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Table 1 Posterior estimates for the higher-order parameters in the model of hoof temperature.

From: Normal variation in thermal radiated temperature in cattle: implications for foot-and-mouth disease detection

Factor

Parameter

Mean

Median

95% credible limits

    

Lower

Upper

intercept

mean

14.03

14.04

11.60

16.37

 

s.d.

4.88

4.76

3.40

7.09

ambient temperature

mean

0.78

0.78

0.64

0.93

 

s.d.

0.29

0.29

0.20

0.43

hoof (front-left is baseline)

    

front-right

mean

0.24

0.24

-0.51

1.00

 

s.d.

1.35

1.32

0.83

2.09

hind-left

mean

-0.06

-0.06

-0.48

0.37

 

s.d.

0.26

0.19

0.03

0.83

hind-right

mean

-0.04

-0.04

-0.46

0.38

 

s.d.

0.21

0.14

0.03

0.70

camera aspect (front is baseline)

    

lateral

mean

-0.94

-0.94

-1.34

-0.53

 

s.d.

0.13

0.10

0.03

0.42

medial

mean

-1.19

-1.20

-1.60

-0.77

 

s.d.

0.12

0.09

0.02

0.36

rear

mean

-0.69

-0.70

-1.10

-0.28

 

s.d.

0.13

0.10

0.03

0.43

  1. s.d.: standard deviation (reflecting between-animal variability in the parameter)