Table 1. Results of qPCR for calf faecal samples (along the time line).

	Calf faeces sampling time point (TP*)
	TP 1	TP 2	TP 3	TP 4	TP 5
Median	8.74×103	1.08×105	3.60×104	5.77×106	5.91×106
Percentile 25%	4.26×103	2.53×104	5.64×103	2.37×106	2.83×106
Percentile 75%	1.37×105	2.16×105	7.59×105	1.40×107	2.78×107
Minimum	2.24×102	1.08×103	5.22×102	1.44×104	2.62×105
Maximum	1.61×106	5.25×105	2.00×107	2.16×107	5.60×107
Significantly different to TP*	4, 5	4, 5	4, 5	1, 2, 3	1, 2, 3

Descriptive statistics and results of paired Wilcoxon test with Benjamini-Hochberg correction (P<0.05) are given.

*TP 1 = 0.5 hours post natum (p.n.), TP 2 = 6 hours p.n., TP 3 = 12 hours p.n., TP 4 = 24 hours p.n., TP 5 = 48 hours p.n.