Table 2 Main characteristics of the short and the deep pedigree and the related phenotypic data that are used for MA-BLUP evaluations
Short pedigree | Deep pedigree | |
|---|---|---|
Animals, nb | 1,821 | 2,671 |
Bulls, nb | 790 | 1,071 |
Cows, nb | 1,031 | 1,600 |
Animals with records (DYD, YD) in the MA-BLUP pedigree, nb | 1,461 | 2,311 |
Bulls with record (DYD) in the MA-BLUP pedigree, nb | 430 | 711 |
Cows with record (YD) in the MA-BLUP pedigree, nb | 1,031 | 1,600 |
Waiting bulls without records in the MA-BLUP pedigree, nb | 144 | 144 |
Young bull candidates without records in the MA-BLUP pedigree, nb | 216 | 216 |