Table 1. Loadings of the first six components extracted by principal component analysis (PCA), after varimax rotation of cow´s ears, tail and neck positions recorded while queuing, brushing and feeding.

Variable	Body part	PC1	PC2	PC3	PC4	PC5	PC6
Above horizontal	Neck	0.59	0.03	-0.15	0.07	-0.12	-0.04
Back up	Ears	0.46	-0.04	0.08	-0.17	-0.03	0.17
Back down	Ears	0.42	0.15	0.20	0.17	-0.03	-0.48
Horizontal	Neck	-0.12	0.51	-0.02	-0.22	-0.25	0.04
Down	Neck	-0.07	-0.73	-0.02	-0.03	-0.15	-0.05
Hanging stationary	Tail	-0.02	-0.04	-0.66	-0.09	0.18	-0.10
Small wagging	Tail	-0.002	-0.01	0.52	-0.14	0.15	-0.23
Axial	Ears	-0.03	-0.18	-0.02	0.66	0.03	0.03
Directed wagging	Tail	-0.1	-0.25	0.34	-0.41	0.05	0.15
Below horizontal	Neck	-0.20	0.23	0.15	0.28	0.59	0.02
Bent side	Tail	-0.15	0.03	0.24	0.39	-0.40	0.19
Asymmetric right	Ears	0.24	0.07	0.08	-0.03	0.22	0.46
Asymmetric left	Ears	0.05	0.06	-0.02	0.07	-0.09	0.62
Vigorous wagging	Tail	0.13	0.04	0.09	0.11	-0.36	-0.001
Forward	Ears	-0.32	0.16	-0.08	-0.05	-0.37	-0.14
Variation		17.0%	15.3%	9.8%	9.3%	7.5%	7.0%