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Table 5 Result estimates of the final mixed model describing risk factors for low colostrum quality in 167 colostrum samples from 19 dairy herds in a specific region in Norway (Ringsaker municipality, Hedmark County)

From: Indirect quantification of IgG using a digital refractometer, and factors associated with colostrum quality in Norwegian Red Cattle

Variable

Class

Estimate

LSM

95% CI LSM

P

Intercept

 

3.71

40.9

< 0.001

Parity

1

− 0.14

35.5

27.74

45.47

0.252

2

− 0.33

29.4

22.76

37.89

0.011

3

− 0.19

33.8

25.67

44.45

0.191

> 4

0

40.85

33.84

49.311

  1. Lower and upper 95% confidence intervals (CI) are given for the back transformed least square means (LSM)