Appendix I
Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (below
diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for Holstein conformation
traits of February 2000; 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, are identified by a -.
AUS=Australia, BEL=Belgium, CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, DEU=Germany, DNK=Denmark,
ESP=Spain, FRA=France, GBR=United Kingdom, ITA=Italy, NLD=Netherlands, SWE=Sweden,
USA=United States

 
Correlation matrix for :: stature
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.31
BEL 0.84 1.00
CAN 0.88 0.93 0.37
CHE 0.81 0.81 0.89 1.18
DEU 0.86 0.95 0.94 0.84 1.07
DNK 0.85 0.93 0.94 0.85 0.96 0.18
ESP 0.83 0.92 0.94 0.83 0.88 0.91 0.75
FRA 0.86 0.94 0.96 0.88 0.91 0.91 0.92 0.53
GBR 0.89 0.90 0.96 0.91 0.94 0.91 0.89 0.93 0.39
ITA 0.87 0.91 0.97 0.89 0.91 0.92 0.92 0.94 0.95 1.71
NLD 0.80 0.96 0.92 0.81 0.92 0.95 0.91 0.94 0.89 0.91 1.30
SWE 0.84 0.89 0.89 0.81 0.91 0.89 0.77 0.93 0.88 0.87 0.91 1.26
USA 0.88 0.90 0.96 0.92 0.91 0.94 0.91 0.93 0.93 0.97 0.90 0.84 2.02

 
Correlation matrix for :: chest width
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.20
BEL 0.53 2.00
CAN 0.65 0.85 0.24
CHE 0.60 0.84 0.89 3.25
DEU 0.72 0.83 0.78 0.81 0.29
DNK 0.58 0.93 0.77 0.78 0.93 1.22
ESP 0.74 0.76 0.88 0.71 0.82 0.74 1.85
FRA 0.44 0.79 0.78 0.67 0.61 0.65 0.67 0.35
GBR 0.77 0.82 0.80 0.77 0.93 0.91 0.80 0.56 0.30
ITA 0.65 0.86 0.89 0.80 0.85 0.80 0.83 0.80 0.82 1.25
NLD 0.58 0.69 0.66 0.80 0.86 0.74 0.68 0.46 0.80 0.67 0.21
SWE 0.65 0.77 0.72 0.76 0.81 0.77 0.78 0.61 0.68 0.62 0.73 0.24
USA 0.61 0.90 0.91 0.86 0.80 0.81 0.81 0.82 0.81 0.94 0.68 0.62 1.52
 
Correlation matrix for :: bodydepth
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.25
BEL 0.75 2.29
CAN 0.88 0.79 0.28
CHE 0.87 0.89 0.85 2.77
DEU 0.88 0.79 0.88 0.83 0.31
DNK 0.85 0.92 0.88 0.92 0.87 0.79
ESP 0.92 0.80 0.88 0.88 0.75 0.88 1.18
FRA 0.60 0.78 0.53 0.72 0.48 0.62 0.71 0.35
GBR 0.77 0.93 0.75 0.93 0.77 0.85 0.79 0.78 0.33
ITA 0.81 0.89 0.80 0.92 0.78 0.87 0.86 0.80 0.88 1.31
NLD 0.84 0.87 0.89 0.82 0.89 0.89 0.81 0.56 0.78 0.82 0.27
SWE 0.82 0.71 0.81 0.72 0.71 0.64 0.78 0.64 0.72 0.72 0.85 0.22
USA 0.72 0.88 0.72 0.89 0.68 0.86 0.86 0.85 0.87 0.93 0.73 0.60 1.63
 
Correlation matrix for :: angularity
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.23
BEL 0.45 1.14
CAN 0.50 0.62 0.26
CHE 0.43 0.58 0.77 1.95
DEU 0.71 0.65 0.73 0.76 0.33
DNK 0.59 0.69 0.85 0.79 0.80 0.63
ESP 0.55 0.55 0.83 0.70 0.78 0.84 1.13
FRA - - - - - - - -
GBR 0.74 0.64 0.84 0.78 0.91 0.93 0.80 - 0.35
ITA 0.79 0.55 0.82 0.67 0.84 0.83 0.74 - 0.92 1.36
NLD -0.71 -0.37 -0.60 -0.51 -0.72 -0.65 -0.54 - -0.73 -0.73 0.27
SWE 0.76 0.53 0.75 0.63 0.78 0.56 0.64 - 0.74 0.82 -0.67 0.30
USA 0.65 0.52 0.86 0.71 0.74 0.83 0.76 - 0.88 0.91 -0.65 0.78 1.65
 
Correlation matrix for :: rump angle
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.29
BEL 0.95 2.43
CAN 0.95 0.96 0.33
CHE 0.96 0.94 0.96 2.82
DEU 0.98 0.98 0.97 0.95 0.34
DNK 0.98 0.97 0.97 0.95 0.98 0.81
ESP 0.98 0.96 0.96 0.95 0.99 0.99 1.76
FRA 0.98 0.95 0.93 0.93 0.96 0.99 0.97 0.21
GBR 0.99 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.99 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.34
ITA 0.95 0.96 0.96 0.94 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.95 1.74
NLD 0.95 0.98 0.97 0.94 0.99 0.96 0.96 0.94 0.96 0.97 0.30
SWE 0.79 0.82 0.76 0.70 0.84 0.74 0.81 0.75 0.82 0.82 0.85 0.32
USA 0.96 0.96 0.97 0.92 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.96 0.97 0.96 0.97 0.82 2.10
 
Correlation matrix for :: rump width
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.25
BEL 0.80 2.39
CAN 0.86 0.89 0.29
CHE 0.78 0.83 0.85 3.89
DEU 0.74 0.89 0.82 0.84 0.33
DNK 0.59 0.90 0.81 0.75 0.92 0.93
ESP 0.87 0.93 0.93 0.83 0.91 0.89 1.58
FRA 0.47 0.53 0.58 0.29 0.61 0.63 0.56 0.31
GBR 0.80 0.89 0.85 0.70 0.82 0.83 0.86 0.66 0.31
ITA 0.79 0.87 0.86 0.81 0.86 0.86 0.88 0.66 0.85 1.38
NLD 0.83 0.92 0.86 0.87 0.83 0.82 0.89 0.54 0.82 0.87 0.27
SWE 0.67 0.70 0.75 0.61 0.54 0.57 0.76 0.38 0.57 0.60 0.70 0.24
USA 0.69 0.80 0.85 0.67 0.76 0.84 0.84 0.71 0.91 0.87 0.76 0.56 1.48
 
Correlation matrix for :: rear leg set
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.17
BEL 0.79 1.74
CAN 0.72 0.86 0.25
CHE 0.91 0.81 0.87 1.71
DEU 0.83 0.94 0.92 0.87 0.26
DNK 0.62 0.87 0.95 0.78 0.90 0.99
ESP 0.84 0.92 0.91 0.89 0.97 0.91 2.83
FRA 0.89 0.86 0.78 0.87 0.89 0.78 0.91 0.15
GBR 0.90 0.88 0.76 0.87 0.87 0.73 0.82 0.91 0.24
ITA 0.76 0.92 0.89 0.86 0.93 0.88 0.95 0.87 0.81 1.29
NLD 0.78 0.93 0.83 0.80 0.89 0.86 0.89 0.82 0.84 0.85 0.25
SWE 0.69 0.72 0.86 0.81 0.79 0.83 0.83 0.74 0.72 0.79 0.72 0.29
USA 0.74 0.91 0.94 0.83 0.93 0.92 0.94 0.83 0.79 0.93 0.86 0.86 1.51
 
Correlation matrix for :: foot angle
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.20
BEL 0.82 1.34
CAN 0.65 0.78 0.17
CHE - - - -
DEU 0.64 0.71 0.75 - 0.21
DNK 0.37 0.62 0.59 - 0.62 1.50
ESP 0.68 0.74 0.86 - 0.76 0.48 2.48
FRA 0.71 0.73 0.74 - 0.86 0.57 0.80 0.14
GBR 0.85 0.90 0.83 - 0.74 0.44 0.88 0.82 0.21
ITA 0.63 0.71 0.83 - 0.79 0.50 0.83 0.77 0.78 1.04
NLD 0.59 0.79 0.77 - 0.56 0.29 0.84 0.56 0.80 0.63 0.19
SWE 0.44 0.46 0.51 - 0.33 0.59 0.47 0.46 0.43 0.41 0.39 0.25
USA 0.70 0.80 0.87 - 0.69 0.57 0.85 0.76 0.84 0.90 0.72 0.41 1.33
 
Correlation matrix for :: fore udder
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.20
BEL 0.75 1.93
CAN 0.80 0.67 0.24
CHE 0.88 0.55 0.89 2.55
DEU 0.84 0.78 0.88 0.77 0.31
DNK 0.86 0.76 0.91 0.80 0.95 0.80
ESP 0.87 0.70 0.82 0.80 0.79 0.86 1.51
FRA 0.68 0.93 0.68 0.51 0.79 0.75 0.73 0.32
GBR 0.88 0.63 0.91 0.88 0.88 0.92 0.84 0.64 0.32
ITA 0.81 0.60 0.90 0.84 0.87 0.90 0.84 0.62 0.94 1.42
NLD 0.78 0.79 0.86 0.79 0.90 0.89 0.80 0.79 0.85 0.79 0.27
SWE 0.31 0.46 0.70 0.48 0.69 0.68 0.41 0.54 0.49 0.53 0.69 0.32
USA 0.80 0.59 0.91 0.85 0.84 0.93 0.82 0.62 0.92 0.92 0.82 0.65 1.86
 
Correlation matrix for :: rear udder heigth
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.21
BEL 0.66 1.30
CAN 0.73 0.73 0.23
CHE 0.77 0.75 0.95 2.97
DEU 0.77 0.82 0.85 0.88 0.29
DNK 0.17 0.47 0.58 0.55 0.60 0.90
ESP 0.81 0.84 0.82 0.84 0.86 0.54 1.32
FRA 0.61 0.72 0.83 0.81 0.82 0.56 0.77 0.25
GBR 0.78 0.76 0.83 0.82 0.86 0.59 0.81 0.81 0.31
ITA 0.80 0.84 0.82 0.86 0.86 0.55 0.88 0.77 0.87 1.38
NLD 0.77 0.89 0.77 0.73 0.85 0.53 0.86 0.72 0.84 0.88 0.26
SWE 0.40 0.83 0.70 0.69 0.71 0.41 0.58 0.70 0.64 0.71 0.67 0.29
USA 0.75 0.76 0.91 0.89 0.83 0.65 0.81 0.84 0.90 0.87 0.81 0.66 1.64
 
Correlation matrix for :: udder support
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.21
BEL 0.72 1.40
CAN 0.79 0.83 0.20
CHE 0.64 0.78 0.82 2.62
DEU 0.61 0.85 0.80 0.94 0.25
DNK 0.66 0.82 0.90 0.92 0.96 1.04
ESP 0.78 0.92 0.87 0.83 0.90 0.92 1.28
FRA 0.71 0.85 0.83 0.84 0.83 0.86 0.88 0.35
GBR 0.75 0.84 0.88 0.91 0.88 0.90 0.85 0.82 0.26
ITA 0.77 0.86 0.86 0.93 0.93 0.91 0.92 0.85 0.84 1.28
NLD 0.70 0.91 0.88 0.87 0.90 0.92 0.90 0.87 0.89 0.88 0.23
SWE 0.70 0.83 0.78 0.62 0.68 0.67 0.76 0.73 0.73 0.74 0.66 0.26
USA 0.73 0.87 0.90 0.86 0.83 0.88 0.91 0.90 0.85 0.90 0.90 0.76 1.49
 
Correlation matrix for :: udder depth
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.29
BEL 0.93 2.51
CAN 0.91 0.93 0.31
CHE 0.98 0.94 0.95 3.49
DEU 0.96 0.98 0.95 0.97 0.36
DNK 0.93 0.95 0.94 0.93 0.97 0.85
ESP 0.95 0.90 0.94 0.96 0.92 0.95 1.74
FRA 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.23
GBR 0.96 0.93 0.93 0.98 0.96 0.92 0.92 0.94 0.36
ITA 0.95 0.93 0.95 0.97 0.96 0.96 0.98 0.97 0.94 1.79
NLD 0.92 0.97 0.95 0.96 0.97 0.95 0.93 0.95 0.95 0.95 0.31
SWE 0.91 0.89 0.91 0.95 0.90 0.90 0.94 0.91 0.92 0.94 0.93 0.31
USA 0.96 0.96 0.94 0.97 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.97 0.95 0.97 0.96 0.96 1.79
 
Correlation matrix for :: teat placement
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.30
BEL 0.85 2.24
CAN 0.94 0.92 0.28
CHE 0.91 0.87 0.92 3.17
DEU 0.94 0.92 0.97 0.90 0.33
DNK 0.93 0.95 0.96 0.88 0.96 0.53
ESP 0.93 0.88 0.96 0.97 0.95 0.91 1.21
FRA 0.88 0.95 0.94 0.92 0.93 0.93 0.91 0.34
GBR 0.96 0.86 0.96 0.93 0.96 0.94 0.95 0.89 0.35
ITA 0.82 0.79 0.89 0.82 0.86 0.89 0.84 0.85 0.86 1.42
NLD 0.94 0.96 0.95 0.89 0.95 0.98 0.91 0.93 0.92 0.84 0.31
SWE 0.79 0.75 0.80 0.65 0.84 0.86 0.68 0.75 0.78 0.87 0.85 0.34
USA 0.89 0.87 0.95 0.91 0.91 0.91 0.96 0.89 0.91 0.90 0.90 0.75 1.82
 
Correlation matrix for :: teat length
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.38
BEL 0.97 2.31
CAN 0.97 0.98 0.29
CHE 0.93 0.95 0.96 2.98
DEU 0.96 0.98 0.97 0.93 0.33
DNK -0.97 -0.97 -0.98 -0.93 -0.97 0.60
ESP 0.98 0.97 0.98 0.95 0.96 -0.98 1.43
FRA 0.95 0.98 0.97 0.94 0.96 -0.98 0.97 0.32
GBR 0.97 0.98 0.98 0.95 0.97 -0.97 0.95 0.96 0.36
ITA 0.93 0.95 0.93 0.88 0.93 -0.93 0.93 0.94 0.96 1.39
NLD 0.96 0.99 0.97 0.94 0.97 -0.97 0.97 0.97 0.96 0.94 0.31
SWE 0.89 0.93 0.91 0.86 0.92 -0.93 0.89 0.93 0.90 0.94 0.94 0.45
USA 0.96 0.97 0.96 0.92 0.96 -0.96 0.97 0.96 0.97 0.95 0.95 0.94 1.89
 
Correlation matrix for :: over all conformation
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.35
BEL 0.58 1.04
CAN 0.64 0.79 2.44
CHE 0.63 0.87 0.86 0.52
DEU 0.68 0.80 0.79 0.75 0.52
DNK 0.45 0.70 0.70 0.84 0.43 0.54
ESP 0.67 0.68 0.74 0.75 0.73 0.59 0.35
FRA 0.53 0.72 0.73 0.75 0.66 0.65 0.63 0.46
GBR 0.78 0.77 0.73 0.82 0.78 0.59 0.71 0.59 1.35
ITA 0.76 0.80 0.81 0.92 0.85 0.71 0.76 0.64 0.84 0.29
NLD 0.73 0.84 0.75 0.81 0.74 0.61 0.71 0.61 0.79 0.80 0.19
SWE - - - - - - - - - - - -
USA 0.73 0.78 0.85 0.89 0.72 0.68 0.76 0.71 0.80 0.88 0.79

-

 0.88
 
Correlation matrix for :: over all udder
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.36
BEL 0.72 1.55
CAN 0.72 0.82 0.24
CHE 0.71 0.82 0.93 0.67
DEU 0.84 0.90 0.83 0.86 0.74
DNK 0.68 0.88 0.82 0.87 0.93 0.58
ESP 0.73 0.76 0.78 0.85 0.80 0.74 0.12
FRA 0.53 0.75 0.78 0.84 0.75 0.79 0.70 0.46
GBR 0.85 0.81 0.82 0.86 0.92 0.79 0.76 0.70 1.61
ITA 0.69 0.82 0.88 0.92 0.86 0.86 0.83 0.89 0.80 0.55
NLD 0.81 0.91 0.84 0.85 0.89 0.88 0.81 0.76 0.87 0.84 0.26
SWE 0.63 0.62 0.76 0.71 0.69 0.76 0.43 0.74 0.63 0.72 0.68 0.23
USA 0.66 0.81 0.88 0.93 0.83 0.89 0.77 0.86 0.77 0.93 0.85 0.71 1.09
 
Correlation matrix for :: over all feet & legs
AUS BEL CAN CHE DEU DNK ESP FRA GBR ITA NLD SWE USA
AUS 0.20
BEL 0.39 1.76
CAN 0.25 0.74 0.21
CHE 0.53 0.60 0.71 0.64
DEU 0.24 0.79 0.96 0.67 0.65
DNK 0.19 0.72 0.89 0.84 0.90 0.65
ESP 0.31 0.72 0.83 0.65 0.80 0.73 0.21
FRA 0.65 0.56 0.39 0.61 0.43 0.50 0.48 0.44
GBR 0.40 0.77 0.82 0.71 0.81 0.76 0.79 0.50 1.07
ITA - - - - - - - - - -
NLD 0.29 0.83 0.62 0.46 0.72 0.57 0.70 0.43 0.76

-

 0.20
SWE - - - - - - - - - - - -
USA 0.44 0.85 0.70 0.58 0.68 0.59 0.69 0.58 0.63

-

 0.73

-

 0.99


Last Updated on 00/02/15
By Dan Englund