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<blockquote data-quote="Ebenezer" data-source="post: 1740742" data-attributes="member: 24565"><p>MM is not all milk. It contains the catchall of stronger maternal aid to calves to do better and whatever else that is not picked up with other production EPDs. I do not know how long it takes for an animals to become obsolete based on numbers but numbers for older animals do not equal the numbers for current animals. You can use a 1965 birthed bull with negatives and get great calves. I think that the AAA needs to fix the system if they want to represent the whole breed (but they do not!). And I still think that the animals which are most accurate with the DNA testing are the ones closest kin to the majority of animals in the genetic data base. </p><p></p><p>"<strong>Maternal Milk EPD (Milk)</strong>, is a predictor of a sire's genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as expressed in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In other words, it is that part of a calf's weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ebenezer, post: 1740742, member: 24565"] MM is not all milk. It contains the catchall of stronger maternal aid to calves to do better and whatever else that is not picked up with other production EPDs. I do not know how long it takes for an animals to become obsolete based on numbers but numbers for older animals do not equal the numbers for current animals. You can use a 1965 birthed bull with negatives and get great calves. I think that the AAA needs to fix the system if they want to represent the whole breed (but they do not!). And I still think that the animals which are most accurate with the DNA testing are the ones closest kin to the majority of animals in the genetic data base. "[B]Maternal Milk EPD (Milk)[/B], is a predictor of a sire's genetic merit for milk and mothering ability as expressed in his daughters compared to daughters of other sires. In other words, it is that part of a calf's weaning weight attributed to milk and mothering ability." [/QUOTE]
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