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Answerfl This bull has an IMF EBV in the 80th percentile, and would be expected to produce progeny with lower intramuscular fat than other bulls in the breed ranked in lower percentile bands Q10: If a commercial beef producer wanted to buy a bull for his heifers, which EBV would he place the most emphasis on? Answerfl Birth Weight Q11: Bull A has a 400 day wt EBV of ffiff0 while bull B is ffi78. If bull A and bull B both sired 50 calves per year for 3 years with the same mob of cows, what is the extra weight gain achieved from the progeny of bull A? Answer: ffOO kg Q12fl If a beef producer weaned his calves and sold them immediately off their mother, which EBV should they select for to maximise growth of their progeny at the time of sale? Answerfl 200 day wt Q13: Bull A has a birth weight EBV of ffi3 while bull B is ffi6.3. If bull A and bull B both sired 30 calves in the same mob of cows, what is the extra birth weight of each calves from the progeny of bull B? Answerfl 1.65 kg Ql14: If a beef producer wanted to increase the reproductive capacity of his herd, which EBV could they select for? Answerfl Shorter gestation lengths fidays), Larger scrotal size ficm), Reduced days to calving fidays), Higher calving ease of daughters fi%) Q15: In the Angus breed, 600 day weight is only 35% heritable. What does this mean? Answer: 35% of the variation in 600 day weight is due to genetics in the Angus breed Extra info: What is BREEDPLAN? - BREEDPLAN is a modern genetic evaluation system for beef cattle. It offers the potential to accelerate genetic progress, tighten up breeding operations, improve productivity and increase prices for cattle sold for breeding and slaughter What is an EBV? - Ananimal’s breeding value can be defined as its genetic merit for each trait. - EBVs are expressed as the difference between an individual animal’s genctics and the genetic base to which the animal is compared. What EBVs are available?