| Table
1. Number of national bull evaluations used in the
Interbull routine evaluation |
| for Calving Ease (CE) and Stillbirth (SB) for Holstein (November 2005). |
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Trait |
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| Country |
Direct CE |
Maternal CE |
Direct SB |
Maternal SB |
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| Australia* |
432 |
- |
409 |
- |
| Canada* |
6176 |
4734 |
6176 |
4735 |
| Denmark
(HOL) |
1447 |
5214 |
1911 |
5335 |
| Denmark
(RHOL) |
83 |
150 |
105 |
163 |
| Finland |
640 |
654 |
824 |
754 |
| France* |
5062 |
4353 |
5062 |
4353 |
| Israel |
155 |
631 |
155 |
631 |
| Italy* |
5818 |
3729 |
5816 |
3731 |
| Sweden |
1797 |
1686 |
1799 |
1689 |
| Switzerland |
468 |
374 |
468 |
374 |
| The Netherlands |
8637 |
2425 |
7228 |
6943 |
| United States* |
19355 |
6553 |
19354 |
6556 |
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| Across Country |
50070 |
30503 |
49307 |
35264 |
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| * Countries with calving ease as best available predictor for stillbirth. |
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