Fig. 7

Slow-growth families are more susceptible to enteric parasite infection. a Difference in weight (in percentage) of control (C) or Enteromyxum leei infected (R) fish after 70 days post-infection relative to weight at day 0. Data are represented as mean + SEM. Differences between families were tested by Student’s t test (control groups P = 0.0003, infected groups P = 0.0331). b Intensity of infection represented as mean + 95% CI of log transformed parasite DNA copies per fish. Each dot represents the intensity value of an infected individual. Differences between families were tested by Student’s t test (P = 0.0003). c Parasite abundance represented as mean + 95% CI of log transformed parasite DNA copies per fish. Differences between families were tested by Mann-Whitney test (P = 0.031) and Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (P = 0.017)