UNIT 2 - EPD UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. What is an EPD?
Answer:
Expected Progeny Difference - a prediction of the genetic transmitting ability of an animal
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2. What is EPD based on?
Answer:
Pedigree, individual performance, performance of offspring
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3. Before EPD's what was selection based on?
Answer:
Visual appraisal Pedigree information
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4. How is EPD calculated?
Answer:
Using BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction)
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5. What are the categories that EPD's are divided into?
Answer:
Growth, Maternal, Carcass, Fertility, Indexes
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6. What are some examples of the growth categoy?
Answer:
Calving Ease Direct (CED) Birth Weight (BW)
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7. What are some examples of the maternal category?
Answer:
Maternal Milk (MM) Maternal Milk and Growth (M&G)
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8. What are some examples of the carcass category?
Answer:
Carcass Weight (CW) Rib Fat (FAT)
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Question:
1. What is an EPD?
Answer:
Expected Progeny Difference - a prediction of the genetic transmitting ability of an animal
Question:
2. What is EPD based on?
Answer:
Pedigree, individual performance, performance of offspring
Question:
3. Before EPD's what was selection based on?
Answer:
Visual appraisal Pedigree information
Question:
4. How is EPD calculated?
Answer:
Using BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction)
Question:
5. What are the categories that EPD's are divided into?
Answer:
Growth, Maternal, Carcass, Fertility, Indexes
Question:
6. What are some examples of the growth categoy?
Answer:
Calving Ease Direct (CED) Birth Weight (BW)
Question:
7. What are some examples of the maternal category?
Answer:
Maternal Milk (MM) Maternal Milk and Growth (M&G)
Question:
8. What are some examples of the carcass category?
Answer:
Carcass Weight (CW) Rib Fat (FAT)
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