Table 2. Number of national bull evaluations used in the Interbull routine evaluation
for Calving Ease (CE) and Stillbirth (SB) for Holstein January 2008.

Trait

Country Direct CE Maternal CE Direct SB Maternal SB

Australia* 486 - 456 -
Canada 3833 3504 2964 3246
Den+Fin+Swe 4076 7872 5391 8680
France* 6419 5475 6427 5479
Israel 192 737 192 736
Italy* 6937 4442 6943 4443
Switzerland* 590 489 603 490
The Netherlabds 9575 3179 8391 8040
United States 22183 9316 14351 3078

Across Country 54291 35014 45716 34192
* Countries with calv ing ease as best available predictor for stillbirth.