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Table 10 Parameters for internal animals with a Walloon reliability greater than 0.74 and sired by internally used sires

Traits	N¹	Parameters²	Genetic evaluation
Traits	N¹	Parameters²	EVAL_W	EVAL_BLNN	EVAL_BLRE	EVAL_BLR	EVAL_BL
Milk yield	23	r	0.998	0.999	1.000	0.999	1.000
		RE_tot	132.6	156.9	156.9	132.6	132.6
		REL	0.80 (0.04)	0.82 (0.03)	0.82 (0.03)	0.80 (0.04)	0.80 (0.04)
Fat yield	30	r	0.999	1.000	>0.999	1.000	1.000
		RE_tot	158.8	190.6	190.6	158.8	158.8
		REL	0.81 (0.04)	0.83 (0.03)	0.83 (0.03)	0.81 (0.04)	0.81 (0.04)
Protein yield	29	r	0.999	>0.999	>0.999	1.000	1.000
		RE_tot	147.7	174.6	174.6	147.7	147.7
		REL	0.80 (0.04)	0.83 (0.03)	0.83 (0.03)	0.80 (0.04)	0.80 (0.04)

¹N = Number of internal animals; ²r = rank correlation between EVAL_BL and EVAL_W, EVAL_BLNN, EVAL_BLRE or EVAL_BLR; RE_tot = Total amount of record equivalents; REL = average reliability (SD in parentheses).

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