Table 1.

Phenotype composition of the three chicken lines used in the GWAS

Breed	Died	Carrier state	Clearance	Total
BY	27	0	50	77
DW	89	77	198	364
RIR	84	84	209	377
Total	200	161	457	818

BY Beijing You, DW Dwarf Chicken, RIR Rhode Island Red. These are the number of chicks that died, carried and cleared the pathogen, respectively