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Table 9 Parameters for internal animals with a Walloon reliability between 0.50 and 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	1360	r	0.999	>0.999	>0.999	>0.999	1.000
		RE_tot	1205.7	2759.1	2759.1	1205.7	1205.7
		REL	0.55 (0.04)	0.67 (0.02)	0.67 (0.03)	0.55 (0.03)	0.55 (0.03)
Fat yield	1607	r	0.999	>0.999	>0.999	>0.999	1.000
		RE_tot	1322.0	3125.6	3125.6	1322.0	1322.0
		REL	0.57 (0.04)	0.68 (0.03)	0.68 (0.03)	0.57 (0.04)	0.57 (0.04)
Protein yield	1516	r	0.999	>0.999	>0.999	>0.999	1.000
		RE_tot	1252.0	2787.7	2787.7	1252.0	1252.0
		REL	0.56 (0.04)	0.68 (0.03)	0.68 (0.03)	0.56 (0.04)	0.56 (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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