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<blockquote data-quote="MO_cows" data-source="post: 689868" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>Unless your breed association uses a total herd type of fee structure and data reporting, that stayability EPD won't be worth near as much. Red Angus, Limousin, Tarentaise, AMGA all adopted it in some form when the BIF recommended it about 10 years ago. Unless complete herd reporting is involved, the most expensive or most desirable pedigreed cows in the herd are most likely to get all their calves registered and this will skew that EPD, too.</p><p></p><p>I saw an ad recently for a battery of DNA tests that included longevity. Can't understand how they could tell that from just the DNA markers, but it is on the market. I'll try to find it again and post the company.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MO_cows, post: 689868, member: 9169"] Unless your breed association uses a total herd type of fee structure and data reporting, that stayability EPD won't be worth near as much. Red Angus, Limousin, Tarentaise, AMGA all adopted it in some form when the BIF recommended it about 10 years ago. Unless complete herd reporting is involved, the most expensive or most desirable pedigreed cows in the herd are most likely to get all their calves registered and this will skew that EPD, too. I saw an ad recently for a battery of DNA tests that included longevity. Can't understand how they could tell that from just the DNA markers, but it is on the market. I'll try to find it again and post the company. [/QUOTE]
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