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Importing BREEDPLAN EBVs

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ByDamien

Once BREEDPLAN has calculated EBVs for your herd you can import updated BREEDPLAN EBVs for your animals into HerdMASTER by completing the steps outlined in the downloadable document.

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Retrieving your EBVs from BREEDPLAN

BREEDPLAN supplies EBVs primarily through your breed society on the internet.

  1. Go to the BREEDPLAN website Search/Login area, then select the breed society you are a member of.
  2. Fill out all your details and sign in, if you do not have these details then contact your breed society or BREEDPLAN.
  3. On your navigation bar click on the link that says Download Files.
  4. A list of files related to your herd appears, look for the file name GroupEBV, there should be two options, a CSV file and a DAT file. We recommend using the CSV file as it may have extra information not contained in the DAT file.
  5. The option to save your file should appear, save to a location you can easily remember to retrieve it from. if it does not give you the option to choose where to save it, you can usually find it in your ÔÇ£downloadsÔÇØ (shown to the right) folder.

Importing EBVs into HerdMASTER

  1. In HerdMASTER open Utilities > Import > ABRI Imports > EBVs
  2. In the window that opens, select the file you downloaded earlier and click OK.
  3. EBVs may take some time to import, once imported, if there are any problems a summary page will be displayed explaining why a particular EBV was not imported, please look in the Troubleshooting EBV Import in the next section to figure out why a problem is happening and the solution.

Check your EBVs in HerdMASTER

In an animalÔÇÖs details there are tabs at the top, you can access EBVs from the EBV tab (you may also have breed indices under the Breed Object tab) the first column is the EBV value, the second column denotes the accuracy percentage.

Troubleshooting EBV Imports

Usually an EBV will not import for animal because the details within HerdMASTER do not match what has been submitted to BREEDPLAN.

Check the import summary versus your information in HerdMASTER. 

Pick the animal having the error from the EBV import summary, write down what it couldnÔÇÖt match on (usually society ID and birth year) and check your information in HerdMASTER for that animal. Society ID is found under the Society Info tab at the top. Birth Year is found under the Breed Info tab at the top.

If your data is correct within HerdMASTER but the summary has incorrect data for that animal then please contact your society or BREEDPLAN to correct the data.

(One trick is to do an animal search on the society database and check its DOB vs Birth Year).

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