This chapter will show how to estimate an index for an animal’s breeding value.
First a little about breeding value estimation and the accuracy of this estimation. Next the presentation of simple formulas for calculating these values and examples of application of the formulas.
We will show, how to include information from gene markers in the calculation of breeding values, and which effect the gene markers can have on the accuracy of the breeding value estimation.
Additional methods on how to estimate the breeding value exist. BLUP is used to a large extent and therefore it will be brifly presented in this chapter.
