0.94 ± 0.04	116.96 ± 6.46	12.68 ± 1.32^C	34.72 ± 2.13	1.19 ± 0.05
	CTGG	23	4.10 ± 0.44	0.94 ± 0.03	125.2 ± 5.82	14.58 ± 1.22^BC	36.75 ± 1.92	1.10 ± 0.05
	TTGG	9	4.42 ± 0.66	0.93 ± 0.056	131.11 ± 8.37	20.12 ± 1.89^A	40.37 ± 2.95	1.08 ± 0.08
	P value		0.05	0.11	0.15	<0.01	0.40	0.51

^⌘Means with different superscripts within the same column and breed are significantly different at P < 0.01 (capital letter)