APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for calving traits of May 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	1.874	.87	.79	.78	.80
dnk		0.131	.85	.77	.84
fin			0.018	.75	.81
nor				0.035	.90
swe					0.013

Ayrshire - Maternal Calving Ease
	can	dnk	fin	nor	swe
can	1.807	.80	.70	.73	.69
dnk		0.084	.67	.81	.82
fin			0.019	.68	.66
nor				0.029	.73
swe					0.013

Holstein - Direct Calving Ease
	aus	can	che	dnk	dnr	fin	fra	ita	nld	swe	usa	isr
aus	3.146	.56	.54	.64	.72	.71	.61	.52	.68	.71	.67	.75
can		2.182	.81	.88	.79	.84	.81	.71	.80	.87	.76	.82
che			0.693	.93	.81	.86	.93	.85	.81	.87	.85	.81
dnk				0.107	.84	.93	.92	.78	.86	.96	.90	.85
dnr					0.104	.83	.80	.74	.86	.83	.78	.84
fin						0.022	.90	.70	.84	.94	.88	.84
fra							0.425	.74	.83	.90	.88	.81
ita								0.054	.61	.71	.63	.69
nld									0.064	.89	.78	.88
swe										0.030	.86	.88
usa											0.121	.85
isr												3.059

Holstein - Maternal Calving Ease
	aus	can	che	dnk	dnr	fin	fra	ita	nld	swe	usa	isr
aus	0.000	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
can		2.227	.91	.85	.81	.65	.80	.58	.89	.75	.70	.69
che			0.394	.89	.78	.68	.84	.68	.89	.86	.79	.73
dnk				0.085	.75	.61	.80	.59	.81	.83	.76	.74
dnr					0.076	.73	.77	.73	.81	.74	.76	.73
fin						0.025	.74	.64	.63	.64	.66	.71
fra							0.601	.86	.79	.89	.92	.74
ita								0.046	.59	.78	.77	.63
nld									0.060	.70	.76	.64
swe										0.029	.87	.79
usa											0.120	.72
isr												2.987

Holstein - Direct Stillbirth
	aus	can	che	dnk	dnr	fin	fra	ita	nld	swe	usa	isr
aus	3.132	.76	.67	.51	.58	.52	.68	.62	.37	.49	.67	.67
can		2.182	.81	.72	.72	.58	.76	.74	.46	.65	.76	.72
che			0.692	.72	.68	.72	.85	.84	.47	.69	.58	.64
dnk				0.026	.85	.87	.74	.70	.67	.92	.75	.84
dnr					0.032	.80	.72	.68	.84	.78	.73	.81
fin						0.011	.73	.74	.63	.83	.66	.79
fra							0.425	.74	.49	.67	.85	.73
ita								0.054	.46	.61	.65	.61
nld									0.010	.66	.46	.70
swe										0.026	.64	.82
usa											0.121	.78
isr												3.383

Holstein - Maternal Stillbirth
	aus	can	che	dnk	dnr	fin	fra	ita	nld	swe	usa	isr
aus	0.000	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
can		2.228	.92	.53	.66	.65	.80	.60	.43	.60	.69	.59
che			0.398	.53	.69	.62	.90	.67	.47	.60	.53	.52
dnk				0.028	.74	.80	.54	.45	.82	.88	.51	.67
dnr					0.030	.73	.69	.62	.78	.72	.60	.73
fin						0.009	.76	.72	.77	.91	.76	.72
fra							0.600	.86	.52	.68	.60	.57
ita								0.046	.44	.61	.76	.50
nld									0.003	.73	.46	.61
swe										0.028	.67	.65
usa											0.120	.59
isr												3.258