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Use of multivariate analysis to extract latent variables related to level of production and lactation persistency in dairy cattle.
Journal of dairy science - 1 Aug 2006
Macciotta N P P, Vicario D, Cappio-Borlino A
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Multivariate factor analysis and principal component analysis were used to decompose the correlation matrix of test-day milk yields of 48,374 lactations of 21,721 Italian Simmental cows. Two common latent factors related to level of production in early lactation and lactation persistency, and 2 principal components associated with the whole lactation yield and persistency were obtained. Factor and principal...
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