Author:
Brotherstone Susan,Hill W. G.
Abstract
ABSTRACTEstimates were obtained of the variability among herds of dairy cattle of the standard deviation (s.d.) and coefficient of variation (CV) of milk, fat and protein yield. For fat yield, for example, the mean s.d. within herds for heifers was about 30 kg, the s.d. among herds was 5·2 kg and the mean and s.d. of CV were 0·15 and 0·026, respectively. Correlations of both s.d. and CV were high between both heifers and cows in the same herd and year and between heifers or cows in the same herd in successive years, showing that variability was consistent over time and over age groups.Ways of correcting for the heterogeneity of variance for use in cow index calculations are suggested; because CVs are heterogeneous, simple log transformation is not sufficient.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology
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