Beef Production Glossary: BIF Fact Sheet
John Massey, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Missouri
Beef production terms and phrases you should be familiar with.
# Accuracy (of selection)
Correlation between an animal’s unknown actual breeding value and a calculated estimated breeding value.
# Average daily gain (ADG)
Measurement of daily body weight change in animal on a feed test. Most tests for bulls are 140 or 160 days long.
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