APPENDIX I Estimated sire standard deviation

APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for calving traits of August 2008; 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 Statess

BrownSwiss - Direct Calving Ease
	deu	nld	usa	che
deu	0.045	.77	.66	.85
nld		0.067	.79	.83
usa			0.121	.66
che				0.475

BrownSwiss - Maternal Calving Ease
	deu	nld	usa	che
deu	0.035	.73	.61	.61
nld		0.061	.77	.89
usa			0.135	.72
che				0.521

Holstein - Direct Calving Ease
	aus	can	che	dnk	fra	ita	nld	usa	isr
aus	3.055	.85	.62	.82	.67	.56	.75	.70	.72
can		0.077	.90	.95	.87	.80	.90	.88	.87
che			0.676	.91	.93	.81	.85	.83	.80
dnk				0.088	.92	.74	.90	.90	.85
fra					0.428	.72	.86	.88	.84
ita						0.063	.64	.62	.75
nld							0.063	.79	.85
usa								0.120	.82
isr									3.097

Holstein - Maternal Calving Ease
	aus	can	che	dnk	fra	ita	nld	usa	isr
aus	0.000	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
can		0.096	.85	.84	.94	.66	.74	.91	.66
che			0.431	.90	.87	.70	.91	.80	.71
dnk				0.079	.81	.58	.81	.78	.69
fra					0.607	.81	.82	.93	.68
ita						0.047	.59	.76	.64
nld							0.059	.78	.61
usa								0.128	.67
isr									3.037

Holstein - Direct Stillbirth
	aus	can	che	dnk	fra	ita	nld	usa	isr
aus	3.069	.70	.76	.73	.51	.66	.36	.49	.56
can		0.022	.78	.96	.66	.76	.65	.76	.73
che			0.680	.80	.58	.87	.46	.59	.68
dnk				0.030	.68	.75	.65	.71	.69
fra					0.355	.49	.70	.61	.71
ita						0.063	.45	.49	.62
nld							0.013	.65	.64
usa								0.062	.70
isr									1.587

Holstein - Maternal Stillbirth
	aus	can	che	dnk	fra	ita	nld	usa	isr
aus	0.000	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00	.00
can		0.036	.61	.96	.90	.52	.76	.91	.78
che			0.431	.64	.56	.77	.54	.55	.65
dnk				0.031	.86	.49	.80	.82	.78
fra					0.438	.41	.80	.75	.71
ita						0.047	.40	.54	.58
nld							0.004	.72	.65
usa								0.117	.67
isr									2.258

Red - Direct Calving Ease
	can	dnk	nor
can	0.066	.89	.81
dnk		0.069	.95
nor			0.037

Red - Maternal Calving Ease
	can	dnk	nor
can	0.070	.73	.72
dnk		0.056	.80
nor			0.030