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Table
2. Number of national bull evaluations used in the Interbull routine
evaluation |
| for Calving Ease (CE) and Stillbirth (SB) for Holstein August 2008 |
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Trait |
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| Country |
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Direct CE |
Maternal CE |
Direct SB |
Maternal SB |
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| Australia* |
|
595 |
- |
489 |
- |
| Canada |
|
7499 |
3768 |
6269 |
3510 |
| Den+Fin+Swe |
|
4292 |
8123 |
5615 |
8919 |
| France |
|
6954 |
5950 |
5171 |
4419 |
| Israel |
|
213 |
792 |
214 |
792 |
| Italy* |
|
7213 |
4647 |
7225 |
4648 |
| Switzerland* |
|
614 |
509 |
629 |
512 |
| The Netherlands |
|
9888 |
3677 |
8803 |
9540 |
| United States |
|
23041 |
10086 |
15222 |
3584 |
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| Across Country |
|
60309 |
37552 |
49637 |
35924 |
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| * Countries with calving ease as best available predictor for stillbirth. |