Table 1 Summary of top performing multivariate hierarchical models for risk of GIN transmission. Models are ranked based on the Deviance Information Criterion (DIC). Year is included in all models as a random fixed effect
From: Where’s the risk? Landscape epidemiology of gastrointestinal parasitism in Alberta beef cattle
Rank | Model Parameters | DIC | ΔDIC |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daily average GDD (base 5 °C), Minimum temperature (°C) | 54.71 | 0.00 |
2 | Daily average GDD (base 5 °C), Minimum temperature (°C), Daily accumulated precipitation (mm/day) | 56.02 | 1.31 |
3 | Daily average GDD (base 5 °C), Minimum temperature (°C), Total accumulated precipitation (mm) | 56.11 | 1.40 |
4 | Daily average GDD (base 5 °C), Minimum temperature (°C), Minimum humidity (%) | 56.27 | 1.56 |
Null Model | - | 106.20 | 51.49 |