APPENDIX I
Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above
diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for calving traits
of May 2005; sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a
de-standardized transmitting ability scale.
AUS=Australia, CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, DEU=Germany+Austria, DNK=Denmark,
DNR=Danish Red Holstein, FIN=Finland, FRA=France, ITA=Italy, NLD=The Netherlands,
ISR=Israel, SWE=Sweden, USA=United States
	Holstein Direct Calving Ease
	AUS	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ISR	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA
AUS	3.06	.55	.53	.60	.71	.69	.59	.76	.52	.64	.68	.65
CAN		2.20	.80	.89	.79	.83	.77	.82	.71	.78	.87	.76
CHE			0.682	.94	.83	.86	.92	.81	.85	.81	.86	.86
DNK				0.107	.86	.94	.90	.84	.78	.85	.96	.90
DNR					0.104	.84	.82	.85	.73	.90	.85	.77
FIN						0.0222	.87	.83	.68	.84	.94	.88
FRA							0.042	.81	.71	.84	.84	.88
ISR								3.40	.68	.89	.88	.85
ITA									0.061	.61	.72	.65
NLD										0.064	.87	.77
SWE											0.031	.87
USA												0.122
	Holstein Maternal Calving Ease
	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ISR	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA
CAN	2.25	.91	.85	.81	.63	.81	.67	.60	.89	.74	.69
CHE		0.376	.90	.76	.69	.82	.72	.71	.86	.89	.79
DNK			0.085	.74	.62	.78	.70	.60	.84	.85	.76
DNR				0.074	.72	.77	.73	.73	.76	.73	.74
FIN					0.0243	.71	.72	.64	.62	.63	.65
FRA						0.061	.75	.82	.75	.89	.90
ISR							4.23	.62	.60	.79	.70
ITA								0.045	.65	.79	.80
NLD									0.060	.74	.77
SWE										0.029	.88
USA											0.118
	Holstein Direct Stillbirth
	AUS	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ISR	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA
AUS	3.05	.73	.41	.43	.55	.48	.61	.68	.52	.37	.42	.67
CAN		2.20	.59	.71	.70	.55	.72	.72	.73	.46	.63	.76
CHE			0.00865	.71	.73	.77	.62	.79	.67	.61	.66	.55
DNK				0.0263	.83	.87	.69	.84	.65	.66	.93	.76
DNR					0.0315	.79	.71	.80	.66	.86	.77	.69
FIN						0.0114	.70	.79	.69	.64	.85	.68
FRA							0.0422	.70	.68	.50	.66	.87
ISR								4.02	.57	.65	.83	.78
ITA									0.0612	.46	.57	.66
NLD										0.0105	.66	.45
SWE											0.0256	.64
USA												0.1220
	Holstein Maternal Stillbirth
	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ISR	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA
CAN	2.25	.42	.55	.62	.66	.81	.57	.58	.42	.60	.69
CHE		0.01138	.78	.72	.76	.54	.72	.52	.80	.81	.47
DNK			0.0273	.75	.80	.60	.67	.47	.81	.89	.50
DNR				0.0302	.73	.64	.73	.59	.80	.70	.56
FIN					0.0088	.79	.72	.73	.75	.90	.77
FRA						0.0611	.63	.81	.50	.71	.91
ISR							4.75	.49	.60	.64	.58
ITA								0.0452	.41	.62	.78
NLD									0.00316	.71	.45
SWE										0.0280	.67
USA											0.0118