| Table 1. Number of national bull evaluations used in the Interbull routine evaluation | ||||
| for Calving Ease (CE) and Stillbirth (SB) for Holstein (August 2005). | ||||
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| Country | Direct CE | Maternal CE | Direct SB | Maternal SB |
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| Australia* | 432 | - | 409 | - |
| Canada* | 6164 | 4656 | 6164 | 4657 |
| Denmark (HOL) | 1398 | 5137 | 1852 | 5242 |
| Denmark (RHOL) | 80 | 148 | 102 | 161 |
| Finland | 628 | 645 | 808 | 740 |
| France* | 4703 | 4096 | 4703 | 4096 |
| Italy* | 5818 | 3634 | 5816 | 3634 |
| Sweden | 1755 | 1642 | 1757 | 1645 |
| Switzerland | 453 | 353 | 453 | 353 |
| The Netherlands | 7823 | 2119 | 6684 | 6363 |
| United States* | 19557 | 6983 | 19556 | 6986 |
| Across Country | 48811 | 29413 | 48304 | 33877 |
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| * Countries with calving ease as best available predictor for stillbirth. | ||||