Table 1. Number of (publishable) national bull evaluations used in the | ||||||||
Interbull routine evaluation for Brown Swiss conformation traits (August 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 | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 32 | 358 | 2290 | 2002 |
chest width | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 15 | 358 | 2273 | 1993 |
body depth | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 16 | 350 | 2266 | 1985 |
angularity | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 15 | 358 | 2273 | 1993 |
rump angle | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 32 | 358 | 2290 | 2002 |
rump width | 69 | 1016 | 93 | 0 | 32 | 356 | 1566 | 1390 |
rear leg set | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 32 | 358 | 2290 | 2002 |
rear leg rear view | 0 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 77 | 77 |
foot angle | 69 | 1016 | 93 | 0 | 14 | 356 | 1548 | 1380 |
pasterns | 46 | 1019 | 81 | 676 | 13 | 0 | 1835 | 1723 |
heel depth | 46 | 1019 | 81 | 564 | 13 | 0 | 1723 | 1612 |
fore udder | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 15 | 358 | 2273 | 1993 |
rear udder height | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 16 | 358 | 2274 | 1993 |
rear udder width | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 16 | 358 | 2274 | 1993 |
udder support | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 32 | 358 | 2290 | 2002 |
udder depth | 66 | 1035 | 100 | 695 | 32 | 357 | 2285 | 1999 |
teat placement | 70 | 1035 | 100 | 583 | 32 | 358 | 2178 | 1892 |
teat length | 0 | 1034 | 99 | 695 | 32 | 347 | 2207 | 1961 |
overall conformation | 70 | 980 | 100 | 695 | 32 | 358 | 2235 | 1947 |
overall udder | 44 | 964 | 82 | 676 | 29 | 0 | 1795 | 1680 |
overall feet & legs | 47 | 944 | 73 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 1093 | 1064 |