Animal Science Abstract
Use of a partial least-squares regression model to predict test day of milk, fat and protein yields in dairy goats
N.P.P. Macciotta1,A, C. Dimauro1, N. Bacciu1, P. Fresi2 and A. Cappio-Borlino1
AE-mail: macciott@uniss.it
1Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche, Università di Sassari, Via De Nicola 9, 07100 Sassari, Italy2Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, Via Togliatti 1587, 00155 Rome, Italy
Abstract
A model able to predict missing test day data for milk, fat and protein yields on the basis of few recorded tests was proposed., based on the partial least squares (PLS) regression technique, a multivariate method that is able to solve problems related to high collinearity among predictors. A data set of 1731 lactations of Sarda breed dairy Goats was split into two data sets, one for model estimation and the other for the evaluation of PLS prediction capability. Eight scenarios of simplified recording schemes for fat and protein yields were simulated. Correlations among predicted and observed test day yields were quite high (from 0.50 to 0.88 and from 0.53 to 0.96 for fat and protein yields, respectively, in the different scenarios). Results highlight great flexibility and accuracy of this multivariate technique.
Keywords: goats, milk fat, milk protein, prediction, regression analysis.
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