Table 5 Average posterior inference on herd variances from ten replicates using the bivariate Student's-t (BSt) and normal (BN) fitted models with different residual degrees of freedom (DF).

1.71 ± 0.10

[1.07, 2.56]

12,027

1.74 ± 0.14

[1.01, 2.71]

10,437

1.82 ± 0.12

[1.19, 2.65]

16,133

1.82 ± 0.12

[1.18, 2.65]

16,802

1.71 ± 0.08

[1.12, 2.48]

17,543

1.70 ± 0.08

[1.12, 2.47]

17,537

6.33 ± 0.30

[4.47, 8.79]

24,120

6.49 ± 0.28

[4.47, 9.17]

22,810

6.69 ± 0.28

[4.77, 9.22]

27,704

6.72 ± 0.24

[4.79, 9.28]

27,956

6.33 ± 0.27

[4.55, 8.71]

29,800

6.33 ± 0.27

[4.55, 8.71]

29,881