APPENDIX I
Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal, estimated May 2007) and genetic correlations (below
diagonal, estimated March 2007) considered in the Interbull test evaluati on for female fertility
traits of May 2007. Sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a
de-standardized transmitting ability scale.
BEL=Belgium, CHE=Switzerland, CHR=Switzerland Red Holstein,
CZE=Czech Republic, DFS=Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Sweden),
ESP=Spain, GBR=United Kingdom, IRL=Ireland, ISR=Israel, ITA=Italy,
NLD=The Netherlands, NZL=New Zealand, USA=United States
Holstein - T1=HC: Maiden (H)eifer's ability to (C)onceive
	CZE	DFS
CZE	0.02
DFS	0.92	1.87
Holstein - T2=CR: Lactating (C)ow's ability to (R)ecycle after calving
	CHE	CHR	DFS	ITA	NLD	NZL
CHE	3.79
CHR	0.97	3.28
DFS	0.95	0.91	3.05
ITA	0.87	0.85	0.90	4.07
NLD	0.90	0.89	0.91	0.86	3.99
NZL	0.61	0.53	0.57	0.70	0.55	4.42
Holstein - T3=C1: Lactating (C)ow's ability to conceive (1)
	CZE	DFS	ISR
CZE	0.02
DFS	0.61	3.73
ISR	0.85	0.87	3.95
Holstein - T4=C2: Lactating (C)ow's ability to conceive (2)
	BEL	CHE	CHR	CZE	DFS	ESP	GBR	IRL	ISR	ITA	NLD	NZL	USA
BEL	2.28
CHE	0.28	0.03
CHR	0.28	0.88	0.02
CZE	0.58	0.55	0.65	0.02
DFS	0.28	0.78	0.82	0.56	2.24
ESP	0.90	0.54	0.53	0.72	0.42	5.69
GBR	0.30	0.65	0.56	0.41	0.72	0.41	0.02
IRL	0.79	0.55	0.55	0.59	0.42	0.83	0.40	3.19
ISR	0.43	0.55	0.53	0.68	0.72	0.43	0.65	0.36	3.93
ITA	0.28	0.90	0.83	0.55	0.80	0.53	0.66	0.54	0.55	0.02
NLD	0.28	0.86	0.84	0.54	0.80	0.52	0.73	0.54	0.64	0.78	2.39
NZL	0.66	0.55	0.55	0.59	0.42	0.69	0.41	0.75	0.33	0.54	0.54	2.84
USA	0.91	0.31	0.35	0.77	0.29	0.89	0.31	0.73	0.46	0.27	0.28	0.60	1.75
Holstein - T5=IT: Lactating cow's measurements of (I)nterval (T)raits calving- conception
	BEL	DFS	ESP	GBR	IRL	ITA	NLD	NZL	USA
BEL	2.30
DFS	0.86	5.94
ESP	0.94	0.85	5.69
GBR	0.88	0.88	0.87	4.50
IRL	0.84	0.74	0.81	0.81	3.18
ITA	0.79	0.88	0.88	0.85	0.75	7.81
NLD	0.89	0.91	0.87	0.87	0.78	0.86	6.22
NZL	0.70	0.52	0.66	0.62	0.73	0.64	0.62	2.84
USA	0.86	0.89	0.93	0.83	0.76	0.90	0.86	0.62	1.75