Production traits European joint evaluation

International evaluations are becoming more and more important for genetic improvement and exchange of semen across countries. The current tool used for international genetic evaluation is a multiple across country evaluation (MACE) that makes use of genetic proofs computed in each of the participating countries as different traits. This technical tool has several limitations, the main one being that is allows comparison only among bulls, not among cows. To allow for international evaluation of bulls and cows one method (...)