... as: Riggio et al.: Genetic parameters for somatic cell score according to udder infection status in Valle del Belice dairy sheep and impact of imperfect diagnosis of infection Genetics Selection ... available, indicating whether an animal was infected at the time of sampling Therefore, instead of using mixture models to determine the infection status [1,11], we were able to analyze SCC, and therefore ... heritabilities of the infection status, estimated by considering the infection status both as a binary and continuous trait on the underlying scale, i.e liability to infection, and the expected...