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. 2018 Oct 25;8:15828. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34190-4

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Variable importance in projection (VIP) scores in the first principal component calculated by partial least squares (PLS) to estimate the energy balance of dairy cows in lactation week 2 (a) and week 7 (b). The top 15 metabolites with relatively higher VIP score are shown. The relative higher VIP score means that variable has higher capability to predict energy balance in PLS analysis. Black line and text represent milk production traits, blue line and text represent milk metabolites with relatively higher VIP score, and red line and text represent milk metabolites which were in the top 15 in one week, but not in the other week. Abbreviation: FPCM, fat- and protein-corrected milk.