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Rinder: Livestock mortality data

Description

Mortality counts for 11 herds of large and small livestock. Large livestock are Zebu cattle, and small livestock are a mix of (fat-tailed, Maasai) sheep and goats.

Usage

data(Rinder)

Arguments

Value

Format

  1. herd : identifier for individual herd

  2. stock : categorical small or large stock

  3. n : number of animals at beginning of observation period

  4. mortality : number of animals that died in observation period