Sue Crengle, Janet Smylie, Margaret Kelaher, Michelle Lambert, Susan Reid, Joanne Luke, Ian Anderson, Jennie Harré Hindmarsh, Matire Harwood
Cardiovascular disease medication health literacy among Indigenous peoples: design and protocol of an intervention trial in Indigenous primary care services
BMC public health
estimation breeding values prime concern animal breeders order achieve desired genetic progress farm animals however current methods estimating bv involve simultaneous selection animal model computationally intensive timeconsuming present attempt made predict breeding values weaning trait artificial neural networks ann bayesian technique bt multiple regression mr methods data records comprising year birth sex type birth dams weight kidding birth weight weaning weight estimated breeding values bv weaning weight animal model pertaining 849 kids born 37 sires 237 dams 2004 2019 used study three methods viz ann multilayer perceptron 2 hidden layers bt markov chain monte carlo mcmc approach mr full model used 75 training dataset initially prediction model developed applied 25 test dataset initial analysis showed positive significant p 001 relationship bv variables hinted bv may predicted accuracy revealed results indicated ann bt mr methods similar accuracy r 086 087 prediction bv however ann showed slightly higher negligible model adequacy bt mr method prediction error three methods almost equal results indicated methods could used potential alternative recurrent prediction bv based phenotypic data order optimize selection plans young age resourced population beetal goat