APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (below diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for Brown Swiss conformation traits of August 2009; 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 3.80
CHE 0.86 1.19
FRA 0.94 0.88 0.55
ITA 0.93 0.96 0.91 1.98
NLD 0.92 0.90 0.97 0.95 1.49
USA 0.96 0.90 0.96 0.97 0.98 1.45
DEA 0.94 0.93 0.97 0.95 0.98 0.96 1.19
Correlation matrix for :: chest width
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 2.34
CHE 0.92 0.33
FRA 0.81 0.79 0.33
ITA 0.75 0.83 0.81 1.29
NLD 0.83 0.90 0.69 0.92 0.23
USA 0.89 0.90 0.83 0.88 0.82 0.81
DEA 0.72 0.86 0.69 0.75 0.77 0.83 0.30
Correlation matrix for :: body depth
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 4.94
CHE 0.82 0.40
FRA 0.94 0.92 0.31
ITA 0.78 0.93 0.94 1.33
NLD 0.46 0.76 0.66 0.76 0.26
USA
DEA 0.89 0.96 0.95 0.93 0.75 0.73
Correlation matrix for :: angularity
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 4.14
CHE -0.19 0.32
FRA 0.80 -0.43 0.36
ITA
NLD 0.63 -0.71 0.86 0.22
USA 0.71 -0.66 0.83 0.72 0.98
DEA
Correlation matrix for :: rump angle
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 1.91
CHE 0.95 0.32
FRA 0.97 0.96 0.25
ITA 0.97 0.96 0.96 1.15
NLD 0.97 0.89 0.90 0.95 0.28
USA 0.98 0.94 0.98 0.93 0.91 1.10
DEA 0.99 0.96 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.97 0.31
Correlation matrix for :: rump width
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 2.27
CHE 0.88 0.36
FRA 0.80 0.72 0.35
ITA
NLD 0.91 0.89 0.64 0.21
USA 0.87 0.8 0.83 0.64 0.71
DEA 0.87 0.91 0.69 0.77 0.86 0.34
Correlation matrix for :: rear leg set
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 1.54
CHE 0.96 0.27
FRA 0.97 0.90 0.21
ITA 0.88 0.87 0.94 1.02
NLD 0.96 0.87 0.92 0.75 0.26
USA 0.91 0.83 0.98 0.94 0.86 0.75
DEA 0.91 0.88 0.91 0.92 0.83 0.85 0.25
Correlation matrix for :: foot angle
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 1.3
CHE 0.02 0.22
FRA 0.70 0.61 0.18
ITA 0.43 0.85 0.77 1.05
NLD 0.13 0.78 0.71 0.69 0.23
USA 0.62 0.64 0.87 0.8 0.83 0.68
DEA -0.06 0.88 0.52 0.85 0.63 0.47 0.21
Correlation matrix for :: heel depth
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 1.30
CHE 0.91 0.21
FRA 0.99 0.84 0.17
ITA 0.89 0.79 0.89 0.91
NLD 0.89 0.62 0.95 0.81 0.23
USA
DEA 0.89 0.9 0.85 0.87 0.70 0.15
Correlation matrix for :: fore udder
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 4.39
CHE -0.05 0.31
FRA 0.57 0.57 0.35
ITA 0.15 0.92 0.73 1.30
NLD 0.88 0.35 0.75 0.44 0.26
USA 0.91 0.06 0.7 0.37 0.76 1.13
DEA 0.26 0.92 0.83 0.96 0.60 0.39 0.29
Correlation matrix for :: rear udder height
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 3.24
CHE 0.80 0.29
FRA 0.77 0.70 0.27
ITA 0.60 0.80 0.78 1.18
NLD 0.75 0.51 0.73 0.69 0.24
USA 0.91 0.87 0.83 0.86 0.82 1.03
DEA 0.67 0.85 0.83 0.93 0.73 0.84 0.27
Correlation matrix for :: rear udder width
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 2.73
CHE 0.96 0.31
FRA 0.86 0.82 0.34
ITA 0.96 0.88 0.69 1.54
NLD 0.73 0.54 0.73 0.73 0.24
USA 0.90 0.86 0.79 0.86 0.82 0.91
DEA 0.95 0.91 0.69 0.98 0.70 0.88 0.28
Correlation matrix for :: udder support
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 2.01
CHE 0.86 0.32
FRA 0.85 0.91 0.35
ITA 0.96 0.91 0.93 1.25
NLD 0.87 0.88 0.87 0.88 0.24
USA 0.85 0.88 0.81 0.81 0.95 0.99
DEA 0.86 0.93 0.83 0.90 0.83 0.76 0.31
Correlation matrix for :: udder depth
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 1.99
CHE 0.95 0.35
FRA 0.98 0.98 0.27
ITA 0.90 0.97 0.97 1.57
NLD 0.88 0.94 0.94 0.98 0.26
USA 0.91 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.89 1.11
DEA 0.89 0.98 0.95 0.96 0.96 0.90 0.42
Correlation matrix for :: front teat placement
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 1.94
CHE 0.99 0.42
FRA 0.98 0.96 0.37
ITA
NLD 0.98 0.95 0.95 0.27
USA 0.90 0.89 0.92 0.87 1.04
DEA 0.99 0.98 0.95 0.98 0.90 0.35
Correlation matrix for :: teat length
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 0.63
CHE 0.66 0.47
FRA 0.75 0.96 0.40
ITA 0.77 0.96 0.98 1.83
NLD 0.61 0.97 0.93 0.93 0.30
USA 0.73 0.97 0.98 0.99 0.97 1.38
DEA 0.69 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.93 0.98 0.39
Correlation matrix for :: rear teat placement
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 11.35
CHE 0.97 0.39
FRA 0.97 0.97 0.3
ITA 0.94 0.89 0.9 1.06
NLD 0.99 0.96 0.96 0.90 0.22
USA
DEA 0.85 0.80 0.84 0.94 0.80 0.28
Correlation matrix for :: overall conformation
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 7.21
CHE 0.82 0.31
FRA 0.94 0.93 0.44
ITA 0.77 0.79 0.83 0.60
NLD 0.77 0.64 0.80 0.66 0.18
USA 0.87 0.63 0.79 0.83 0.85 0.54
DEA
Correlation matrix for :: overall udder
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 4.68
CHE 0.99 0.67
FRA 0.96 0.95 0.49
ITA 0.97 0.93 0.90 0.38
NLD 0.97 0.92 0.89 0.99 0.25
USA 0.91 0.88 0.88 0.9 0.90 0.85
DEA 0.95 0.94 0.93 0.92 0.89 0.85 1.31
Correlation matrix for :: overall feet & legs
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN 3.14
CHE 0.61 0.50
FRA 0.15 0.52 0.43
ITA 0.48 0.67 0.71 0.52
NLD -0.23 0.58 0.61 0.56 0.17
USA 0.13 0.42 0.9 0.68 0.54 0.96
DEA 0.56 0.78 0.31 0.67 0.50 0.23 0.93
Correlation matrix for :: locomotion
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN
CHE
FRA
ITA
NLD 0.13
USA
DEA
Correlation matrix for :: body condition score
CAN CHE FRA ITA NLD USA DEA
CAN
CHE
FRA
ITA
NLD 0.16
USA
DEA