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Breeding / Calving Issues
Are we too dependent on EPD's?
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<blockquote data-quote="Rmc" data-source="post: 1727237" data-attributes="member: 39072"><p>And the percentage of weight of genetic data to producer data is what ?</p><p>"It is vital that breeders continue to submit QUALITY phenotype data.</p><p>So they are only as accurate as the data provided,</p><p>For epd to be used as a tool it must be understood what kind of tool it is and what it's weakness is . Yet very few if anyone can tell you what the number is based on and what bias is in the equation that is used to produce the number. I have never said it shouldn't be used as a tool . I have said it is relied on way to much . And with the huge advance in genetics that using available genetic technology would be far more useful and accurate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rmc, post: 1727237, member: 39072"] And the percentage of weight of genetic data to producer data is what ? “It is vital that breeders continue to submit QUALITY phenotype data. So they are only as accurate as the data provided, For epd to be used as a tool it must be understood what kind of tool it is and what it’s weakness is . Yet very few if anyone can tell you what the number is based on and what bias is in the equation that is used to produce the number. I have never said it shouldn’t be used as a tool . I have said it is relied on way to much . And with the huge advance in genetics that using available genetic technology would be far more useful and accurate. [/QUOTE]
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