Table 8.
Pearson and Spearman correlation confidence intervals for each shortened test duration for daily water intake (WI, kg)
| Test duration, d | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group1 | Direction2 | Analysis | 7 | 14 | 21 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 63 |
| 1 | Forward | Pearson | 0.513–0.732 | 0.636–0.807 | 0.751–0.872 | 0.833–0.916 | 0.897–0.949 | 0.935–0.968 | 0.968–0.985 | 0.982–0.991 | 0.995–0.997 |
| Spearman | 0.459–0.697 | 0.589–0.779 | 0.694–0.840 | 0.774–0.884 | 0.858–0.929 | 0.919–0.960 | 0.962–0.981 | 0.979–0.990 | 0.993–0.997 | ||
| Reverse | Pearson | 0.766–0.880 | 0.842–0.921 | 0.877–0.939 | 0.889–0.945 | 0.908–0.955 | 0.934–0.968 | 0.961–0.981 | 0.977–0.989 | 0.995–0.997 | |
| Spearman | 0.787–0.891 | 0.836–0.916 | 0.863–0.932 | 0.882–0.941 | 0.909–0.955 | 0.936–0.968 | 0.957–0.979 | 0.974–0.987 | 0.993–0.997 | ||
| 2 | Forward | Pearson | 0.617–0.796 | 0.713–0.852 | 0.772–0.884 | 0.828–0.914 | 0.867–0.934 | 0.886–0.944 | 0.894–0.948 | 0.906–0.954 | 0.972–0.986 |
| Spearman | 0.473–0.708 | 0.630–0.804 | 0.704–0.847 | 0.766–0.881 | 0.808–0.903 | 0.835–0.917 | 0.856–0.928 | 0.871–0.936 | 0.964–0.983 | ||
| Reverse | Pearson | 0.290–0.583 | 0.306–0.594 | 0.542–0.751 | 0.719–0.855 | 0.848–0.924 | 0.906–0.954 | 0.950–0.976 | 0.977–0.959 | 0.993–0.997 | |
| Spearman | 0.294–0.586 | 0.304–0.593 | 0.538–0.749 | 0.716–0.853 | 0.824–0.912 | 0.880–0.941 | 0.938–0.970 | 0.972–0.986 | 0.991–0.995 | ||
| 3 | Forward | Pearson | 0.629–0.802 | 0.707–0.847 | 0.732–0.861 | 0.755–0.874 | 0.867–0.934 | 0.924–0.962 | 0.960–0.980 | 0.980–0.991 | 0.997–0.999 |
| Spearman | 0.603–0.786 | 0.692–0.838 | 0.723–0.856 | 0.753–0.873 | 0.869–0.934 | 0.922–0.962 | 0.961–0.981 | 0.980–0.990 | 0.995–0.998 | ||
| Reverse | Pearson | 0.679–0.831 | 0.792–0.894 | 0.867–0.933 | 0.907–0.954 | 0.917–0.959 | 0.933–0.967 | 0.968–0.984 | 0.984–0.992 | 0.996–0.998 | |
| Spearman | 0.718–0.853 | 0.792–0.894 | 0.880–0.940 | 0.912–0.967 | 0.929–0.970 | 0.938–0.970 | 0.967–0.984 | 0.983–0.992 | 0.995–0.998 | ||
| 4 | Forward | Pearson | 0.748–0.875 | 0.837–0.922 | 0.919–0.962 | 0.952–0.978 | 0.978–0.989 | 0.984–0.993 | 0.991–0.995 | 0.995–0.998 | 0.998–0.999 |
| Spearman | 0.810–0.908 | 0.876–0.941 | 0.920–0.962 | 0.937–0.970 | 0.969–0.986 | 0.981–0.991 | 0.988–0.994 | 0.994–0.997 | 0.997–0.999 | ||
| Reverse | Pearson | 0.827–0.916 | 0.913–0.959 | 0.951–0.977 | 0.960–0.981 | 0.974–0.988 | 0.982–0.992 | 0.988–0.994 | 0.994–0.997 | 0.998–0.999 | |
| Spearman | 0.780–0.892 | 0.894–0.949 | 0.936–0.970 | 0.943–0.973 | 0.959–0.980 | 0.968–0.985 | 0.984–0.992 | 0.993–0.997 | 0.998–0.999 | ||
| 5 | Forward | Pearson | 0.773–0.882 | 0.816–0.906 | 0.854–0.926 | 0.892–0.946 | 0.925–0.962 | 0.953–0.977 | 0.975–0.988 | 0.987–0.994 | 0.994–0.997 |
| Spearman | 0.751–0.870 | 0.789–0.891 | 0.846–0.921 | 0.894–0.947 | 0.930–0.965 | 0.949–0.975 | 0.971–0.986 | 0.985–0.993 | 0.994–0.997 | ||
| Reverse | Pearson | 0.589–0.775 | 0.810–0.902 | 0.874–0.934 | 0.886–0.943 | 0.916–0.958 | 0.951–0.976 | 0.974–0.987 | 0.988–0.994 | 0.996–0.998 | |
| Spearman | 0.514–0.729 | 0.779–0.880 | 0.842–0.919 | 0.869–0.934 | 0.908–0.954 | 0.945–0.973 | 0.970–0.850 | 0.985–0.993 | 0.993–0.997 | ||
| Slick | Forward | Pearson | 0.658–0.754 | 0.765–0.839 | 0.812–0.872 | 0.852–0.900 | 0.920–0.947 | 0.948–0.965 | 0.972–0.981 | 0.980–0.987 | 0.994–0.996 |
| Spearman | 0.606–0.722 | 0.739–0.821 | 0.781–0.850 | 0.827–0.883 | 0.912–0.942 | 0.944–0.963 | 0.971–0.981 | 0.980–0.987 | 0.994–0.996 | ||
| Reverse | Pearson | 0.626–0.737 | 0.780–0.850 | 0.881–0.920 | 0.916–0.944 | 0.932–0.955 | 0.948–0.966 | 0.975–0.984 | 0.988–0.992 | 0.997–0.998 | |
| Spearman | 0.572–0.696 | 0.759–0.834 | 0.884–0.922 | 0.922–0.948 | 0.942–0.962 | 0.954–0.970 | 0.977–0.985 | 0.989–0.993 | 0.997–0.998 | ||
| Adlib | Forward | Pearson | 0.865–0.918 | 0.910–0.946 | 0.948–0.967 | 0.967–0.980 | 0.981–0.989 | 0.987–0.992 | 0.993–0.995 | 0.996–0.997 | 0.998–0.999 |
| Spearman | 0.913–0.948 | 0.932–0.959 | 0.949–0.969 | 0.961–0.977 | 0.974–0.985 | 0.983–0.990 | 0.991–0.994 | 0.995–0.997 | 0.998–0.999 | ||
| Reverse | Pearson | 0.781–0.864 | 0.896–0.937 | 0.948–0.969 | 0.955–0.973 | 0.968–0.981 | 0.982–0.989 | 0.988–0.993 | 0.995–0.997 | 0.999–1.0 | |
| Spearman | 0.586–0.732 | 0.784–0.866 | 0.889–0.933 | 0.905–0.942 | 0.928–0.956 | 0.964–0.978 | 0.982–0.990 | 0.993–0.996 | 0.998–0.999 | ||
| All | Forward | Pearson | 0.803–0.854 | 0.874–0.907 | 0.908–0.932 | 0.931–0.950 | 0.960–0.971 | 0.973–0.980 | 0.986–0.990 | 0.990–0.993 | 0.997–0.998 |
| Spearman | 0.760–0.821 | 0.835–0.878 | 0.846–0.894 | 0.886–0.917 | 0.938–0.955 | 0.960–0.971 | 0.980–0.986 | 0.987–0.991 | 0.996–0.997 | ||
| Reverse | Pearson | 0.669–0.749 | 0.794–0.847 | 0.906–0.932 | 0.922–0.943 | 0.941–0.957 | 0.965–0.974 | 0.982–0.987 | 0.993–0.995 | 0.998–0.999 | |
| Spearman | 0.588–0.684 | 0.760–0.821 | 0.883–0.914 | 0.911–0.935 | 0.933–0.951 | 0.957–0.969 | 0.979–0.985 | 0.991–0.994 | 0.997–0.998 | ||
1Slick-cattle managed with slick bunk feed protocol, adlib-cattle had access to ad libitum feed, all–all groups were combined.
2Forward-records were split into the first F7, F14, F21, F28, F35, F42, F49, F56, and F63 d of the test and reverse-records were split into the last R7, R14, R21, R28, R35, R42, R49, R56, and R63 d of the test.