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 Interbull run for female fertility traits. Sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a de-standardized transmitting ability scale.

BEL=Belgium, CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, CHR=Switzerland Red Holstein, CZE=Czech Republic, DEU= Germany-Austria, DFS=Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Sweden), ESP=Spain, FRA=France, GBR=United Kingdom, IRL= Ireland, ISR=Israel, ITA=Italy, NLD=The Netherlands, NOR=Norway, NZL=New Zealand, USA=United States of America.
BSW Fertility 1: hc
CAN DEU
CAN 0.02
DEU 0.90 0.01
HOL Fertility 1: hc
CAN CZE DEU DFS FRA USA
CAN 0.03
CZE 0.64 0.02
DEU 0.84 0.65 2.30
DFS 0.86 0.80 0.91 1.81
FRA 0.71 0.76 0.80 0.81 0.03
USA 0.76 0.84 0.81 0.82 0.91 2.52
JER Fertility 1: hc
CAN DFS USA
CAN 0.03
DFS 0.71 2.67
USA 0.92 0.83 2.42
RDC Fertility 1: hc
CAN DEU DFS NOR
CAN 0.03
DEU 0.70 2.13
DFS 0.91 0.60 2.54
NOR 0.83 0.68 0.80 0.02
BSW Fertility 2: cy
CAN CHE DEU NLD NZL USA
CAN 3.39
CHE 0.86 2.81
DEU 0.86 0.94 3.93
NLD 0.88 0.87 0.86 3.29
NZL 0.58 0.58 0.57 0.59 5.67
USA 0.83 0.75 0.71 0.72 0.63 1.72
GUE Fertility 2: cy
CAN GBR NZL USA
CAN 3.23
GBR 0.77 4.10
NZL 0.64 0.69 5.42
USA 0.74 0.86 0.61 1.93
HOL Fertility 2: cr
BEL CAN CHE CHR DEU DFS ESP GBR IRL ITA NLD NZL USA
BEL 2.24
CAN 0.72 3.32
CHE 0.77 0.88 3.87
CHR 0.75 0.86 0.97 3.36
DEU 0.75 0.89 0.91 0.89 2.91
DFS 0.79 0.90 0.94 0.92 0.92 3.10
ESP 0.92 0.76 0.72 0.71 0.73 0.74 5.61
GBR 0.87 0.75 0.76 0.75 0.75 0.81 0.87 4.68
IRL 0.85 0.70 0.70 0.71 0.70 0.70 0.85 0.85 3.28
ITA 0.81 0.87 0.88 0.85 0.90 0.90 0.87 0.84 0.76 4.06
NLD 0.87 0.86 0.91 0.90 0.92 0.92 0.82 0.85 0.75 0.88 4.63
NZL 0.68 0.53 0.54 0.51 0.57 0.57 0.63 0.63 0.71 0.68 0.61 4.37
USA 0.85 0.73 0.71 0.70 0.71 0.73 0.93 0.85 0.85 0.88 0.82 0.60 1.75
JER Fertility 2: cy
CAN DFS GBR NLD NZL USA
CAN 3.38
DFS 0.87 2.61
GBR 0.75 0.84 3.60
NLD 0.88 0.86 0.72 3.65
NZL 0.52 0.67 0.62 0.53 3.41
USA 0.71 0.71 0.86 0.72 0.60 1.45
RDC Fertility 2: cy
CAN DEU DFS GBR NOR NZL USA
CAN 2.75
DEU 0.89 2.26
DFS 0.86 0.95 2.71
GBR 0.78 0.79 0.74 4.33
NOR 0.90 0.90 0.86 0.79 2.24
NZL 0.54 0.61 0.51 0.64 0.55 5.16
USA 0.71 0.78 0.72 0.88 0.77 0.68 1.62
BSW Fertility 3: c1
CAN CHE DEU NLD USA
CAN 0.03
CHE 0.72 0.03
DEU 0.85 0.96 0.03
NLD 0.63 0.57 0.54 2.73
USA 0.55 0.84 0.76 0.60 2.53
GUE Fertility 3: c1
CAN GBR USA
CAN 0.04
GBR 0.83 0.03
USA 0.85 0.71 3.33
HOL Fertility 3: c1
CAN CHE CHR CZE DEU DFS FRA GBR ISR ITA NLD USA
CAN 0.03
CHE 0.88 0.03
CHR 0.80 0.94 0.02
CZE 0.70 0.68 0.73 0.02
DEU 0.78 0.92 0.96 0.74 2.91
DFS 0.79 0.83 0.87 0.64 0.88 2.25
FRA 0.67 0.74 0.71 0.82 0.64 0.57 0.03
GBR 0.57 0.65 0.67 0.51 0.70 0.72 0.62 0.03
ISR 0.58 0.61 0.65 0.77 0.64 0.70 0.68 0.78 3.00
ITA 0.67 0.86 0.88 0.56 0.87 0.79 0.58 0.69 0.58 0.02
NLD 0.60 0.80 0.73 0.51 0.81 0.77 0.50 0.72 0.71 0.76 2.70
USA 0.70 0.70 0.64 0.86 0.65 0.59 0.90 0.56 0.65 0.64 0.50 2.83
JER Fertility 3: c1
CAN DFS GBR NLD USA
CAN 0.03
DFS 0.61 2.65
GBR 0.61 0.54 0.03
NLD 0.62 0.55 0.57 2.38
USA 0.77 0.58 0.56 0.55 2.76
RDC Fertility 3: c1
CAN DEU DFS GBR NOR
CAN 0.03
DEU 0.83 2.58
DFS 0.85 0.78 2.90
GBR 0.57 0.77 0.64 0.03
NOR 0.80 0.68 0.65 0.77 0.03
SIM Fertility 3: c1
CZE NLD
CZE 0.02
NLD 0.57 3.17
BSW Fertility 4: c2
CAN CHE DEU NLD NZL USA
CAN 4.92
CHE 0.77 0.03
DEU 0.86 0.61 4.41
NLD 0.73 0.19 0.72 4.98
NZL 0.66 0.44 0.49 0.64 4.01
USA 0.72 0.38 0.90 0.86 0.62 1.72
GUE Fertility 4: c2
CAN GBR NZL USA
CAN 6.10
GBR 0.79 4.12
NZL 0.54 0.62 3.70
USA 0.86 0.86 0.61 1.93
HOL Fertility 4: c2
BEL CAN CHE CHR CZE DEU DFS ESP FRA GBR IRL ISR ITA NLD NZL USA
BEL 2.25
CAN 0.70 5.36
CHE 0.17 0.69 0.03
CHR 0.23 0.61 0.86 0.02
CZE 0.63 0.68 0.51 0.74 0.02
DEU 0.74 0.85 0.63 0.68 0.79 2.67
DFS 0.77 0.86 0.57 0.59 0.70 0.90 3.78
ESP 0.92 0.71 0.27 0.39 0.70 0.80 0.83 5.61
FRA 0.56 0.79 0.73 0.71 0.79 0.83 0.69 0.67 0.03
GBR 0.88 0.70 0.17 0.17 0.50 0.71 0.80 0.87 0.54 4.68
IRL 0.85 0.70 0.27 0.18 0.44 0.70 0.72 0.85 0.54 0.85 3.30
ISR 0.44 0.66 0.56 0.60 0.73 0.65 0.59 0.44 0.64 0.41 0.42 2.99
ITA 0.85 0.70 0.27 0.34 0.56 0.76 0.81 0.88 0.57 0.85 0.85 0.43 7.92
NLD 0.87 0.70 0.16 0.16 0.47 0.73 0.81 0.85 0.49 0.86 0.85 0.41 0.88 6.28
NZL 0.68 0.41 0.24 0.25 0.36 0.45 0.45 0.63 0.38 0.62 0.72 0.28 0.69 0.61 2.82
USA 0.86 0.75 0.38 0.44 0.78 0.85 0.87 0.93 0.76 0.85 0.84 0.58 0.88 0.85 0.60 1.75
JER Fertility 4: c2
CAN DFS GBR NLD NZL USA
CAN 4.27
DFS 0.88 4.15
GBR 0.72 0.77 3.60
NLD 0.75 0.72 0.87 4.52
NZL 0.42 0.61 0.61 0.61 2.18
USA 0.71 0.85 0.86 0.86 0.61 1.45
RDC Fertility 4: c2
CAN DEU DFS GBR NOR NZL USA
CAN 4.52
DEU 0.90 2.25
DFS 0.90 0.93 4.20
GBR 0.72 0.79 0.73 4.34
NOR 0.78 0.77 0.71 0.91 4.50
NZL 0.56 0.51 0.52 0.65 0.62 3.31
USA 0.91 0.80 0.85 0.88 0.90 0.72 1.62
SIM Fertility 4: c2
CZE NLD
CZE 0.02
NLD 0.75 6.44
BSW Fertility 5: it
CAN DEU NLD NZL USA
CAN 6.67
DEU 0.87 6.09
NLD 0.88 0.86 5.00
NZL 0.68 0.62 0.63 4.01
USA 0.86 0.85 0.86 0.62 1.72
GUE Fertility 5: it
CAN GBR NZL USA
CAN 7.48
GBR 0.91 4.12
NZL 0.65 0.62 3.70
USA 0.88 0.86 0.61 1.93
HOL Fertility 5: it
BEL CAN DEU DFS ESP GBR IRL ITA NLD NZL USA
BEL 2.24
CAN 0.85 7.13
DEU 0.85 0.85 4.11
DFS 0.86 0.85 0.92 5.97
ESP 0.92 0.85 0.86 0.85 5.61
GBR 0.87 0.85 0.85 0.89 0.87 4.68
IRL 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.85 3.28
ITA 0.85 0.85 0.86 0.86 0.88 0.85 0.85 7.91
NLD 0.87 0.85 0.90 0.90 0.85 0.85 0.85 0.88 6.27
NZL 0.69 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.63 0.63 0.71 0.69 0.61 2.81
USA 0.85 0.87 0.88 0.89 0.93 0.85 0.85 0.88 0.85 0.60 1.75
JER Fertility 5: it
CAN DFS GBR NLD NZL USA
CAN 6.26
DFS 0.88 5.51
GBR 0.86 0.87 3.60
NLD 0.88 0.86 0.87 4.52
NZL 0.61 0.69 0.61 0.61 2.18
USA 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.86 0.61 1.45
RDC Fertility 5: it
CAN DEU DFS GBR NOR NZL USA
CAN 5.73
DEU 0.90 3.42
DFS 0.91 0.91 5.77
GBR 0.87 0.91 0.87 4.34
NOR 0.91 0.90 0.86 0.91 4.50
NZL 0.64 0.64 0.60 0.67 0.62 3.31
USA 0.98 0.91 0.93 0.88 0.90 0.70 1.62