Table 1. Within-herd variation and ranges of raw conception rates according to number of inseminations (from one sire1) per herd.
|
Number of Inseminations |
Variation of within-herd CR2 |
Range of within- herd CR2 |
Probability of hitting the bull’s true CR2 |
|
<10 |
0.032 |
0%-100% |
1.00% |
|
>10 ≤ 50 |
0.024 |
16.7%-100% |
1.20% |
|
>50 ≤ 100 |
0.017 |
34.4%-100% |
1.52% |
|
>100 ≤ 500 |
0.017 |
34.4%-88.7% |
1.84% |
|
>500 |
0.009 |
40.8%-69.4% |
3.50% |
