Bayesian analysis of calving ease scores and birth weights.docVIP

Bayesian analysis of calving ease scores and birth weights Morrison Hall, Department of Animal Science, Cornell Ithaca, Summary - In a typical two stage procedure, breeding value prediction for calving ease in a threshold model is conditioned on estimated genetic and residual covariance matrices. These covariance matrices are traditionally estimated using analytical approximations. A Gibbs sampler for making full Bayesian inferences about fixed effects, breeding values, thresholds and genetic and residual covariance matrices to analyze jointly a trait with multiple ordered categories