Appendix I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above diagonal) considered in the Interbull evaluation for dairy production traits of August 1999; sire standard deviation estimates 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,
FRM=French Montbeliarde (Simmental evaluation),
CHR=Swiss Red Holstein (Holstein evaluation),
FRR=French Red Holstein (Holstein evaluation)

Ayrshire - Milk
CAN FIN NOR SWE USA NZL AUS GBR
CAN 278 .91 .91 .89 .91 .80 .83 .92
FIN 210 .90 .92 .90 .78 .81 .90
NOR 224 .93 .88 .78 .79 .89
SWE 245 .90 .77 .78 .90
USA 665 .77 .81 .89
NZL 168 .89 .81
AUS 235 .84
GBR 210
Ayrshire - Fat
CAN FIN NOR SWE USA NZL AUS GBR
CAN 10.26 .90 .90 .88 .90 .78 .81 .92
FIN 9.36 .90 .93 .90 .78 .77 .90
NOR 10.19 .93 .88 .77 .79 .89
SWE 9.86 .89 .75 .79 .90
USA 23.70 .76 .78 .89
NZL 6.86 .90 .81
AUS 10.10 .81
GBR 8.63
Ayrshire - Protein
CAN FIN NOR SWE USA NZL AUS GBR
CAN 8.56 .90 .90 .89 .90 .77 .80 .90
FIN 5.62 .90 .92 .90 .77 .78 .90
NOR 6.74 .93 .88 .76 .79 .89
SWE 7.42 .89 .75 .78 .90
USA 19.73 .76 .79 .89
NZL 4.91 .88 .80
AUS 5.64 .81
GBR 6.29
BrownSwiss - Milk
CAN DNK FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 344 .90 .90 .92 .87 .88 .87 .87 .90 .88
DNK 236 .91 .92 .91 .89 .92 .87 .93 .87
FRA 329 .94 .89 .94 .94 .90 .91 .85
USA 701 .90 .93 .91 .86 .92 .87
CHE 189 .92 .89 .86 .92 .87
ITA 232 .90 .85 .91 .87
DEU 198 .91 .93 .87
AUT 163 .88 .87
NLD 200 .86
SLO 101
BrownSwiss - Fat
CAN DNK FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 15.71 .90 .91 .92 .86 .89 .90 .85 .90 .88
DNK 10.11 .92 .92 .92 .89 .91 .87 .93 .87
FRA 14.42 .94 .89 .94 .93 .89 .91 .85
USA 28.21 .89 .94 .90 .85 .91 .87
CHE 7.69 .93 .88 .85 .92 .87
ITA 9.14 .89 .84 .89 .87
DEU 8.35 .90 .93 .88
AUT 7.35 .87 .87
NLD 9.02 .86
SLO 4.67
BrownSwiss - Protein
CAN DNK FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 12.52 .90 .90 .93 .87 .89 .88 .86 .90 .88
DNK 7.49 .91 .93 .90 .89 .90 .86 .93 .87
FRA 10.98 .95 .90 .92 .94 .89 .90 .85
USA 22.57 .89 .93 .89 .86 .92 .87
CHE 5.72 .92 .89 .85 .91 .87
ITA 7.48 .88 .84 .89 .87
DEU 6.20 .88 .92 .88
AUT 5.01 .87 .87
NLD 6.18 .86
SLO 3.58
Guernsey - Milk
CAN USA AUS GBR
CAN 352 .95 .81 .93
USA 726 .79 .92
AUS 286 .85
GBR 198
Guernsey - Fat
CAN USA AUS GBR
CAN 14.98 .95 .80 .91
USA 28.12 .79 .91
AUS 10.07 .83
GBR 9.07
Guernsey - Protein
CAN USA AUS GBR
CAN 11.88 .94 .80 .90
USA 22.21 .79 .92
AUS 6.63 .82
GBR 5.98
Holstein - Milk CHE=Swiss Black & White Holstein; CHR=Swiss Red Holstein; FRR=French Red Holstein
CAN DEU DNK FIN FRA ITA NLD SWE USA CHE GBR NZL AUS AUT BEL IRL ESP CSK SLO EST ISR CHR FRR
CAN 397 .90 .94 .91 .94 .93 .94 .90 .95 .89 .93 .82 .81 .85 .94 .90 .93 .87 .87 .86 .85 .90 .91
DEU 313 .90 .87 .88 .89 .91 .86 .89 .88 .89 .77 .77 .86 .90 .87 .87 .86 .86 .87 .85 .90 .87
DNK 247 .94 .94 .90 .95 .92 .92 .91 .95 .78 .83 .88 .95 .93 .92 .88 .87 .88 .87 .90 .91
FIN 225 .92 .88 .94 .94 .91 .89 .91 .77 .79 .88 .92 .90 .91 .88 .87 .86 .86 .89 .89
FRA 371 .93 .94 .89 .92 .88 .91 .82 .84 .86 .95 .89 .92 .85 .87 .86 .86 .90 .91
ITA 265 .93 .88 .96 .89 .90 .80 .78 .84 .91 .88 .94 .84 .87 .86 .86 .89 .87
NLD 277 .92 .94 .93 .94 .81 .82 .87 .97 .91 .91 .87 .88 .89 .88 .93 .92
SWE 296 .90 .89 .91 .77 .82 .87 .90 .89 .89 .86 .88 .87 .86 .89 .89
USA 748 .91 .92 .78 .79 .86 .94 .89 .92 .87 .88 .88 .86 .90 .90
CHE 234 .89 .76 .78 .88 .89 .90 .88 .87 .87 .88 .86 .90 .89
GBR 242 .83 .85 .87 .95 .95 .90 .87 .89 .87 .88 .91 .90
NZL 154 .91 .78 .80 .84 .78 .77 .77 .76 .79 .78 .83
AUS 219 .80 .83 .86 .80 .78 .79 .79 .78 .80 .85
AUT 280 .88 .86 .88 .89 .87 .88 .86 .88 .87
BEL 279 .91 .92 .87 .88 .87 .87 .93 .92
IRL 219 .89 .88 .88 .86 .88 .88 .88
ESP 206 .87 .88 .85 .87 .88 .90
CSK 273 .88 .86 .85 .87 .85
SLO 165 .87 .86 .88 .87
EST 172 .85 .87 .86
ISR 360 .87 .86
CHR 265 .89
FRR 390
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
CAN 15.40 .91 .90 .91 .93 .91 .90 .88 .95 .89 .91 .79 .80 .85 .90 .89 .90 .87 .87 .88 .87 .91 .91
DEU 11.88 .89 .87 .88 .86 .91 .86 .90 .87 .89 .78 .77 .86 .92 .87 .87 .86 .86 .88 .85 .90 .87
DNK 10.18 .94 .93 .88 .94 .91 .92 .91 .93 .79 .81 .88 .93 .93 .92 .88 .88 .87 .88 .90 .90
FIN 9.55 .91 .90 .94 .95 .91 .89 .91 .77 .79 .89 .91 .90 .91 .87 .87 .86 .86 .89 .89
FRA 14.50 .89 .91 .88 .92 .89 .92 .80 .81 .84 .93 .89 .90 .85 .87 .86 .86 .90 .91
ITA 9.99 .91 .87 .95 .90 .89 .77 .77 .84 .89 .87 .91 .84 .87 .86 .87 .90 .87
NLD 10.47 .93 .92 .92 .93 .79 .80 .87 .97 .90 .89 .86 .87 .89 .88 .93 .90
SWE 11.42 .90 .89 .91 .76 .82 .87 .90 .89 .88 .86 .88 .87 .85 .89 .88
USA 27.21 .91 .91 .77 .79 .85 .92 .89 .91 .86 .87 .88 .87 .91 .90
CHE 8.37 .89 .76 .80 .88 .89 .90 .88 .86 .87 .87 .86 .89 .89
GBR 8.95 .82 .83 .87 .93 .95 .89 .87 .88 .87 .88 .91 .90
NZL 6.09 .88 .78 .79 .83 .77 .77 .76 .76 .78 .79 .82
AUS 8.21 .79 .80 .84 .79 .78 .79 .80 .79 .81 .83
AUT 11.45 .87 .86 .88 .88 .88 .89 .86 .87 .85
BEL 10.04 .89 .90 .87 .89 .88 .87 .92 .90
IRL 6.88 .88 .87 .88 .86 .88 .88 .87
ESP 7.76 .86 .88 .85 .87 .88 .89
CSK 11.97 .88 .86 .85 .86 .85
SLO 7.43 .87 .86 .87 .87
EST 6.67 .85 .88 .86
ISR 11.96 .87 .86
CHR 10.10 .89
FRR 15.16
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
CAN 11.30 .91 .90 .90 .92 .90 .91 .87 .94 .89 .90 .78 .80 .86 .91 .88 .91 .87 .87 .88 .85 .91 .91
DEU 8.55 .90 .87 .88 .87 .90 .87 .89 .87 .88 .78 .77 .86 .91 .87 .87 .86 .86 .87 .85 .90 .87
DNK 6.76 .94 .92 .89 .95 .91 .93 .90 .94 .79 .80 .87 .92 .93 .92 .89 .88 .87 .88 .90 .90
FIN 6.24 .90 .89 .94 .94 .91 .89 .91 .77 .79 .88 .91 .90 .91 .88 .87 .86 .86 .89 .89
FRA 10.26 .92 .92 .89 .92 .90 .91 .80 .80 .84 .92 .88 .90 .85 .87 .86 .86 .90 .90
ITA 8.13 .91 .89 .95 .89 .90 .77 .77 .84 .88 .87 .90 .84 .87 .86 .87 .89 .87
NLD 7.58 .94 .93 .92 .93 .80 .81 .87 .96 .92 .90 .88 .87 .89 .88 .92 .91
SWE 8.74 .90 .88 .91 .76 .82 .87 .90 .88 .89 .87 .88 .87 .86 .89 .88
USA 20.75 .91 .92 .77 .79 .86 .92 .89 .91 .87 .88 .88 .87 .91 .90
CHE 6.07 .89 .76 .79 .88 .89 .90 .88 .87 .87 .87 .86 .89 .90
GBR 6.71 .81 .82 .87 .94 .95 .88 .88 .89 .87 .89 .91 .90
NZL 4.59 .89 .78 .78 .82 .78 .77 .77 .76 .79 .78 .82
AUS 4.78 .79 .80 .83 .80 .77 .78 .79 .78 .80 .83
AUT 7.98 .88 .89 .88 .89 .88 .89 .86 .87 .85
BEL 8.31 .90 .91 .87 .87 .88 .88 .92 .90
IRL 5.97 .89 .87 .88 .86 .88 .88 .87
ESP 6.17 .86 .88 .86 .87 .88 .89
CSK 8.64 .86 .87 .85 .87 .85
SLO 5.34 .87 .86 .87 .87
EST 4.66 .86 .88 .86
ISR 9.13 .87 .86
CHR 7.01 .89
FRR 11.46
Jersey - Milk
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD
CAN 354 .93 .96 .81 .85 .95 .91
DNK 176 .94 .76 .81 .94 .93
USA 595 .78 .83 .93 .92
NZL 127 .90 .83 .81
AUS 213 .86 .84
GBR 187 .93
NLD 270
Jersey - Fat
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD
CAN 15.12 .90 .96 .79 .85 .94 .91
DNK 8.90 .94 .76 .79 .92 .93
USA 23.86 .77 .82 .92 .91
NZL 5.96 .90 .80 .78
AUS 8.95 .84 .82
GBR 9.84 .93
NLD 9.89
Jersey - Protein
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD
CAN 11.16 .89 .96 .78 .84 .95 .91
DNK 5.91 .93 .76 .78 .93 .93
USA 18.77 .76 .83 .92 .92
NZL 4.14 .89 .80 .79
AUS 5.46 .86 .83
GBR 5.97 .93
NLD 6.82
Simmental - Milk
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK FRM=French Montbeliarde
AUT 176 .91 .91 .86 .89 .88 .87 .81 FRM=French Montbeliarde
CHE 222 .90 .93 .91 .87 .87 .83
DEU 198 .91 .88 .89 .90 .81
FRM 346 .92 .85 .85 .81
ITA 198 .87 .89 .82
SLO 106 .85 .83
FRA 370 .82
CSK 183
Simmental - Fat
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK
AUT 8.06 .92 .90 .86 .89 .86 .86 .82
CHE 8.85 .89 .93 .90 .87 .87 .85
DEU 8.43 .91 .89 .88 .89 .83
FRM 13.64 .91 .86 .86 .82
ITA 7.43 .87 .88 .83
SLO 4.59 .85 .84
FRA 15.24 .82
CSK 8.82
Simmental - Protein
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK
AUT 5.08 .91 .89 .86 .88 .87 .86 .83
CHE 6.06 .89 .93 .89 .87 .87 .85
DEU 5.95 .91 .87 .90 .89 .83
FRM 10.62 .92 .85 .86 .83
ITA 5.52 .87 .88 .82
SLO 3.11 .85 .83
FRA 12.40 .82
CSK 6.82
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
CAN * * * * *
DEU
DNK * * * *
FIN * * * * * * * * * * *
FRA * * *
ITA *
NLD *
SWE * * * * * *
USA I* *
CHE * * *
GBR * * * *
NZL * * * * *
AUS * * * *
AUT * * * * *
BEL * *
IRL * * * *
ESP * *
CSK * * * * * *
SLO * * * *
EST * * *
ISR * *
CHR

*indicates genetic correlations used in the evaluiation that could not be estimated by approximate REML or adjusted product moment correlations in any breed


Last Updated on 99/08/08
By Dan Englund