binnor {asreml}R Documentation

Footrot scores on lambs.

Description

Incidence of two footshape classes on 2513 lambs.

Usage

binnor

Format

A data frame with 10 columns and 2513 rows:

record

An integer vector of record numbers

year

Cross year, an integer vector with values 1 and 2

Grp

A factor with 5 levels

Sex

A factor with 2 levels

Sire

A factor with 18 levels

score4

Incidence of footshape class 1

score5

Incidence of footshape class 2

scald

Incidence of scald disease

rot

Incidence of rot disease

norm

A random normal variate

Details

The feet of 2513 lambs born in 1980 and 1981 from 5 mating groups were scored in two footshape classes: 1) all four feet are normal, and 2) one foot is deformed. Two indicator variables were also recorded for the presence of the disease conditions scald and rot.

References

Gilmour AR, Anderson RD, Rae AL (1985). “The Analysis of Binomial Data by a Generalized Linear Mixed Model.” Biometrika, 72, 593-599.


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