| Table 2. Number of national bull evaluations used in the Interbull routine evaluation | |||||
| for Calving Ease (CE) and Stillbirth (SB) for Holstein (May 2006) | |||||
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| Country | Direct CE | Maternal CE | Direct SB | Maternal SB | |
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| Australia* | 453 | - | 429 | - | |
| Canada* | 6568 | 4977 | 6575 | 4981 | |
| Denmark | (HOL) | 1534 | 5411 | 2042 | 5536 |
| Denmark | (RHOL) | 77 | 152 | 102 | 166 |
| Finland | 668 | 694 | 834 | 793 | |
| France* | 5325 | 4355 | 5332 | 4359 | |
| Israel | 171 | 660 | 171 | 661 | |
| Italy* | 5876 | 3740 | 5893 | 3748 | |
| Sweden | 1846 | 1759 | 1864 | 1779 | |
| Switzerland* | 502 | 413 | 515 | 417 | |
| The Netherlands | 8865 | 2504 | 7486 | 7179 | |
| United States | 19799 | 6966 | 19807 | 6972 | |
| Across Country | 51684 | 31631 | 51050 | 36591 | |
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| * Countries with calving ease as best available predictor for stillbirth. | |||||