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Table 2.

Descriptive statistics, heritabilities ( $h^{2}$ ), maternal effects ( $m^{2}$ ), phenotypic variances ( $σ_{p}^{2}$ ), breed effects and number of samples for calf serum traits

Trait	Mean (SD)	Range	$h^{2}$	$m^{2}$	$σ_{p}^{2}$	Breed^a		N
Trait	Mean (SD)	Range	$h^{2}$	$m^{2}$	$σ_{p}^{2}$	SLB	CRB	N
STP (g/dL)	6.0 (0.7)	4.9–7.2	0.07 (0.11)	0.22 (0.08)	0.44 (0.03)	0.27 (0.10)	0.18 (0.09)	808
S-IgG (g/L)^b	22.8 (12.8)	5.6–48.7	0.25 (0.13)	0.27 (0.08)	1.28 (0.08)	0.04 (0.24)	0.06 (0.18)	810
KLH-IgA	4.0 (1.3)	1.8–6.2	0.46 (0.14)	0.03 (0.08)	0.85 (0.05)	0.06 (0.24)	− 0.01 (0.16)	827
KLH-IgG	9.3 (1.7)	6.3–11.6	0.26 (0.14)	0.37 (0.08)	1.57 (0.10)	0.19 (0.27)	− 0.21 (0.19)	827
KLH-IgM	6.1 (1.7)	3.1–8.8	0.23 (0.13)	0.23 (0.08)	2.24 (0.13)	0.04 (0.31)	− 0.04 (0.23)	827
MDP-IgA	5.8 (1.8)	2.6–8.4	0.43 (0.16)	0.17 (0.08)	1.63 (0.10)	-0.03 (0.33)	0.16 (0.22)	774
MDP-IgG	6.7 (1.4)	4.3–9.0	0.24 (0.14)	0.25 (0.08)	1.33 (0.08)	0.14 (0.25)	− 0.10 (0.18)	821
MDP-IgM	7.8 (1.8)	4.4–10.0	0.59 (0.16)	0.19 (0.08)	1.61 (0.10)	0.08 (0.35)	0.03 (0.22)	825

Numbers in parenthesis are the standard errors

Bold characters highlight significant $h^{2}$ , $m^{2}$ and breed effects

Range shows the 5th quantile and 95th quantile, respectively

The natural antibodies are coded as follows: MDP Muramyl dipeptide, KLH Keyhole limpet hemocyanin, IgA Immunoglobulin A, IgG Immunoglobulin G, IgM Immunoglobulin M

N number of analyzed samples; STP serum total protein, S-IgG serum IgG

^aBreed effects are relative to Swedish Red (SRB)

^bVariance components and effects were estimated using a square root transformation