Table 1

Varimax Rotated Factor Pattern Matrix. The matrix represents standardized regression coefficients for predicting the variables using the extracted factors.
Variables
 CODE
 Loadings




Factor 1
 Factor 2
 Factor 3
Region of Denmark
 OMR
 5
 77*
 -8
Who takes care of the cows?
 PASSER_1
 85*
 -2
 7
Age of cow house floor
 ALDGM_12
 -11
 2
 2
Shelter available on pasture
 LAEM_22
 -19
 -30*
 74*
Do cows get stone bruises in the claws?
 STEN_29
 -12
 22
 81*
Who manages the cows?
 TILSYN32
 74*
 -13
 4
How do you handle cows with mastitis apart from the veterinary treatment?
 YVSYG_38
 9
 2
 11
Which cows are trimmed?
 KLOVH_64
 10
 46*
 -10
Hired labor used in cow house
 FHJLP_73
 -82*
 -5
 -5
Milking and feeding man hours per cow
 ARB3031
 42*
 12
 -8
Average daily milk production per cow
 MILK
 10
 -22
 1
Approximate what percentage of the cows had claw diseases during the recent year
 UKLOV_43
 5
 -60*
 -16
How do you decide to cull a cow (1)
 GRUDS_71
 6
 0
 15
Age of dairy producer
 ALDER_76
 -9
 3
 -7

Printed loadings are multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest integer.

* value greater than 0.3

(1) Herds where cows were culled due to udder disease were compared with herds where cows were not culled due to udder problems. Udder disease included mastitis and other udder problems.

Sato et al. Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50:4   doi:10.1186/1751-0147-50-4