The following forms will allow you to locate an EPD’s or a selection index’s value for an animal within its breed performance. EPD value by itself doesn’t indicate where an animal ranks compared to its breed for a specific trait. To know the real value of an EPD or a selection index, we use the percentile.
The percentile is the number that reflects the position, in terms of percentile rank, that this EPD is in for the animal’s breed. For example, a 90% indicates that the animal is in the top 10% of all animals of the same breed for this trait.
You can consult the “Basic Notions” datasheet, in the Document Center, to get more information about percentiles.