When comparing the most represented breeds with each other, cross-breeding was more frequent among Mangalitza than L/LW (odds ratio: 11.55, 95% CIOR = 3.41 39.13).
In fact, six of the seven finalists in the competition represented breeds that had never won at Westminster: a Kerry Blue terrier, a Shih Tzu, a flat-coated retriever, a Pembroke Welsh Corgi and a bloodhound, in addition to the bichon.
The other most represented breeds were White Fulani (32.18%) and Goudali (6.44%).
Using the two most represented breeds of the case population, these analyses allow us to conclude that the SNP associations to WNV susceptibility are not artifacts attributable to breed specific allele frequencies in the major breeds of our case study population.
Breed was unavailable in 65.3 % of the records; on the other 34.7 % records, represented breeds included Domestic Shorthaired cats (n = 7; 30.4 %) and Persian (n = 1; 4.3 %).
The most commonly represented breeds included Labrador retriever (n = 6) and mixed breed (n = 4), with one dog representing the following breeds: Golden retriever, pit bull terrier, bichon frise, blue tick hound, and a Norfolk terrier.
The most represented breeds were Landrace and Large White pigs (L/LW; N = 275) followed by Duroc (N = 31) and Mangalitza (also called curly-hair hogs; N = 25).
The most represented breeds were Basset Hound, Miniature Schnauzer, Labrador Retriever (two cases each), and a single case from a Border Collie, Boxer, Pomeranian, Scottish Terrier and mixed breed.
We used Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and STRUCTURE [ 22] to represent breed and geographic differentiation.
Whole genome sequencing was performed in two Hanoverians and one Arabian representing breed horses and one Duelmener and Sorraia representing non-breed horses using the Illumina HiSeq2000 (Illumina, San Diego, CA).
