Table 1. Number of (publishable) national bull evaluations used in the Interbull | ||||||||
routine evaluation for Brown Swiss conformation traits (February 2003) | ||||||||
CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, FRA=France, ITA=Italy, NLD=Netherlands, | ||||||||
USA=United States | ||||||||
No. | No. | |||||||
Trait | CAN | CHE | FRA | ITA | NLD | USA | record | bulls |
stature | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 32 | 345 | 2147 | 1883 |
chest width | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 15 | 345 | 2130 | 1874 |
body depth | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 16 | 337 | 2123 | 1866 |
angularity | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 15 | 345 | 2130 | 1874 |
rump angle | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 32 | 345 | 2147 | 1883 |
rump width | 63 | 957 | 82 | 0 | 32 | 344 | 1478 | 1316 |
rear leg set | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 32 | 345 | 2147 | 1883 |
rear leg rear view | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
foot angle | 63 | 957 | 82 | 0 | 13 | 344 | 1459 | 1305 |
pasterns | 41 | 960 | 71 | 623 | 12 | 0 | 1707 | 1611 |
heel depth | 41 | 960 | 71 | 509 | 12 | 0 | 1593 | 1499 |
fore udder | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 15 | 345 | 2130 | 1874 |
rear udder height | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 16 | 345 | 2131 | 1874 |
rear udder width | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 16 | 345 | 2131 | 1874 |
udder support | 64 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 32 | 345 | 2147 | 1883 |
udder depth | 60 | 975 | 88 | 643 | 32 | 344 | 2142 | 1880 |
teat placement | 64 | 975 | 88 | 528 | 32 | 345 | 2032 | 1772 |
teat length | 0 | 974 | 87 | 643 | 32 | 334 | 2070 | 1843 |
overall conformation | 64 | 920 | 88 | 643 | 32 | 345 | 2092 | 1828 |
overall udder | 39 | 905 | 72 | 623 | 29 | 0 | 1668 | 1569 |
overall feet & legs | 42 | 886 | 64 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1021 | 998 |