## page was renamed from List of abbreviation {{attachment:ibc_logo.jpg}} '''LIST OF COMMON ABBREVIATIONS TO USE IN INTERBULL FORMS''' AFC Age at First Calving AI Artificial Insemination AM Animal Model APY Algorithm for Proven and Young bulls AR Auto Regressive AWW Adjusted Weaning Weight AYS Ayrshire type B&W Black and White BLUP Best Linear Unbiased Prediction BSW Brown Swiss type BW Breeding Worth BW Birth Weight c Environmental correlation between records within sub-classes CE Calving Ease CFI Calving to First Insemination CG Contemporary group, comparison group CI Calving Interval CR Conception Rate CTFS Calving to First Service DAM Maternal Genetic effect DCE Direct Calving Ease DE Daughter Equivalent DGV Direct Genetic Value DHI Dairy Herd Information DIM Days In Milk DO Days Open DPGM De-regressed Predicted Genetic Merit DRP De-Regressed Proof DSB Direct Stillbirth DYD Daughter Yield Deviation EBV Estimated Breeding Value EDC Effective Daughter Contribution EPD Expected Progeny Difference ET Embryo Transfer ETA Estimated Transmitting Ability F Fixed effect FCM Fat Corrected Milk FR Fixed Regression FW Finish Weight GBLUP Genomic Best Linear Unbiased Prediction GEBV Genomic Estimated Breeding Value GES Gestation Length GUE Guernsey type h^2^ Heritability of a trait HF Holstein Friesian HOL Holstein-Friesian (Black-and-white) type HYS Herd-Year-Season IBS Identical by State ICAR International Committee for Animal Recording IFL Interval from First to Last Insemination JER Jersey type Kg Kilogram l Liter LM Late Mastitis Log Logarithm Log e Natural Logarithm LPL Length of Productive Life lb pounds IFL Interval between First and Last Insemiantion MACE Multiple Across Country Evaluation MAS Mastitis MB Multi Breeds MCE Maternal Calving Ease ME Mature Equivalent, records are adjusted to mature cow yield basis MGS Maternal Grand Sire ml Mililiter ML Multiple Lactations MPE Maternal Permanent Environmental effect MS Mendelian Sampling MSB Maternal Stillbirth MSH Milking Shorthorn type MSP Milking Speed MT Multiple Traits NNR Non-Return Rate NS Natural Service PA Parent Average PD Predicted Difference PEV Permanent Environment PIN Pinzgauer type PL Productive Life PTA Predicted/Progeny Transmitting Ability PWG Post Weaning Growth QTL Quantitative Trait Loci R Random effect REP Repeatability (model) R&W Red and White RBV Relative Breeding Value RED Non-Ayrshire Red and Red-and-White type RED Reduced Rank model REL Reliability/Repeatability of a sire proof, given either in the scale between 0 and 1 or as percentage REML Restricted Maximum Likelihood r,,g,, Genetic correlation r,,p,, Phenotypic correlation RR Random regression RTA Relative Transmitting Ability SA Survival Analysis SCC Somatic Cell Count SCS Somatic Cell Score SD Standard Deviation SH Structrual Heteroskedastic SL Single Lactation SIM Simmental type SM Sire Model S-MGS Sire Grand Sire model SNF Solids-Not-Fat SS Single Step genomic evaluation ST Single Trait SW Effective number of daughters/records t Repeatability of trait TEM Temperament TD Test Day TDM Test Day Model ThrM Threshold model TMI Total Merit Index TPr True Protein, 0.95*(crude protein) TS Two-Step genomic evaluation UHI Udder Health Index YW Yearling Weight