| Table
2. Number of national bull evaluations used in the Interbull test
evaluation |
| for Calving Ease (CE) and Stillbirth
(SB) for Holstein (February 2007). |
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Trait |
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| Country |
Direct CE |
Maternal CE |
Direct SB |
Maternal SB |
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| Australia* |
477 |
- |
448 |
- |
| Canada* |
7120 |
5259 |
7128 |
5263 |
| Denmark
(HOL) |
1696 |
5669 |
2199 |
5797 |
| Denmark*
(RHOL) |
85 |
169 |
90 |
170 |
| Finland |
726 |
732 |
904 |
839 |
| France* |
5994 |
5152 |
6004 |
5157 |
| Israel |
185 |
705 |
- |
- |
| Italy* |
6348 |
3905 |
6358 |
3908 |
| Sweden |
1914 |
1816 |
1929 |
1837 |
| Switzerland* |
543 |
448 |
557 |
451 |
| The Netherlands |
9168 |
2608 |
8002 |
7634 |
| United States |
21028 |
8161 |
13100 |
2483 |
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| Across Country |
55284 |
34624 |
46719 |
33539 |
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| * Countries with calving ease as best
available predictor for stillbirth. |
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