APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for calving traits of February 2006; sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a de-standardized transmitting ability scale.

AUS=Australia, CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, DEA=Germany+Austria, DNK=Denmark, DNR=Danish Red Holstein, FIN=Finland, FRA=France, ITA=Italy, NLD=The Netherlands, NOR=Norway, SWE=Sweden, USA=United States


	Ayrshire -Direct Calving Ease
	CAN	DNK	FIN	NOR	SWE
CAN	1.900	.88	.80	.78	.79
DNK		0.131	.85	.75	.83
FIN			0.018	.71	.76
NOR				0.035	.88
SWE					0.013

	Ayrshire - Maternal Calving Ease
	CAN	DNK	FIN	NOR	SWE
CAN	1.828	.80	.72	.73	.68
DNK		0.084	.67	.80	.83
FIN			0.019	.69	.62
NOR				0.029	.71
SWE					0.013

	Holstein - Direct Calving Ease
	AUS	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA	ISR
AUS	3.144	.55	.54	.63	.72	.70	.63	.52	.68	.71	.67	.76
CAN		2.185	.81	.89	.79	.83	.81	.72	.79	.87	.76	.81
CHE			0.676	.93	.82	.86	.93	.86	.80	.86	.86	.81
DNK				0.107	.85	.93	.92	.78	.85	.96	.90	.84
DNR					0.103	.83	.80	.75	.85	.84	.78	.84
FIN						0.022	.90	.70	.83	.94	.87	.83
FRA							0.425	.74	.83	.90	.88	.81
ITA								0.054	.61	.72	.65	.68
NLD									0.064	.87	.78	.87
SWE										0.030	.87	.87
USA											0.121	.85
ISR												3.059

	Holstein - Maternal Calving Ease
		CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA	ISR
CAN		2.237	.90	.85	.80	.65	.80	.59	.89	.74	.70	.69
CHE			0.377	.89	.76	.69	.85	.70	.88	.88	.80	.73
DNK				0.085	.74	.62	.80	.59	.82	.84	.76	.71
DNR					0.075	.73	.76	.73	.77	.73	.75	.73
FIN						0.025	.74	.64	.63	.64	.67	.72
FRA							0.601	.86	.78	.89	.92	.75
ITA								0.046	.61	.78	.78	.64
NLD									0.059	.71	.76	.65
SWE										0.029	.87	.79
USA											0.119	.73
ISR												2.987

	Holstein - Direct Stillbirth
	AUS	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA	ISR
AUS	3.143	.73	.46	.48	.56	.49	.68	.53	.45	.46	.70	.70
CAN		2.185	.58	.71	.70	.57	.81	.73	.53	.63	.76	.74
CHE			0.085	.73	.75	.78	.62	.68	.56	.69	.58	.76
DNK				0.026	.83	.86	.77	.66	.65	.92	.77	.83
DNR					0.032	.80	.80	.69	.78	.78	.75	.78
FIN						0.011	.80	.70	.58	.84	.68	.77
FRA							0.425	.74	.46	.71	.88	.72
ITA								0.054	.46	.58	.66	.59
NLD									0.010	.65	.45	.67
SWE										0.026	.64	.80
USA											0.121	.78
ISR												3.383

	Holstein - Maternal Stillbirth
		CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA	ISR
CAN		2.237	.42	.55	.63	.65	.59	.58	.42	.60	.70	.59
CHE			0.011	.74	.72	.75	.72	.50	.77	.77	.45	.72
DNK				0.028	.75	.80	.68	.46	.82	.88	.50	.68
DNR					0.031	.74	.73	.60	.78	.71	.60	.73
FIN						0.009	.72	.71	.76	.90	.77	.72
FRA							0.601	.51	.62	.65	.60	.61
ITA								0.046	.41	.60	.77	.51
NLD									0.003	.73	.46	.62
SWE										0.028	.67	.65
USA											0.119	.60
ISR												3.258