Mass selection - Animals with superior characteristics are selected from a herd and then allowed to mate among each other.
-Progeny testing - assessing on the breeding value of an animal on the basis of performance of its offsprings.
-Contemporary comparison -comparison of performance between heifers of the same age and sexual maturity
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