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Table 5 Overview of recorded offspring per sires and dams, and number of genotyped sires and dams in each national pedigree

From: International single-step SNPBLUP beef cattle evaluations for Limousin weaning weight

 

CZE

DFS

IRL

DEU

CHE

Sires

 With recorded offspring

720

4591

9341

5283

1892

 Average recorded offspring

19.3

21.1

7.3

22.2

18.9

 ≥ 20 recorded offspring

220

1399

600

1855

518

  ≥ 100 recorded offspring

15

162

59

163

63

  ≥ 100 recorded offspring (in at least 5 herds)

11

157

57

43

38

Sires with genotype

 Number

132

57

1166

368

956

 Genotyped by the country itself

22

–

1142

273

863

 Genotyped by another country

110

57

24

95

93

 With recorded offspring

75

45

1100

350

856

 Average recorded offspring

28.1

30.7

6.3

48.0

22.1

   ≥ 20 recorded offspring

34

23

51

273

295

  ≥ 100 recorded offspring

4

4

7

35

32

  ≥ 100 recorded offspring (in at least 5 herds)

4

4

7

10

14

Dams

 With recorded offspring

4457

30,212

47,334

35,340

9785

 Average recorded offspring

3.1

3.2

1.4

3.3

3.6

Dams with genotype

 Number

375

–

4190

68

185

 With recorded offspring

355

–

3311

58

181

 Average recorded offspring

2.9

–

1.4

2.9

6.5

  1. CZE Czech Republic; DFS Denmark Finland and Sweden; IRL Ireland; DEU Germany; CHE Switzerland