December 2017
NZGE is New Zealands national across flock and breed evaluation to identify the best rams for economic traits. The NZGE analysis includes all SIL performance-recording flocks, but flocks also have to satisfy specific criteria for NZGE Leader List reporting purposes. These include having good genetic connections with other flocks. Rams from other flocks are listed if they have been used in connected flocks with sufficient progeny evaluated.
NZGE evaluations are made possible by genetic links between breeds: generated by breeders and the B+LNZ Genetics Central Progeny Test.
The following files can be downloaded as SIL formatted reports (pdf) or as comma delimited text files (csv) by clicking on the links below.
Leader Lists published from October 2017 include a Trait Leader List for Body Condition Score.
From September 2017, NZGE Leader Lists include updated relative economic values (REVs) and the incorporation of DNA information into the merit prediction. To reflect the inclusion of DNA information when available, breeding values are now reported as gBVs.
For individuals with performance data only the gBV will equal the eBV.
For individuals with molecular information, the eBV and mBVs (molecular BV) are combined on the basis of the relative accuracy of each BV to produce gBV.
Further details on the update breeding objectives (REVs), capped reproduction and breeding values from NZGE (gBVs) can be found in Technical Notes.
NZGE Index Leader Lists
| Formatted Reports | Text files | Index |
| csv | New Zealand Terminal Worth (Survival, Growth, Meat) |
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| csv | New Zealand Maternal Worth (Reproduction, Survival, Growth, Adult Size, Wool) |
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| csv | New Zealand Maternal Worth + Meat Yield (Reproduction, Survival, Growth, Adult Size, Wool, Meat Yield) |
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| csv | New Zealand Maternal Worth + WormFEC (Reproduction, Survival, Growth, Adult Size, Wool, WormFEC) |
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| csv | New Zealand Maternal Worth + Facial Eczema (Reproduction, Survival, Growth, Adult Size, Wool, Facial Eczema) |
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| csv | New Zealand Maternal Worth + Dag Score (Reproduction, Survival, Growth, Adult Size, Dag Score) |
NZGE Trait Leader Lists
| SIL formatted reports | Text files in CSV format | Goal Trait |
| csv | Reproduction | |
| csv | Survival Dual Purpose | |
| csv | Survival Terminal | |
| csv | Growth Dual Purpose | |
| csv | Growth Terminal | |
| csv | Adult Size | |
| csv | Meat Dual Purpose | |
| csv | Meat Terminal | |
| csv | Wool | |
| csv | WormFEC | |
| csv | Facial Eczema | |
| csv | Dag Score | |
| csv | Body Condition Score |
NZGE Analysis Information
Participants and flock connectedness table
*** This table lists flock type e.g. DP or TS ***
National Genetic Trends (Health)
NZGE Connectedness Graphs
| Reproduction |
| Survival |
| Growth |
| Adult Size |
| Meat |
| Wool |
| WormFEC |
| Facial Eczema |
| Dag Score |
| Body Condition Score |
Can't find a Sire Leader List for the combination of traits you want?
Go back to the Tools home page and use the RamFinder tool to select the traits and indexes you want to rate animals for.