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<blockquote data-quote="simme" data-source="post: 1731480" data-attributes="member: 40418"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.angus.org/Nce/Definitions[/URL]</p><p></p><p>This describes angus EPD's and the units. For instance, Birth Weight EPD is in pounds. If one animal has a BW EPD of +1 and another animal has a +2, then that indicates that the second animal would be expected to sire a calf that is 1 pound heavier at birth than the first animal (on average). Calving Ease is in percentage of unassisted births. Milk is in pounds of calf weaned due to milk from the dam. All described on the website. Remember that you do not look at the absolute value, but the difference between the number for an animal and another animal or breed average. Remember that you cannot calculate or predict the numerical value of a trait from an EPD. For instance, a Weaning Weight EPD cannot be used to predict a weaning weight. It is used to predict a difference in weaning weight between two animals in the same environment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="simme, post: 1731480, member: 40418"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.angus.org/Nce/Definitions[/URL] This describes angus EPD's and the units. For instance, Birth Weight EPD is in pounds. If one animal has a BW EPD of +1 and another animal has a +2, then that indicates that the second animal would be expected to sire a calf that is 1 pound heavier at birth than the first animal (on average). Calving Ease is in percentage of unassisted births. Milk is in pounds of calf weaned due to milk from the dam. All described on the website. Remember that you do not look at the absolute value, but the difference between the number for an animal and another animal or breed average. Remember that you cannot calculate or predict the numerical value of a trait from an EPD. For instance, a Weaning Weight EPD cannot be used to predict a weaning weight. It is used to predict a difference in weaning weight between two animals in the same environment. [/QUOTE]
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