Table 3.

Spearman rank correlations (Rho, ρ) and associated probabilities (p-values, printed bold if p ≤ 0.05) between cortisol and (A) WQ principles, (B) WQ-Mod principles, (C) WW subscores, (D) KK subscores, (E) CWM scores and (F) CCSS chapters (all variables at herd level).

(A) WQ Principles	ρ	p ≤
Feeding	0.103	0.443
Housing	−0.155	0.247
Health	−0.231	0.081
Behaviour	0.474	0.001
(B) WQ-Mod principles	ρ	p ≤
Feeding	0.152	0.256
Housing	−0.155	0.247
Health	−0.264	0.045
Behaviour	0.442	0.001
(C) WW subscores	ρ	p ≤
Production	−0.357	0.006
Body Condition Score	−0.057	0.672
Mastitis	−0.284	0.031
Lameness	−0.137	0.304
(D) KK subscores	ρ	p ≤
Mastitis	−0.093	0.489
Cell count	0.000	0.999
Housing youngstock	−0.240	0.075
Locomotion score	−0.129	0.333
Welfare	−0.229	0.084
Housing	0.083	0.535
(E) CWM scores	ρ	p ≤
Tank Milk Cellcount	0.129	0.336
Econ result	−0.431	0.001
Deaths	−0.035	0.792
Non return	0.168	0.217
Calving Interval	−0.063	0.648
(F) CCSS chapters	ρ	p ≤
General	−0.145	0.276
Lameness	−0.086	0.522
Health & feeding	0.063	0.638