Factors affecting the accuracy of urine-based biomarkers of BSE

Table 2 Samples of the Unknown Set.

Unknown Sample #	Gender	Breed	Age	Disease	Classification
1	male	Friesian/Holstein	10 years, 4 months	negative	negative
3	female	Friesian	4 years, 9 months	negative	negative
4	female	Friesian/Holstein	10 years, 7 months	positive	positive
5	female	Friesian	4 years, 8 months	positive	positive
6	female	Friesian	4 years, 9 months	negative	negative
7	male	Friesian/Holstein	10 years, 7 months	negative	positive
8	female	Friesian	8 years, 1 month	positive	positive
9	female	Friesian/Holstein	5 years, 0 months	positive	negative
10	female	Friesian	4 years, 9 months	negative	negative
11	female	Friesian	5 years, 5 months	negative	positive
12	female	Friesian	10 years, 4 months	positive	positive
13	female	Friesian	9 years, 4 months	positive	positive
14	male	Friesian/Holstein	10 years, 4 months	negative	negative
15	female	Friesian	10 years, 4 months	positive	positive
16	male	Friesian/Holstein	10 years, 4 months	negative	positive
17	female	Friesian	5 years, 5 months	negative	positive
18	female	Friesian/Holstein	5 years, 0 months	positive	positive
19	female	Friesian	4 years, 8 months	positive	positive
20	female	Friesian	5 years, 5 months	negative	negative

The gender, breed and age of the animal from which the samples were obtained are given in columns two, three, and four respectively. In column five the true disease state of the animals is given and in column 6 it is indicated how the samples were classified by the known set generated classifier. A suitable gel image of sample #2 was not obtained.

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