Table 1. The effects of sex, age, breeding center and their interactions on the fecal triiodothyronine (T3) and parasite egg shedding of forest musk deer using multivariate Generalized Linear Models (GLMs).
| Dependent variables | Sources | co-efficient value (χ2) | df | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | Breeding center | 76.26 | 1 | <0.001 |
| Sex | 94.79 | 1 | <0.001 | |
| Age | 408.92 | 3 | <0.001 | |
| Breeding center*Sex | 0.05 | 1 | 0.832 | |
| Breeding center*Age | 0.69 | 3 | 0.877 | |
| Sex*Age | 1.92 | 3 | 0.590 | |
| Breeding center*Sex*Age | 0.06 | 3 | 0.997 | |
| Parasite egg shedding | Age | 10.80 | 3 | 0.001 |