APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (below diagonal) considered in the Interbull test evaluation for Brown Swiss conformation traits of May 2007; 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.

CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, DEA=Germany+Austria, FRA=France, ITA=Italy, NLD=Netherlands, USA=United States


Correlation matrix for :: stature

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	4.00
CHE	0.79	1.19
FRA	0.98	0.83	0.60
ITA	0.84	0.96	0.86	0.70
NLD	0.85	0.94	0.88	0.99	1.56
USA	0.97	0.87	0.97	0.93	0.94	1.44
DEA	0.91	0.93	0.95	0.95	0.97	0.95	1.02


Correlation matrix for :: chest width

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	2.43
CHE	0.76	1.79
FRA	0.83	0.86	0.33
ITA	0.83	0.79	0.84	0.84
NLD	0.69	0.74	0.60	0.80	0.19
USA	0.88	0.75	0.80	0.86	0.51	0.81
DEA	0.67	0.90	0.69	0.77	0.78	0.71	0.22


Correlation matrix for :: body depth

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	5.43
CHE	0.72	0.40
FRA	0.94	0.89	0.31
ITA	0.74	0.93	0.93	0.78
NLD	0.67	0.93	0.88	0.98	0.18
USA	0.76	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.79	0.90
DEA	0.88	0.95	0.97	0.93	0.90	0.90	0.60


Correlation matrix for :: angularity

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	4.25
CHE	-0.07	0.33
FRA	0.80	-0.56	0.37
ITA	0.69	-0.70	0.91	0.84
NLD	0.72	-0.62	0.87	0.82	0.18
USA	0.66	-0.68	0.90	0.95	0.70	0.99
DEA


Correlation matrix for :: rump angle

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	1.99
CHE	0.94	0.32
FRA	0.97	0.93	0.23
ITA	0.98	0.94	0.97	0.87
NLD	0.97	0.95	0.92	0.96	0.28
USA	0.98	0.92	0.98	0.94	0.91	1.09
DEA	0.99	0.96	0.95	0.96	0.98	0.96	0.27


Correlation matrix for :: rump width

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	2.66
CHE	0.66	0.35
FRA	0.84	0.70	0.33
ITA
NLD	0.82	0.77	0.67		0.18
USA	0.85	0.79	0.84		0.58	0.70
DEA	0.86	0.93	0.75		0.93	0.80	0.29


Correlation matrix for :: rear leg set

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	1.49
CHE	0.97	0.27
FRA	0.99	0.98	0.22
ITA	0.79	0.89	0.87	1.04
NLD	0.93	0.83	0.87	0.51	0.26
USA	0.87	0.90	0.94	0.92	0.68	0.76
DEA	0.86	0.90	0.90	0.94	0.65	0.87	0.21


Correlation matrix for :: foot angle

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	1.32
CHE	0.24	0.22
FRA	0.87	0.59	0.18
ITA	0.65	0.84	0.83	1.08
NLD	-0.23	0.43	0.09	0.17	0.20
USA	0.66	0.65	0.77	0.82	0.50	0.69
DEA	0.10	0.86	0.43	0.80	0.22	0.45	0.20


Correlation matrix for :: heel depth

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	1.31
CHE	0.91	0.21
FRA	0.98	0.83	0.17
ITA	0.79	0.69	0.79	0.69
NLD	0.79	0.48	0.89	0.66	0.20
USA
DEA	0.78	0.87	0.69	0.74	0.37		0.09


Correlation matrix for :: fore udder

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	4.64
CHE	-0.15	0.31
FRA	0.28	0.49	0.36
ITA	-0.08	0.91	0.62	0.69
NLD	0.95	0.05	0.28	0.01	0.24
USA	0.75	0.20	0.73	0.45	0.64	1.15
DEA	0.12	0.91	0.77	0.94	0.25	0.55	0.27


Correlation matrix for :: rear udder height

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	3.21
CHE	0.77	0.29
FRA	0.74	0.69	0.25
ITA	0.51	0.74	0.80	0.75
NLD	0.72	0.36	0.54	0.51	0.23
USA	0.87	0.82	0.85	0.86	0.76	1.04
DEA	0.56	0.84	0.77	0.95	0.48	0.82	0.19


Correlation matrix for :: rear udder width

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	2.78
CHE	0.97	0.31
FRA	0.83	0.84	0.35
ITA	0.94	0.85	0.59	0.79
NLD	0.69	0.55	0.64	0.71	0.23
USA	0.88	0.86	0.69	0.86	0.79	0.94
DEA	0.96	0.90	0.69	0.98	0.76	0.91	0.21


Correlation matrix for :: udder support

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	1.93
CHE	0.87	0.32
FRA	0.83	0.91	0.34
ITA	0.95	0.93	0.95	0.85
NLD	0.88	0.81	0.87	0.87	0.23
USA	0.88	0.87	0.81	0.85	0.94	0.99
DEA	0.90	0.89	0.81	0.88	0.77	0.74	0.32


Correlation matrix for :: udder depth

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	2.07
CHE	0.84	0.34
FRA	0.91	0.98	0.28
ITA	0.76	0.96	0.96	0.83
NLD	0.78	0.94	0.96	0.99	0.27
USA	0.80	0.95	0.96	0.98	0.96	1.12
DEA	0.73	0.98	0.94	0.97	0.96	0.94	0.38


Correlation matrix for :: front teat placement

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	1.97
CHE	0.99	0.42
FRA	0.99	0.98	0.36
ITA
NLD	0.97	0.96	0.99		0.29
USA	0.90	0.87	0.88		0.85	1.03
DEA	0.99	0.98	0.98		0.97	0.87	0.30


Correlation matrix for :: teat length

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	0.61
CHE	0.36	0.46
FRA	0.37	0.98	0.40
ITA	0.45	0.96	0.98	0.79
NLD	0.31	0.98	0.96	0.92	0.33
USA	0.41	0.98	0.99	0.98	0.97	1.29
DEA	0.32	0.96	0.98	0.95	0.94	0.98	0.38


Correlation matrix for :: rear teat placement

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	11.02
CHE	0.97	0.39
FRA	0.99	0.96	0.29
ITA	0.95	0.89	0.92	0.75
NLD	0.99	0.93	0.99	0.92	0.21
USA
DEA	0.86	0.77	0.83	0.92	0.85		0.27


Correlation matrix for :: overall conformation

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	7.26
CHE	0.70	0.49
FRA	0.95	0.87	0.41
ITA	0.76	0.83	0.89	0.68
NLD	0.78	0.82	0.90	0.99	0.16
USA	0.90	0.71	0.90	0.90	0.92	0.56
DEA


Correlation matrix for :: overall udder

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	4.49
CHE	0.98	0.91
FRA	0.93	0.86	0.38
ITA	0.95	0.90	0.86	0.39
NLD	0.93	0.87	0.81	0.98	0.25
USA	0.81	0.72	0.79	0.87	0.86	0.85
DEA	0.92	0.88	0.92	0.91	0.82	0.80	1.33


Correlation matrix for :: overall feet & legs

	CAN	CHE	FRA	ITA	NLD	USA	DEA
CAN	3.08
CHE	0.68	0.62
FRA	0.33	0.27	0.17
ITA
NLD	-0.11	0.58	0.26		0.15
USA	0.02	0.09	0.67		0.39	0.99
DEA	0.54	0.63	0.36		0.51	0.16	0.85