Factor analysis

Comparison of factor-analytic and reduced rank models for test-day milk yield in Gyr dairy cattle (Bos indicus)

R. J. Pereira, Ayres, D. R., L. Faro, E., Verneque, R. S., Filho, A. E. Vercesi, and Albuquerque, L. G., Comparison of factor-analytic and reduced rank models for test-day milk yield in Gyr dairy cattle (Bos indicus), vol. 12, pp. 4036-4045, 2013.

We analyzed 46,161 monthly test-day records of milk production from 7453 first lactations of crossbred dairy Gyr (Bos indicus) x Holstein cows. The following seven models were compared: standard multivariate model (M10), three reduced rank models fitting the first 2, 3, or 4 genetic principal components, and three models considering a 2-, 3-, or 4-factor structure for the genetic covariance matrix. Full rank residual covariance matrices were considered for all models.

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