| BW | body weight |
| CW | carcass weight |
| CDG | carcass (net) daily gain |
| DP | dressing percentage |
| EUR | SEUROP classification |
| MUS | muscularity |
| FAT | degree of fatness |
| FCS | fattening control station |
| REML | restricted maximum likelihood |
| BLUP | best linear unbiased prediction |
| REMLF90, BLUPF90 | names of programs for computing REML and BLUP |
| SEUROP | official classification of carcass quality |
| BV | breeding value |
| RBV | relative breeding value |
| ⊗ | Kronecker product of matrices |
| CV | coefficient of variability (%) |
| s.e. | standard error |
| SD | standard deviation |
| S | station testing method |
| F | field testing method |
| No. | number |
| Min | minimum value/count |
| Max | maximum value/count |
| h2 | heritability |
| RMSE | root mean square error |
| LSMEANS | least square means |
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