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EPD's What Do They Mean?
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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 169633" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>But EPDs are only used to compare animals. The bull's EPDs only reflect his genetic merit. As you say, they can't take the cow's genes into account. If his BW EPD is 5, you can EXPECT his calves to weigh 5 more pounds at birth than if you bred those same cows under the same conditions to a bull with a BW EPD of 0. But EPS will never ever tell you what something will weigh because they can't take into account the cow or management. So what makes you think BW EPDs aren't accruate, in general?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 169633, member: 13"] But EPDs are only used to compare animals. The bull's EPDs only reflect his genetic merit. As you say, they can't take the cow's genes into account. If his BW EPD is 5, you can EXPECT his calves to weigh 5 more pounds at birth than if you bred those same cows under the same conditions to a bull with a BW EPD of 0. But EPS will never ever tell you what something will weigh because they can't take into account the cow or management. So what makes you think BW EPDs aren't accruate, in general? [/QUOTE]
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