Screening for transcriptomic associations with Swine Inflammation and Necrosis Syndrome

BMC Veterinary Research

Table 1 Scores (Mean ± SE after Z-transformation) of the different body parts and SINS score by SINS (low vs. high) and boar breed (DU, PI⁺, PI⁻)

	SINS	DU	PI⁺	PI⁻	R²_Boar	R²_SINS	P_Boar	P_SINS
Ear Score	low	-2.15ad* ± 0.39	-1.25b ± 0.51	-0.94 cd ± 0.51	0.198	0.566	(0.053)	< 0.001
	high	-0.34a ± 0.51	1.17d ± 0.51	1.24abc ± 0.44
Face Score	low	-0.62a ± 0.52	-0.24 ± 0.67	-0.88b ± 0.67	0.099	0.312	n.s.	0.005
	high	1.03 ± 0.67	0.4 ± 0.67	1.19ab ± 0.58
Tail Tip Score	low	-0.67ab ± 0.41	0.29c ± 0.53	-0.03d ± 0.53	0.062	0.281	n.s.	0.008
	high	1.24a ± 0.53	-0.03e ± 0.53	1.95bcde ± 0.46
Tail Base Score	low	-0.99abc ± 0.28	-0.99def ± 0.36	-0.99ghi ± 0.36	0.056	0.762	n.s.	< 0.001
	high	0.76adg ± 0.36	1.05beh ± 0.36	1.19cfi ± 0.31
Teat Score	low	-0.64ad ± 0.41	-0.73b ± 0.52	-0.58c ± 0.52	0.027	0.386	n.s.	0.002
	high	0.16 ± 0.52	1.49abc ± 0.52	0.71d ± 0.45
Claw Wall Score	low	-2.76abc ± 0.15	-1.7abc ± 0.2	-2.76abc ± 0.2	0.037	0.909	n.s.	< 0.001
	high	0.44a ± 0.2	0.44b ± 0.2	0.44c ± 0.17
Coronary Band Score	low	-1.24ab ± 0.25	-1.24c ± 0.32	-0.88d ± 0.32	0.047	0.734	n.s.	< 0.001
	high	1.25acd ± 0.32	0.18acd ± 0.32	0.89bcd ± 0.28
Heels Score	low	-1.72ad ± 0.6	-0.92b ± 0.77	-1.44c ± 0.77	0.019	0.497	n.s.	< 0.001
	high	0.3d ± 0.77	1.16ac ± 0.77	1.77abc ± 0.67
SINS Score	low	-10.78aef ± 1.04	-6.77ae ± 1.34	-8.51bcd ± 1.34	0.017	0.892	n.s.	< 0.001
	high	4.83be ± 1.34	5.85ac ± 1.34	9.39df ± 1.16

DU: offspring from Duroc boar; PI⁺: offspring from SINS stable Pietrain boar; PI⁻; offspring from SINS-susceptible Pietrain boar; R²: Coefficient of determination; P: significance; n.s.: not significant. Z-transformed SINS scores in SINS-low and SINS-high groups varied from − 13.86 to -5.39 and from 4.18 to 12.83, respectively
*: For each body part, six values (three boars in low or high SINS status were compared. Values with the same letter were statistically significant (P < 0.05)

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