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EPD's What Do They Mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jeanne - Simme Valley" data-source="post: 167753" data-attributes="member: 968"><p>Ollie & Mike are BOTH right. EPD's have environment taken out of the equation because they indicate DIFFERENCES between bulls. If Bull A is bred to a herd of cows AND NO OTHER BULL has been used in the herd, his offspring within that herd has little or no affect (I think none) on the database because there is no other bull's contemporaries to COMPARE to.</p><p>BUT, you have to take into consideration the LIVE animal to fit environments. So Bull A with +50 and Bull B with +50, have to be the right phenotype for the area that he (as a live animal) or his offspring are to be raised.</p><p>EPD's are only PART OF THE PICTURE.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jeanne - Simme Valley, post: 167753, member: 968"] Ollie & Mike are BOTH right. EPD's have environment taken out of the equation because they indicate DIFFERENCES between bulls. If Bull A is bred to a herd of cows AND NO OTHER BULL has been used in the herd, his offspring within that herd has little or no affect (I think none) on the database because there is no other bull's contemporaries to COMPARE to. BUT, you have to take into consideration the LIVE animal to fit environments. So Bull A with +50 and Bull B with +50, have to be the right phenotype for the area that he (as a live animal) or his offspring are to be raised. EPD's are only PART OF THE PICTURE. [/QUOTE]
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