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New and Updated Technical Notes

The following technical notes have been added or updated recently:

Accuracies for SIL breeding values *** NEW ***
In January 2011 SIL introduced accuracies for SIL BVs. This document describes what this means and how to use them.

Growth & Meat changes - Fact Sheet *** NEW ***
Some animals dropped in index when evaluations of Growth & Meat changed in May 2010. This Fact Sheet and a document containing tables of examples describe in detail what changes you can expect to see and how to interpret them. 

Growth & Meat changes - Tables of examples *** NEW ***
Two tables to accompany the Growth & Meat change Fact Sheet - one for TS sheep and one for DP sheep.

Coding lamb losses in severe storms *** NEW ***
SIL guidelines on what to do about coding lamb losses in severe storms.


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