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<blockquote data-quote="Frankie" data-source="post: 154634" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Rod, from the Red Angus Assn:</p><p></p><p>"<em>How can we compare EPDs on animals in different herds if their calves have been raised in very different environments? </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>BLUP Procedures account for environmental differences through information on the genetic relationships between animals in different herds. This is similar to having "reference sires" in each herd. The more closely related the animals in two herds are, the better job BLUP procedures can do in adjusting for the differences in environment between those herds</em>." </p><p></p><p>There's lots of good info there that might answer some of your questions better than those of us on this board. Here's the link:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.redangus1.org/epdqanda.htm" target="_blank">http://www.redangus1.org/epdqanda.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frankie, post: 154634, member: 13"] Rod, from the Red Angus Assn: "[i]How can we compare EPDs on animals in different herds if their calves have been raised in very different environments? BLUP Procedures account for environmental differences through information on the genetic relationships between animals in different herds. This is similar to having "reference sires" in each herd. The more closely related the animals in two herds are, the better job BLUP procedures can do in adjusting for the differences in environment between those herds[/i]." There's lots of good info there that might answer some of your questions better than those of us on this board. Here's the link: [url=http://www.redangus1.org/epdqanda.htm]http://www.redangus1.org/epdqanda.htm[/url] [/QUOTE]
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