Appendix I 

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above diagonal) considered in the Interbull evaluation for dairy production traits of August 2001; sire standard deviation estimates are based on ETA and reflect the scale for record pre-adjusting in various countries and are expressed in kgs (lbs in USA).

CAN=Canada, DEU=Germany, DNK=Denmark, FIN=Finland, FRA=France, ITA=Italy, NLD=Netherlands, SWE=Sweden, USA=United States, CHE=Switzerland, GBR=United Kingdom, NZL=New Zealand, AUS=Australia, AUT=Austria, BEL=Belgium, IRL=Ireland, ESP=Spain, CSK=Czech Republic, SLO=Slovenia,
EST= Estonia, ISR= Israel, NOR=Norway, CHR=Swiss Red Holstein (Holstein evaluation), FRR=French Red Holstein (Holstein evaluation), HUN=Hungary, POL=Poland, ZAF=Rep. of South Africa.


Ayrshire - Milk
CAN FIN NOR SWE USA NZL AUS GBR DNK DEU
CAN 265 .90 .91 .91 .93 .80 .85 .95 .88 .88
FIN 232 .90 .92 .90 .81 .85 .90 .88 .92
NOR 229 .90 .88 .79 .80 .89 .88 .88
SWE 258 .88 .81 .80 .88 .90 .95
USA 611 .77 .85 .89 .88 .88
NZL 157 .90 .81 .80 .76
AUS 210 .87 .86 .86
GBR 194 .88 .88
DNK 237 .95
DEU 331
Ayrshire - Fat
CAN FIN NOR SWE USA NZL AUS GBR DNK DEU
CAN 10.00 .90 .90 .87 .91 .78 .82 .95 .88 .88
FIN 9.69 .90 .91 .90 .80 .80 .90 .88 .88
NOR 10.58 .93 .88 .78 .79 .89 .90 .88
SWE 10.22 .88 .81 .78 .88 .96 .94
USA 21.34 .76 .79 .89 .88 .88
NZL 6.33 .92 .81 .84 .80
AUS 9.57 .82 .84 .81
GBR 8.06 .88 .88
DNK 10.14 .89
DEU 11.71
Ayrshire - Protein
CAN FIN NOR SWE USA NZL AUS GBR DNK DEU
CAN 8.14 .90 .90 .87 .91 .79 .80 .92 .88 .88
FIN 6.31 .90 .90 .90 .83 .85 .90 .88 .88
NOR 6.98 .90 .88 .79 .85 .89 .88 .88
SWE 7.49 .88 .78 .76 .88 .88 .92
USA 16.46 .76 .82 .89 .88 .88
NZL 4.64 .90 .80 .78 .77
AUS 5.22 .84 .84 .77
GBR 5.69 .88 .88
DNK 7.46 .92
DEU 9.08


BrownSwiss - Milk
CAN FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 304 .90 .94 .89 .90 .89 .87 .92 .88
FRA 322 .94 .88 .94 .96 .91 .91 .85
USA 679 .91 .93 .91 .86 .92 .87
CHE 215 .92 .90 .86 .92 .87
ITA 201 .91 .86 .91 .87
DEU 204 .92 .93 .87
AUT 165 .88 .87
NLD 224 .86
SLO 119

BrownSwiss - Fat
CAN FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 12.47 .90 .93 .87 .88 .89 .85 .90 .88
FRA 13.81 .94 .90 .94 .95 .91 .91 .85
USA 27.52 .90 .94 .90 .85 .91 .87
CHE 8.77 .93 .89 .86 .92 .87
ITA 7.73 .91 .85 .89 .87
DEU 8.54 .91 .93 .88
AUT 7.40 .87 .87
NLD 8.75 .86
SLO 5.43

BrownSwiss - Protein
CAN FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 10.23 .90 .94 .89 .90 .87 .85 .88 .88
FRA 10.15 .95 .89 .92 .95 .90 .90 .85
USA 21.11 .89 .93 .89 .86 .92 .87
CHE 6.36 .93 .90 .86 .91 .87
ITA 6.29 .91 .85 .89 .87
DEU 6.43 .89 .93 .88
AUT 5.17 .87 .87
NLD 6.32 .86
SLO 3.92


Guernsey - Milk
CAN USA AUS GBR ZAF
CAN 330 .95 .81 .92 .86
USA 706 .79 .90 .87
AUS 274 .89 .77
GBR 187 .86
ZAF 154

Guernsey - Fat
CAN USA AUS GBR ZAF
CAN 13.40 .94 .80 .93 .86
USA 26.65 .79 .90 .87
AUS 9.10 .89 .76
GBR 8.55 .86
ZAF 4.69

Guernsey - Protein
CAN USA AUS GBR ZAF
CAN 10.73 .93 .80 .93 .86
USA 19.75 .79 .90 .87
AUS 6.35 .89 .76
GBR 5.65 .86
ZAF 4.29


Holstein - Milk CHE=Swiss Black & White Holstein; CHR=Swiss Red Holstein; FRR=French Red Holstein; DNR=Danish Red & White
CAN DEU DNK FIN FRA ITA NLD SWE USA CHE GBR NZL AUS AUT BEL IRL ESP CSK SLO EST ISR CHR FRR HUN POL ZAF DNR
CAN 403 .92 .93 .90 .93 .93 .93 .92 .95 .89 .93 .81 .80 .88 .94 .89 .93 .87 .87 .85 .85 .92 .90 .90 .90 .86 .90
DEU 313 .89 .87 .88 .88 .90 .85 .89 .88 .89 .77 .77 .88 .91 .87 .87 .86 .86 .86 .85 .90 .87 .88 .89 .88 .91
DNK 248 .93 .94 .89 .94 .94 .92 .91 .95 .78 .83 .88 .95 .93 .94 .88 .87 .87 .87 .90 .91 .87 .89 .87 .90
FIN 265 .91 .88 .94 .92 .90 .89 .91 .77 .79 .88 .91 .90 .90 .88 .87 .86 .86 .89 .89 .86 .85 .86 .88
FRA 355 .92 .94 .91 .92 .89 .91 .82 .84 .86 .95 .89 .91 .85 .87 .86 .86 .90 .91 .92 .88 .86 .89
ITA 311 .93 .87 .96 .89 .90 .80 .78 .84 .91 .88 .93 .84 .87 .86 .86 .90 .87 .89 .87 .86 .88
NLD 287 .94 .94 .92 .94 .82 .82 .88 .97 .91 .93 .87 .89 .88 .88 .93 .92 .91 .90 .89 .93
SWE 286 .91 .87 .92 .81 .84 .86 .91 .89 .90 .86 .88 .87 .86 .89 .89 .89 .87 .89 .88
USA 725 .90 .92 .78 .79 .86 .94 .89 .91 .87 .88 .88 .86 .93 .90 .88 .89 .87 .92
CHE 253 .89 .78 .78 .88 .89 .90 .86 .87 .87 .88 .86 .92 .89 .86 .86 .86 .88
GBR 243 .84 .87 .87 .95 .95 .90 .87 .89 .87 .88 .90 .90 .89 .89 .86 .91
NZL 153 .91 .78 .80 .84 .79 .77 .77 .77 .79 .78 .83 .82 .84 .76 .83
AUS 211 .81 .83 .86 .79 .78 .79 .80 .78 .80 .85 .80 .85 .77 .80
AUT 320 .89 .86 .88 .89 .87 .88 .86 .88 .87 .86 .86 .86 .89
BEL 259 .91 .93 .87 .88 .87 .87 .93 .92 .91 .91 .87 .92
IRL 177 .88 .88 .88 .86 .88 .88 .88 .86 .86 .86 .88
ESP 249 .87 .88 .85 .87 .89 .90 .87 .87 .86 .88
CSK 238 .88 .86 .85 .87 .85 .86 .86 .86 .86
SLO 173 .87 .86 .88 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86
EST 286 .85 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86 .86
ISR 330 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86 .87
CHR 250 .90 .88 .87 .86 .88
FRR 355 .86 .86 .86 .86
HUN 243 .85 .86 .86
POL 160 .86 .86
ZAF 261 .86
DNR 275

Holstein - Fat
CAN DEU DNK FIN FRA ITA NLD SWE USA CHE GBR NZL AUS AUT BEL IRL ESP CSK SLO EST ISR CHR FRR HUN POL ZAF DNR
CAN 15.31 .91 .92 .91 .93 .92 .93 .92 .95 .89 .90 .79 .80 .83 .92 .89 .92 .87 .87 .88 .87 .92 .90 .89 .88 .86 .90
DEU 11.96 .89 .87 .88 .86 .90 .85 .90 .87 .89 .78 .77 .86 .92 .87 .87 .86 .86 .88 .85 .91 .87 .88 .90 .87 .93
DNK 10.19 .94 .94 .86 .94 .91 .92 .90 .93 .79 .81 .88 .93 .93 .91 .88 .88 .87 .88 .90 .90 .87 .88 .86 .89
FIN 10.22 .90 .90 .94 .92 .90 .89 .91 .77 .79 .89 .91 .90 .90 .87 .87 .86 .86 .89 .89 .87 .86 .86 .88
FRA 13.90 .90 .92 .90 .92 .89 .92 .80 .81 .86 .93 .89 .89 .84 .87 .86 .86 .90 .92 .92 .88 .85 .89
ITA 12.42 .91 .86 .95 .89 .88 .77 .77 .84 .89 .87 .91 .84 .87 .86 .87 .89 .87 .91 .87 .86 .88
NLD 10.69 .92 .92 .92 .93 .80 .79 .87 .97 .89 .90 .86 .89 .88 .88 .93 .90 .89 .90 .87 .93
SWE 11.40 .90 .87 .90 .80 .81 .86 .89 .88 .86 .86 .88 .87 .85 .89 .88 .88 .87 .89 .89
USA 26.50 .90 .91 .77 .79 .85 .92 .89 .90 .86 .87 .88 .87 .92 .90 .88 .88 .87 .90
CHE 8.93 .89 .78 .80 .88 .89 .90 .86 .86 .87 .87 .86 .91 .89 .86 .86 .86 .88
GBR 8.67 .82 .84 .87 .93 .95 .88 .87 .88 .87 .88 .91 .90 .88 .87 .86 .90
NZL 6.05 .90 .78 .79 .83 .77 .77 .76 .76 .78 .79 .82 .79 .80 .76 .83
AUS 8.09 .80 .80 .84 .79 .78 .79 .80 .79 .81 .83 .78 .81 .76 .77
AUT 12.63 .87 .86 .88 .88 .88 .89 .86 .87 .85 .86 .86 .86 .86
BEL 9.18 .89 .90 .87 .89 .88 .87 .92 .90 .90 .89 .87 .91
IRL 6.45 .88 .87 .88 .86 .88 .88 .87 .87 .87 .86 .85
ESP 9.87 .86 .88 .85 .87 .88 .89 .87 .88 .86 .88
CSK 12.14 .88 .86 .85 .86 .85 .86 .86 .86 .86
SLO 7.25 .87 .86 .87 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86
EST 9.90 .85 .88 .86 .86 .86 .86 .86
ISR 12.21 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86 .86
CHR 9.55 .89 .88 .86 .86 .90
FRR 12.26 .86 .86 .86 .88
HUN 8.96 .86 .86 .88
POL 6.78 .86 .86
ZAF 7.54 .86
DNR 13.14
Holstein - Protein
CAN DEU DNK FIN FRA ITA NLD SWE USA CHE GBR NZL AUS AUT BEL IRL ESP CSK SLO EST ISR CHR FRR HUN POL ZAF DNR
CAN 11.36 .91 .92 .90 .92 .92 .93 .91 .94 .90 .90 .78 .79 .85 .92 .87 .92 .87 .87 .87 .85 .91 .90 .88 .89 .86 .90
DEU 8.64 .89 .89 .88 .87 .90 .86 .89 .87 .88 .78 .77 .86 .91 .87 .87 .86 .86 .87 .85 .90 .87 .88 .89 .88 .91
DNK 6.72 .93 .93 .89 .94 .92 .93 .90 .94 .79 .80 .87 .92 .93 .94 .89 .88 .87 .88 .90 .90 .87 .88 .86 .88
FIN 7.61 .90 .88 .95 .92 .90 .89 .91 .77 .79 .88 .91 .90 .90 .88 .87 .86 .86 .90 .89 .86 .85 .86 .87
FRA 9.58 .92 .93 .89 .92 .89 .91 .80 .80 .84 .92 .88 .89 .85 .87 .86 .86 .90 .90 .92 .88 .86 .87
ITA 8.72 .91 .86 .95 .89 .90 .77 .77 .84 .88 .87 .90 .84 .87 .86 .87 .89 .87 .89 .87 .86 .88
NLD 7.80 .92 .94 .92 .93 .80 .81 .87 .96 .90 .91 .88 .87 .88 .88 .92 .91 .91 .89 .87 .93
SWE 8.14 .90 .87 .90 .76 .81 .86 .89 .87 .89 .87 .88 .87 .86 .89 .88 .89 .87 .89 .88
USA 18.85 .90 .92 .77 .79 .86 .92 .89 .90 .87 .88 .88 .87 .93 .90 .88 .90 .87 .90
CHE 6.47 .89 .78 .79 .88 .89 .90 .87 .87 .87 .87 .86 .90 .90 .86 .86 .86 .87
GBR 6.67 .82 .84 .87 .94 .95 .88 .88 .89 .87 .89 .91 .90 .88 .89 .86 .89
NZL 4.49 .90 .78 .78 .82 .78 .77 .77 .77 .79 .78 .82 .79 .82 .76 .81
AUS 4.67 .79 .80 .83 .80 .77 .78 .80 .78 .80 .83 .78 .83 .76 .79
AUT 9.32 .89 .89 .88 .89 .88 .89 .86 .88 .85 .86 .86 .86 .87
BEL 7.44 .90 .91 .87 .87 .88 .88 .92 .90 .91 .89 .87 .91
IRL 4.66 .89 .87 .88 .86 .88 .88 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86
ESP 7.51 .86 .88 .86 .87 .90 .89 .87 .87 .86 .86
CSK 6.88 .86 .87 .85 .87 .85 .86 .86 .86 .86
SLO 5.14 .87 .86 .86 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86
EST 7.02 .86 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86 .86
ISR 8.48 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86 .86
CHR 6.57 .89 .87 .86 .86 .88
FRR 9.51 .86 .86 .86 .86
HUN 7.06 .85 .86 .86
POL 4.57 .86 .86
ZAF 7.30 .86
DNR 8.36


Jersey - Milk
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD ZAF ITA DEU
CAN 304 .95 .97 .84 .91 .97 .93 .96 .90 .88
DNK 179 .96 .76 .81 .96 .93 .94 .90 .87
USA 591 .81 .84 .95 .92 .94 .90 .87
NZL 126 .90 .84 .83 .83 .89 .89
AUS 216 .90 .87 .92 .81 .82
GBR 167 .94 .94 .89 .88
NLD 339 .89 .90 .88
ZAF 158 .88 .87
ITA 328 .87
DEU 244

Jersey - Fat
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD ZAF ITA DEU
CAN 12.65 .94 .97 .81 .89 .95 .90 .95 .89 .88
DNK 8.92 .96 .76 .82 .93 .93 .94 .89 .88
USA 24.46 .79 .84 .93 .91 .91 .90 .87
NZL 5.83 .89 .80 .78 .85 .77 .79
AUS 8.71 .87 .82 .90 .77 .79
GBR 8.71 .93 .91 .89 .90
NLD 9.72 .88 .89 .89
ZAF 5.99 .85 .85
ITA 15.56 .87
DEU 9.48

Jersey - Protein
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD ZAF ITA DEU
CAN 9.33 .94 .96 .80 .89 .95 .91 .95 .89 .88
DNK 5.98 .96 .76 .80 .94 .93 .91 .88 .87
USA 17.83 .78 .85 .93 .92 .92 .90 .86
NZL 4.01 .88 .80 .81 .85 .87 .87
AUS 5.39 .88 .84 .93 .83 .88
GBR 5.35 .93 .92 .87 .91
NLD 8.11 .88 .88 .88
ZAF 4.98 .85 .90
ITA 11.50 .87
DEU 7.35

Simmental - Milk  FRM=French Montbeliarde; FR
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK
AUT 183 .92 .94 .86 .92 .90 .88 .81
CHE 215 .90 .93 .91 .87 .89 .85
DEU 205 .91 .90 .89 .90 .81
FRM 333 .90 .85 .85 .81
ITA 200 .88 .92 .83
SLO 122 .86 .83
FRA 369 .83
CSK 203

Simmental - Fat
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK
AUT 8.20 .92 .91 .86 .93 .89 .87 .82
CHE 8.56 .89 .94 .91 .87 .89 .87
DEU 8.74 .91 .90 .90 .90 .83
FRM 13.16 .90 .86 .86 .83
ITA 7.60 .89 .90 .83
SLO 5.13 .87 .84
FRA 14.75 .83
CSK 9.76

Simmental - Protein
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK
AUT 5.43 .92 .90 .86 .90 .89 .86 .83
CHE 5.84 .89 .93 .91 .87 .89 .87
DEU 6.26 .91 .88 .92 .90 .86
FRM 10.19 .91 .85 .86 .83
ITA 5.66 .88 .89 .86
SLO 3.41 .88 .84
FRA 12.02 .86
CSK 7.43


CAN DEU DNK FIN FRA ITA NLD SWE USA CHE GBR NZL AUS AUT BEL IRL ESP CSK SLO EST ISR CHR FRR NOR FRM HUN POL ZAF DNR
CAN * * * * * *
DEU *
DNK * * * * *
FIN * * * * * * * * * * * * *
FRA * * * *
ITA * *
NLD * *
SWE * * * * * * *
USA * * *
CHE * * * * * * *
GBR * * * *
NZL * * * * *
AUS * * * *
AUT * * * * * *
BEL * *
IRL * * * * *
ESP * * * *
CSK * * * * * * * * * *
SLO * * * * * * * * *
EST * * * * * * * *
ISR * * * * * * *
CHR * *
FRR * * * *
HUN * *
POL * *
*indicates genetic correlations used in the evaluation that could not be estimated by approximate REML
or adjusted product moment correlations in any breed