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<blockquote data-quote="Michelle Pankonien" data-source="post: 41532" data-attributes="member: 147"><p>For the person who made the comment that you can compare animals of the same breed from different herds, you are full of poo</p><p></p><p>Yes within a breed there are many simmilarities, but there are huge differences as well</p><p></p><p>Animals that are raised by different methods, ie. forage v grain development, this is a huge factor that needs to be considered when you look at over all performance, you also need to be able to take age into consideration, the fact that 18 month old bulls are sahedding their disiduous teeth plays a factor in their ability to eat and maintain their body condition, A bull fed out on high concentrates will also fall apart when turned out on cows on forage if not adjusted to a farage based diet</p><p></p><p>Yep EPD's will give you an idea of average performance expected from an animal based on his initial performance and the predictable performance produced from their parrents and other relatives</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michelle Pankonien, post: 41532, member: 147"] For the person who made the comment that you can compare animals of the same breed from different herds, you are full of poo Yes within a breed there are many simmilarities, but there are huge differences as well Animals that are raised by different methods, ie. forage v grain development, this is a huge factor that needs to be considered when you look at over all performance, you also need to be able to take age into consideration, the fact that 18 month old bulls are sahedding their disiduous teeth plays a factor in their ability to eat and maintain their body condition, A bull fed out on high concentrates will also fall apart when turned out on cows on forage if not adjusted to a farage based diet Yep EPD's will give you an idea of average performance expected from an animal based on his initial performance and the predictable performance produced from their parrents and other relatives [/QUOTE]
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