Selection indexes: important considerations
Meat & Livestock Australia April 8, 2024
- Use the selection index which best represents your production system
- Many breed societies publish multiple selection indexes (each for a different production system)
- Animals can re-rank across different selection indexes
Animal identification
Selection index 1 (domestic)
Selection index 2 (export)
ABCJ123
$51
$33
ABCK209
$26
$65
Breed average
$30
$36
2. Animals with the same selection index value can have very different individual EBVs
- You should never use a selection index as the sole criteria in animal selection
- We’ll explore how to use BREEDPLAN information in animal selection in Topic 3
Optional reading: A recap of the information presented for this topic can be found in the A BREEDPLAN Guide to Selection Indexes tip sheet.
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