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Table 5 GEBV accuracy of 113 Holstein Friesian bulls born between 1953 and 1994 according to the Bayesian method, quantitative trait and number of Holstein Friesian bulls born between 1995 and 2004 used for training.

Trait	Training data size	P-BLUP	G-BLUP	BayesA	BayesB, π= 0.99	BayesCπ	BayesDπ
Milk yield	1,000	0.15	0.38	0.39	0.22	0.35	0.38
	4,000	0.24	0.46	0.46	0.41	0.43	0.46
	6,500	0.10	0.48	0.48	0.40	0.43	0.47
Fat yield	1,000	-0.05	0.41	0.48	0.51	0.48	0.47
	4,000	0.04	0.49	0.54	0.55	0.58	0.56
	6,500	-0.15	0.51	0.56	0.52	0.54	0.57
Protein yield	1,000	0.02	0.13	0.14	0.05	0.14	0.13
	4,000	0.03	0.17	0.17	0.13	0.17	0.16
	6,500	-0.02	0.21	0.22	0.17	0.21	0.20
Somatic cell score	1,000	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.05
	4,000	-0.11	0.14	0.18	0.12	0.15	0.16
	6,500	-0.04	0.17	0.17	0.12	0.14	0.14

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