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| Estimated Progeny Difference - provide estimates of the genetic value of an animal as a parent. |
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| Predicted Transmitting Ability - Estimate of genetic transmitting ability (i.e one half of the breeding value) of dairy bulls. Estimated amount by which daughters of a bull will differ from the breed average. |
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| Estimated Breeding Value - An estimate of an individual's true breeding value for a trait based on the performance of the individual and close relatives for the trait. |
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| United States Department of Agriculture |
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| Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation- a facility where large numbers of farm animals are confined, fed, and raised, such as dairy and beef cattle feedlots, hog production facilities, and closed poultry houses. |
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| Artificial Insemination - The introduction of semen into the female reproductive tract (usually the cervix or uterus) by a technique other than natural service. |
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| American Quarter Horse Association |
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| People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals |
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| American Quarter Horse Association |
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| Bovine Spongeform Encepholopothy (mad cow disease) |
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