Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

Table 3 Presentation of the results from type3 F tests and the analyses of the variance components of the herd and cow components of the clinical parameters (obs= Observer, dim=Days in Milk and par=parity).

From: Contributions to variability of clinical measures for use as indicators of udder health status in a clinical protocol

	Fixed Effect							Random effects
Parameter	obs	dim	par	obsdim*	dimpar*	obspar*	dim ⁿ	Farm	Cow	Residual
Soiling legs	0.003	-	0.002	NS	NS	NS	dim⁴ P = 0.002	14.0	21.7	64.3
Soiling udder	NS	-	NS	NS	NS	NS	dim⁴ P < 0.001	14.0	8.3	77.7
Soiling teats	0.021	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	25.9		74.1
Calluses hocks	-	-	-	0.009	0.006	NS	NS	24.5	25.8	49.7
Claw length	0.001	NS	0.001	NS	NS	NS	NS	21.3		78.7
Mange	***	NS	0.018	NS	NS	NS	NS	70.0		30.0
Long udder	0.003	<0.001	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	5.0		95.0
Withdrawn	N/C	0.066	0.008	N/C	0.016	N/C	NS	34.0		66.0
Asymmetric	NS	NS	0.005	NS	NS	NS	NS	10.9		89.1
Small udder	N/C	NS	***	N/C	NS	N/C	NS	40.1		59.9
Deep Udder	NS	0.044	***	NS	NS	NS	NS	35.0		65.0
Asym. Fore	NS	-	-	NS	0.003	NS	NS	5.9		94.1
Asym. Hind	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	28.3		71.7
Udder consist.	-	-	-	0.043	NS	0.005	dim⁶ P < 0.001	2.6	19.4	78.0
Oedema	-	***	NS	NS	NS	NS	dim³ P = 0.001	24.4		75.6
Inflammation	N/C	0.009	NS	N/C	NS	N/C	NS	9.3		90.7
Uddernode	N/C	0.007	0.009	N/C	NS	N/C	NS	89.4		10.6
Nodular tissue	N/C	NS	NS	N/C	NS	N/C	NS	53.1		46.9
Conical teat	N/C	N/C	N/C	N/C	N/C	N/C	N/C	38.3		61.7
Short teat	N/C	0.014	***	N/C	NS	N/C	NS	24.1		75.9
Fleshy teat	N/C	NS	N/C	N/C	N/C	N/C	NS	64.1		35.9
Other/long teat	N/C	NS	0.017	N/C	NS	N/C	NS	79.4		20.6
Teatskin	***	-	NS	NS	NS	NS	dim⁶P = 0.003	7.2	21.1	71.7
Wounds	-	-	0.020	0.025	NS	NS	NS	26.0		74.0
Warts	NS	-	NS	NS	NS	NS	dim² P = 0.009	19.6		80.4
Wounds warts	***	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	5.1		94.9
Warts -tip	***	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	15.3		84.7
Teatend callus	-	-	-	NS	NS	0.020	dim⁶ P = 0.019	7.4	44.3	48.3
Scar	N/C	NS	N/C	N/C	N/C	N/C	NS	71.1		28.9
Hardness	N/C	NS	NS	N/C	NS	N/C	NS	46.7		53.3

Obs = observer
Dim = days in milk
Par = parity
*** P < 0.001
'- 'signifies significant interaction with other parameter, value not relevant
N/C – non convergence of model
NS – not significant

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