APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal, estimated in current evaluation) and genetic correlations (below diagonal, estimated in the latest test evaluation) considered in the current routine evaluation for female fertility traits.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, FRA=France, 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 FRA
CZE 0.02
DFS 0.92 1.88
FRA 0.81 0.80 0.03

Holstein - T2=CR: Lactating (C)ow's ability to (R)ecycle after calving
CHE CHR DFS ITA NLD NZL
CHE 3.80
CHR 0.97 3.33
DFS 0.95 0.91 3.07
ITA 0.87 0.85 0.90 4.05
NLD 0.90 0.89 0.91 0.86 4.01
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 FRA ISR
CZE 0.02
DFS 0.61 3.76
FRA 0.77 0.74 0.03
ISR 0.85 0.87 0.85 3.95

Holstein - T4=C2: Lactating (C)ow's ability to conceive (2)
BEL CHE CHR CZE DFS ESP FRA GBR IRL ISR ITA NLD NZL USA
BEL 2.25
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 5.71
FRA 0.64 0.65 0.60 0.77 0.61 0.70 0.03
GBR 0.30 0.65 0.56 0.41 0.72 0.41 0.63 0.02
IRL 0.79 0.55 0.55 0.59 0.42 0.83 0.57 0.40 3.27
ISR 0.43 0.55 0.53 0.68 0.72 0.43 0.84 0.65 0.36 3.93
ITA 0.28 0.90 0.83 0.55 0.80 0.53 0.55 0.66 0.54 0.55 0.02
NLD 0.28 0.86 0.84 0.54 0.80 0.52 0.61 0.73 0.54 0.64 0.78 2.41
NZL 0.66 0.55 0.55 0.59 0.42 0.69 0.45 0.41 0.75 0.33 0.54 0.54 2.85
USA 0.91 0.31 0.35 0.77 0.29 0.89 0.76 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 2.24
DFS 0.86 5.98
ESP 0.94 0.85 5.71
GBR 0.88 0.88 0.87 4.56
IRL 0.84 0.74 0.81 0.81 3.24
ITA 0.79 0.88 0.88 0.85 0.75 7.83
NLD 0.89 0.91 0.87 0.87 0.78 0.86 6.24
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