DHI	Dairy Herd Improvement
ICP-AES	Inductively Coupled Plasma—Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
GH	Malabonis distance
NH	Neighboring H distance
RMSE	Root Mean Square Error
MIR	Mid-infrared
PDS	Piece-wise standardized method
PLS	Partial least square regression
RMSEcv	Root Mean Square Error of cross-validation
RMSEP	Root Mean Square Error of prediction
RPD	Ratio of prediction to deviation
DIM	Days in milk
pX	Predicted traits (X = Na, Ca, Mg, P, K, etc.)
NAGase	N-acetyl-$\beta$-D-glucosaminidase
LDH	Lactase Lactate dehydrogenase
RCT	Rennet coagulation time
k20	Curd-firming time
a30	Curd firmness 30 min after rennet addition
ILCY	Individual laboratory cheese yield