Table 2.

The year of birth of the first animals placed in the validation set and number (n) of animals in training and validation sets for each breed

	First validation year				n Training				n Validation
Trait	R	C	P	RCP	R	C	P	RCP	R	C	P	RCP	T	RCPT	CRP
DAG3	2008	2009	2004	2009	624	622	52	188	221	234	56	276	86	158	123
DAG8	2008	2005	2004	2009	715	209	50	72	278	245	53	83	86	85	81
FEC1	2008	2009	2005	2008	1414	1033	164	222	264	239	185	204	124	160	155
FEC2	2008	2009	2005	2007	1168	917	175	101	165	95	193	137	98	97	123
AFEC	2006	2005	2004	2005	771	381	123	10	252	237	170	66	76	54	64

Rom Romney, Coop Coopworth, Peren Perendale, RCP CompRCP, RCPT CompRCPT, CRP CompCRP, PC principal components, DAG3, DAG8 dag score at three and eight months, respectively, FEC1, FEC2, AFEC nematode faecal egg count in summer, autumn and as an adult, respectively