Attenuating effects of preferential treatment with Student-t mixed linear models a simulation study.docVIP

models: a simulation a a Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin, b Animal Production Research, Agricultural Research Centre - MTT, 31600 Jokioinen, Finland Abstract - Preferential treatment of cows in four herds of a multiple ovulation and embryo transfer scheme under selection was simulated. Prevalence and amount of preferential treatment depended on a function correlated with true breeding value. preferential treatment: the classical Gaussian model, a model with multivariate t- distributed errors clustered by herd, and a model with independent t-distributed degrees