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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 747306" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>The number that the breed association uses to calculate the EPD. There is a specific number, each breed is differnt, that is used to calculate every trait in the EPDs.</p><p>For instance, and this is just an example, doesn;t really pertain to anything specific. A baseline lets say of 82 for BW. A bunch of numeric gyrations later and they breed association come up with a EPD +6. But it doesn;t matter what the baseline is. EPDs won;t tell you what something will weigh. If you have a bull with a BW EPD of +6 and another of -6, if the accuracy is in the high 90s it means that 66% of the time that the bulls from the first bull will weigh 12 pounds more then the ones from the second bull. But it doen;t mean that the ca;lves from one will weighe 76 and the other 88.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 747306, member: 34"] The number that the breed association uses to calculate the EPD. There is a specific number, each breed is differnt, that is used to calculate every trait in the EPDs. For instance, and this is just an example, doesn;t really pertain to anything specific. A baseline lets say of 82 for BW. A bunch of numeric gyrations later and they breed association come up with a EPD +6. But it doesn;t matter what the baseline is. EPDs won;t tell you what something will weigh. If you have a bull with a BW EPD of +6 and another of -6, if the accuracy is in the high 90s it means that 66% of the time that the bulls from the first bull will weigh 12 pounds more then the ones from the second bull. But it doen;t mean that the ca;lves from one will weighe 76 and the other 88. [/QUOTE]
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