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Summary Several criteria for comparing the effectiveness of age-correction factors are discussed. Their usage in comparing multiplicative, herd-level, and additive correction factors is considered in detail, based on analyzing 5,577 Holstein records which had been age-corrected by the three sets of factors. No analysis showed any difference between the herd-level and multiplicative factors.
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