A machine learning approach using partitioning around medoids clustering and random forest classification to model groups of farms in regard to production parameters and bulk tank milk antibody status of two major internal parasites in dairy cows

• Andreas W. Oehm ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Andreas.Oehm@outlook.com

  Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants with Ambulatory and Herd Health Services, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Oberschleissheim, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2709-8541

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• Andrea Springer,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Centre for Infection Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Daniela Jordan,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Centre for Infection Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Christina Strube,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Parasitology, Centre for Infection Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany

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• Gabriela Knubben-Schweizer,

  Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants with Ambulatory and Herd Health Services, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Oberschleissheim, Germany

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• Katharina Charlotte Jensen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Clinic for Cattle, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Hannover, Germany, Institute for Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Yury Zablotski

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Clinic for Ruminants with Ambulatory and Herd Health Services, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Oberschleissheim, Germany

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