Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (below diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for Ayrshire conformation traits of August 2005; sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a de-standardized transmitting ability scale. Countries not submitting data for a trait, or where data are excluded from the evaluation, have blank rows and columns.

AUS=Australia, CAN=Canada, DEU=Germany, DFS=Denmark+Finland+Sweden, GBR=United Kingdom, NOR=Norway, NZL=New Zealand, USA=United States



Correlation matrix for : : stature

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.30
CAN	0.86	4.01
DEU	0.81	0.95	0.79
DFS	0.80	0.96	0.98	1.51
GBR	0.90	0.96	0.95	0.94	0.54
NOR
NZL	0.90	0.90	0.87	0.92	0.93		0.25
USA	0.86	0.97	0.91	0.90	0.94		0.88	1.99


Correlation matrix for :: chest width

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.22
CAN	0.57	2.35
DEU	0.67	0.86	0.25
DFS	0.75	0.49	0.73	0.21
GBR	0.81	0.83	0.93	0.86	0.30
NOR	0.78	-0.04	0.24	0.65	0.42	0.78
NZL
USA	0.67	0.85	0.84	0.81	0.88	0.24		1.12


Correlation matrix for :: body depth

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.21
CAN	0.59	2.84
DEU	0.78	0.81	0.25
DFS	0.73	0.67	0.95	0.26
GBR	0.70	0.84	0.85	0.82	0.31
NOR
NZL	0.82	0.54	0.66	0.69	0.63		0.19
USA	0.68	0.77	0.77	0.82	0.90		0.69	1.07


Correlation matrix for :: angularity

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.28
CAN	0.54	3.09
DEU	0.72	0.70	0.25
DFS	0.66	0.83	0.84	0.27
GBR	0.72	0.88	0.92	0.95	0.46
NOR
NZL
USA	0.70	0.81	0.79	0.72	0.85			0.81


Correlation matrix for :: rump angle

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.20
CAN	0.91	2.60
DEU	0.93	0.94	0.29
DFS	0.86	0.97	0.94	0.32
GBR	0.95	0.98	0.96	0.97	0.25
NOR	0.83	0.89	0.73	0.77	0.84	0.76
NZL	0.95	0.85	0.92	0.87	0.93	0.67	0.15
USA	0.91	0.99	0.96	0.96	0.97	0.86	0.86	1.00


Correlation matrix for :: rump width

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.23
CAN	0.76	2.72
DEU	0.79	0.73	0.27
DFS	0.86	0.70	0.91	0.29
GBR	0.78	0.91	0.82	0.83	0.37
NOR
NZL	0.89	0.83	0.70	0.82	0.88		0.16
USA	0.76	0.91	0.81	0.80	0.93		0.84	1.21


Correlation matrix for :: rear leg set

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.12
CAN	0.60	2.17
DEU	0.67	0.95	0.20
DFS	0.56	0.98	0.92	0.25
GBR	0.84	0.82	0.86	0.75	0.31
NOR	0.53	0.97	0.91	0.99	0.74	0.81
NZL	0.56	0.30	0.46	0.14	0.70	0.12	0.06
USA	0.63	0.95	0.93	0.90	0.84	0.87	0.45	0.69


Correlation matrix for :: rear leg rear view

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	1.00
CAN
DEU	0.52		0.20
DFS	0.33		0.57	0.27
GBR
NOR	-0.25		0.43	0.81		0.76
NZL
USA


Correlation matrix for :: foot angle

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.15
CAN	0.53	2.20
DEU	0.70	0.77	0.17
DFS	0.73	0.44	0.80	0.21
GBR	0.89	0.74	0.75	0.74	0.38
NOR	0.38	0.10	0.30	0.47	0.44	0.82
NZL
USA	0.77	0.75	0.68	0.65	0.88	0.24		0.78


Correlation matrix for :: fore udder

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.25
CAN	0.77	2.16
DEU	0.75	0.63	0.26
DFS	0.72	0.62	0.69	0.30
GBR	0.83	0.82	0.88	0.73	0.31
NOR	0.92	0.65	0.56	0.79	0.64	0.87
NZL	0.70	0.78	0.67	0.30	0.81	0.40	0.18
USA	0.79	0.94	0.83	0.62	0.91	0.61	0.82	1.16


Correlation matrix for :: rear udder height

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.25
CAN	0.81	2.23
DEU	0.65	0.69	0.20
DFS	0.65	0.79	0.88	0.32
GBR	0.87	0.82	0.85	0.85	0.38
NOR	0.68	0.87	0.47	0.75	0.62	0.89
NZL	0.89	0.82	0.65	0.71	0.91	0.60	0.17
USA	0.77	0.86	0.86	0.93	0.89	0.70	0.87	1.06


Correlation matrix for :: udder support

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.22
CAN	0.69	1.99
DEU	0.72	0.84	0.22
DFS	0.62	0.54	0.85	0.32
GBR	0.69	0.78	0.81	0.60	0.15
NOR	0.49	0.07	0.39	0.71	-0.02	0.86
NZL	0.71	0.74	0.55	0.36	0.58	0.14	0.17
USA	0.75	0.84	0.81	0.74	0.81	0.28	0.70	0.94


Correlation matrix for :: udder depth

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.25
CAN	0.94	2.02
DEU	0.92	0.91	0.31
DFS	0.92	0.94	0.93	0.41
GBR	0.95	0.93	0.94	0.92	0.28
NOR
NZL
USA	0.95	0.95	0.96	0.93	0.93			1.12


Correlation matrix for :: front teat placement

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.36
CAN	0.91	1.78
DEU	0.93	0.97	0.28
DFS	0.81	0.80	0.82	0.34
GBR	0.90	0.94	0.96	0.82	0.29
NOR	0.69	0.62	0.62	0.94	0.59	0.71
NZL	0.95	0.92	0.90	0.76	0.87	0.66	0.15
USA	0.82	0.87	0.92	0.91	0.88	0.75	0.80	1.08


Correlation matrix for :: teat length

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.20
CAN
DEU	0.97		0.30
DFS	0.95		0.98	0.42
GBR	0.97		0.98	0.98	0.36
NOR	0.97		0.93	0.88	0.93	0.72
NZL
USA	0.96		0.97	0.98	0.97	0.93		1.30


Correlation matrix for :: rear teat placement

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	1.00
CAN	0.82	10.25
DEU	0.75	0.90	0.29
DFS	0.70	0.80	0.97	0.40
GBR
NOR
NZL	0.79	0.97	0.92	0.88			0.17
USA


Correlation matrix for :: overall conformation

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.34
CAN	0.58	6.27
DEU	0.71	0.63	5.38
DFS	0.44	0.79	0.40	0.18
GBR	0.75	0.68	0.81	0.43	0.97
NOR	-0.12	-0.21	-0.04	0.07	-0.49	0.88
NZL	0.74	0.55	0.64	0.58	0.53	0.43	0.14
USA	0.74	0.85	0.79	0.67	0.77	-0.09	0.75	0.65


Correlation matrix for :: overall udder

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.38
CAN	0.61	2.89
DEU	0.65	0.45	0.58
DFS
GBR	0.81	0.71	0.82		1.09
NOR	0.66	0.28	0.30		0.60	0.67
NZL	0.69	0.89	0.40		0.73	0.30	0.18
USA


Correlation matrix for :: overall feet & legs

	AUS	CAN	DEU	DFS	GBR	NOR	NZL	USA
AUS	0.15
CAN	0.09	3.61
DEU	0.31	0.88	0.58
DFS	-0.01	0.46	0.42	0.06
GBR	0.38	0.47	0.77	0.35	0.98
NOR	0.23	0.58	0.68	-0.37	0.47	0.82
NZL
USA