ReadMe for "Immune stability predicts TB infection risk in a wild mammal" Seguel et al. 2019 (Proocedings of the Royal Society of London B, Citation TBA) 04 September 2019 This readme file describes data files accompany the above publication. For any further queries please contact mseguel@uga.edu or vezenwa@uga.edu The following files are included: 1) "Seguel_data1.csv" This is the dataset used to fit Generalized Linear Mixed Models and calculate population level adjusted repeatability of immune traits. Column explanations for "Seguel_data1.csv" Column Meaning capture_id Capture identification number (unique ID) animal_id Animal identification number season_4 Season of capture condition Body condition score pregnant Pregnancy status milk Presence or absence of milk age Age (in months) wbc White blood cell count (cells*1000/uL) plt Platelets numbers (cells*100000/uL) segs Number of neutrophils (cells*1000/uL) lymphocytes Number of lymphocytes (cells*1000/uL) monocytes Number of monocytes (cells*1000/uL) eosinophils Number of eosinophils (cells*1000/uL) TB_status Tuberculosis status as determined by IFN gamma test ifn_gamma Interferon gamma concentration in serum after leukocyte stimulation (ug/uL) il4 Interleukin-4 concentration in serum after leukocyte stimulation (ng/uL) badv_3 Bovine adenovirus antibody concentration in serum (proportional difference in absorbance between sample and negative controls) bka_ecoli Serum bactericidal capacity against Escherichia coli (proportion bacteria killed) bka_staph Serum bactericidal capacity against Staphylococcus aureus (proportion bacteria killed) 2) "Seguel_data2.csv" This is the dataset used to fit Cox proportional hazard regression models to predict tuberculosis infection risk using individual repeatability and coefficient of variation. Column explanations for "Seguel_data2.csv" Column Meaning Animal ID Animal identification number tb_inf Presence of TB infection timetoTB Time from first capture to diagnosis of TB age Age at first capture herd Herd membership lymph_ave Average number of lymphocytes (cells*100/uL) IFN_ave Average concentration of interferon gamma (ug/uL) ad3_ave Average concentration of bovine adenovirus 3 antibodies (proportional difference in absorbance between sample and negative controls) lymph_r Lymphocyte repeatability ifn_r Interferon gamma repeatability ad3_r Bovine adenovirus-3 antibody repeatability lymph_cv Lymphocyte coefficient of variation ifn_cv Interferon gamma coefficient of variation ad3_cv Bovine adenovirus-3 antibody coefficient of variation