Appendix I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above diagonal) considered in the Interbull evaluation for dairy production traits of November 1999; 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
CAN 275 .91 .91 .89 .91 .80 .83 .92
FIN 197 .90 .92 .90 .78 .81 .90
NOR 224 .93 .88 .78 .79 .89
SWE 245 .90 .77 .78 .90
USA 659 .77 .81 .89
NZL 174 .89 .81
AUS 236 .84
GBR 206
Ayrshire- Fat
CAN FIN NOR SWE USA NZL AUS GBR
CAN 10.12 .90 .90 .88 .90 .78 .81 .92
FIN 8.55 .90 .93 .90 .78 .77 .90
NOR 10.19 .93 .88 .77 .79 .89
SWE 9.87 .89 .75 .79 .90
USA 23.58 .76 .78 .89
NZL 6.95 .90 .81
AUS 10.14 .81
GBR 8.54
Ayrshire- Protein
CAN FIN NOR SWE USA NZL AUS GBR
CAN 8.39 .90 .90 .89 .90 .77 .80 .90
FIN 5.46 .90 .92 .90 .77 .78 .90
NOR 6.74 .93 .88 .76 .79 .89
SWE 7.42 .89 .75 .78 .90
USA 19.52 .76 .79 .89
NZL 5.06 .88 .80
AUS 5.66 .81
GBR 6.19

 
BrownSwiss - Milk
CAN DNK FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 339 .90 .90 .92 .87 .88 .87 .87 .90 .88
DNK 236 .91 .92 .91 .89 .92 .87 .93 .87
FRA 326 .94 .89 .94 .94 .90 .91 .85
USA 709 .90 .93 .91 .86 .92 .87
CHE 188 .92 .89 .86 .92 .87
ITA 230 .90 .85 .91 .87
DEU 200 .91 .93 .87
AUT 165 .88 .87
NLD 200 .86
SLO 101
BrownSwiss - Fat
CAN DNK FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 15.84 .90 .91 .92 .86 .89 .90 .85 .90 .88
DNK 10.11 .92 .92 .92 .89 .91 .87 .93 .87
FRA 14.33 .94 .89 .94 .93 .89 .91 .85
USA 28.19 .89 .94 .90 .85 .91 .87
CHE 7.63 .93 .88 .85 .92 .87
ITA 8.95 .89 .84 .89 .87
DEU 8.43 .90 .93 .88
AUT 7.46 .87 .87
NLD 9.06 .86
SLO 4.67
BrownSwiss - Protein
CAN DNK FRA USA CHE ITA DEU AUT NLD SLO
CAN 12.45 .90 .90 .93 .87 .89 .88 .86 .90 .88
DNK 7.50 .91 .93 .90 .89 .90 .86 .93 .87
FRA 10.81 .95 .90 .92 .94 .89 .90 .85
USA 22.67 .89 .93 .89 .86 .92 .87
CHE 5.68 .92 .89 .85 .91 .87
ITA 7.46 .88 .84 .89 .87
DEU 6.25 .88 .92 .88
AUT 5.10 .87 .87
NLD 6.23 .86
SLO 3.58
 
Guernsey- Milk
CAN USA AUS GBR
CAN 352 .95 .81 .91
USA 727 .79 .91
AUS 286 .83
GBR 195
Guernsey- Fat
CAN USA AUS GBR
CAN 14.78 .95 .80 .89
USA 28.07 .79 .90
AUS 10.07 .82
GBR 9.01
Guernsey- Protein
CAN USA AUS GBR
CAN 11.82 .94 .80 .89
USA 22.15 .79 .91
AUS 6.63 .81
GBR 5.89
 
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 HUN POL ZAF
CAN 394 .90 .94 .91 .94 .93 .94 .90 .95 .89 .93 .82 .81 .85 .94 .90 .93 .87 .87 .85 .85 .90 .91 .89 .90 .86
DEU 310 .90 .87 .88 .89 .91 .86 .89 .88 .89 .77 .77 .86 .90 .87 .87 .86 .86 .86 .85 .90 .87 .88 .89 .88
DNK 246 .94 .94 .90 .95 .92 .92 .91 .95 .78 .83 .88 .95 .93 .92 .88 .87 .87 .87 .90 .91 .87 .88 .86
FIN 207 .92 .88 .94 .94 .91 .89 .91 .77 .79 .88 .92 .90 .91 .88 .87 .86 .86 .89 .89 .86 .85 .86
FRA 370 .93 .94 .89 .92 .88 .91 .82 .84 .86 .95 .89 .92 .85 .87 .86 .86 .90 .91 .92 .88 .86
ITA 262 .93 .88 .96 .89 .90 .80 .78 .84 .91 .88 .94 .84 .87 .86 .86 .89 .87 .89 .87 .86
NLD 276 .92 .94 .93 .94 .81 .82 .87 .97 .91 .91 .87 .88 .88 .88 .93 .92 .91 .91 .88
SWE 296 .90 .89 .91 .77 .82 .87 .90 .89 .89 .86 .88 .87 .86 .89 .89 .88 .87 .88
USA 743 .91 .92 .78 .79 .86 .94 .89 .92 .87 .88 .88 .86 .90 .90 .88 .89 .87
CHE 231 .89 .76 .78 .88 .89 .90 .88 .87 .87 .88 .86 .90 .89 .86 .86 .86
GBR 242 .83 .85 .87 .95 .95 .90 .87 .89 .87 .88 .91 .90 .89 .89 .86
NZL 158 .91 .78 .80 .84 .78 .77 .77 .77 .79 .78 .83 .82 .85 .76
AUS 219 .80 .83 .86 .80 .78 .79 .80 .78 .80 .85 .80 .84 .77
AUT 286 .88 .86 .88 .89 .87 .88 .86 .88 .87 .86 .86 .86
BEL 260 .91 .92 .87 .88 .87 .87 .93 .92 .91 .91 .87
IRL 218 .89 .88 .88 .86 .88 .88 .88 .86 .86 .86
ESP 205 .87 .88 .85 .87 .88 .90 .87 .87 .86
CSK 271 .88 .86 .85 .87 .85 .86 .86 .86
SLO 166 .87 .86 .88 .87 .86 .86 .86
EST 296 .85 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86
ISR 357 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86
CHR 257 .89 .86 .86 .86
FRR 388 .86 .86 .86
HUN 198 .85 .86
POL 140 .86
ZAF 276

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
CAN 15.30 .91 .90 .91 .93 .91 .90 .88 .95 .89 .91 .79 .80 .85 .90 .89 .90 .87 .87 .88 .87 .91 .91 .89 .88 .86
DEU 11.72 .89 .87 .88 .86 .91 .86 .90 .87 .89 .78 .77 .86 .92 .87 .87 .86 .86 .88 .85 .90 .87 .88 .90 .87
DNK 10.14 .94 .93 .88 .94 .91 .92 .91 .93 .79 .81 .88 .93 .93 .92 .88 .88 .87 .88 .90 .90 .87 .88 .86
FIN 8.60 .91 .90 .94 .94 .91 .89 .91 .77 .79 .89 .91 .90 .91 .87 .87 .86 .86 .89 .89 .87 .86 .86
FRA 14.47 .89 .91 .88 .92 .89 .92 .80 .81 .86 .93 .89 .90 .84 .87 .86 .86 .90 .92 .92 .88 .85
ITA 9.94 .91 .87 .95 .90 .89 .77 .77 .84 .89 .87 .91 .84 .87 .86 .87 .90 .87 .91 .87 .86
NLD 10.44 .93 .92 .92 .93 .79 .80 .87 .97 .90 .89 .86 .87 .89 .88 .93 .90 .89 .91 .87
SWE 11.48 .90 .89 .91 .76 .82 .87 .90 .89 .88 .86 .88 .87 .85 .89 .88 .88 .87 .89
USA 27.09 .91 .91 .77 .79 .85 .92 .89 .91 .86 .87 .88 .87 .91 .90 .88 .88 .87
CHE 8.26 .89 .76 .80 .88 .89 .90 .88 .86 .87 .87 .86 .89 .89 .86 .86 .86
GBR 8.96 .82 .83 .87 .93 .95 .89 .87 .88 .87 .88 .91 .90 .88 .87 .86
NZL 6.23 .88 .78 .79 .83 .77 .77 .76 .76 .78 .79 .82 .79 .80 .76
AUS 8.21 .79 .80 .84 .79 .78 .79 .80 .79 .81 .83 .78 .81 .76
AUT 11.38 .87 .86 .88 .88 .88 .89 .86 .87 .85 .86 .86 .86
BEL 9.43 .89 .90 .87 .89 .88 .87 .92 .90 .90 .89 .87
IRL 6.82 .88 .87 .88 .86 .88 .88 .87 .87 .87 .86
ESP 7.74 .86 .88 .85 .87 .88 .89 .87 .88 .86
CSK 12.18 .88 .86 .85 .86 .85 .86 .86 .86
SLO 7.55 .87 .86 .87 .87 .86 .86 .86
EST 10.23 .85 .88 .86 .86 .86 .86
ISR 12.06 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86
CHR 9.64 .89 .86 .86 .86
FRR 14.38 .86 .86 .86
HUN 7.38 .86 .86
POL 5.61 .86
ZAF 7.97

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
CAN 11.21 .91 .90 .90 .92 .90 .91 .87 .94 .89 .90 .78 .80 .86 .91 .88 .91 .87 .87 .87 .85 .91 .91 .89 .90 .86
DEU 8.48 .90 .87 .88 .87 .90 .87 .89 .87 .88 .78 .77 .86 .91 .87 .87 .86 .86 .87 .85 .90 .87 .88 .89 .88
DNK 6.75 .94 .92 .89 .95 .91 .93 .90 .94 .79 .80 .87 .92 .93 .92 .89 .88 .87 .88 .90 .90 .87 .88 .86
FIN 5.95 .90 .89 .95 .94 .91 .89 .91 .77 .79 .88 .91 .90 .91 .88 .87 .86 .86 .89 .89 .86 .85 .86
FRA 10.18 .92 .94 .89 .92 .90 .91 .80 .80 .84 .92 .88 .90 .85 .87 .86 .86 .90 .90 .92 .88 .86
ITA 8.09 .91 .89 .95 .89 .90 .77 .77 .84 .88 .87 .90 .84 .87 .86 .87 .89 .87 .89 .87 .86
NLD 7.57 .94 .93 .92 .93 .80 .81 .87 .96 .92 .90 .88 .87 .88 .88 .92 .91 .90 .89 .87
SWE 8.75 .90 .88 .91 .76 .82 .87 .90 .88 .89 .87 .88 .87 .86 .89 .88 .89 .87 .89
USA 20.59 .91 .92 .77 .79 .86 .92 .89 .91 .87 .88 .88 .87 .91 .90 .88 .90 .87
CHE 5.98 .89 .76 .79 .88 .89 .90 .88 .87 .87 .87 .86 .89 .90 .86 .86 .86
GBR 6.71 .81 .82 .87 .94 .95 .88 .88 .89 .87 .89 .91 .90 .88 .89 .86
NZL 4.70 .89 .78 .78 .82 .78 .77 .77 .77 .79 .78 .82 .79 .82 .76
AUS 4.77 .79 .80 .83 .80 .77 .78 .80 .78 .80 .83 .78 .83 .76
AUT 8.08 .88 .89 .88 .89 .88 .89 .86 .87 .85 .86 .86 .86
BEL 7.59 .90 .91 .87 .87 .88 .88 .92 .90 .91 .89 .87
IRL 5.91 .89 .87 .88 .86 .88 .88 .87 .86 .86 .86
ESP 6.15 .86 .88 .86 .87 .88 .89 .87 .87 .86
CSK 8.48 .86 .87 .85 .87 .85 .86 .86 .86
SLO 5.34 .87 .86 .87 .87 .86 .86 .86
EST 6.76 .86 .88 .86 .86 .86 .86
ISR 9.15 .87 .86 .86 .86 .86
CHR 6.76 .89 .86 .86 .86
FRR 11.04 .86 .86 .86
HUN 5.61 .85 .86
POL 3.93 .86
ZAF 7.63
 

Jersey -Milk
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD
CAN 352 .93 .96 .81 .85 .95 .91
DNK 175 .94 .76 .81 .94 .93
USA 592 .78 .83 .93 .92
NZL 129 .90 .83 .81
AUS 215 .86 .84
GBR 182 .93
NLD 273

Jersey -Fat
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD
CAN 15.15 .90 .96 .79 .85 .94 .91
DNK 8.85 .94 .76 .79 .92 .93
USA 23.80 .77 .82 .92 .91
NZL 6.05 .90 .80 .78
AUS 9.06 .84 .82
GBR 9.67 .93
NLD 10.21

Jersey -Protein
CAN DNK USA NZL AUS GBR NLD
CAN 11.11 .89 .96 .78 .84 .95 .91
DNK 5.89 .93 .76 .78 .93 .93
USA 18.60 .76 .83 .92 .92
NZL 4.20 .89 .80 .79
AUS 5.53 .86 .83
GBR 5.81 .93
NLD 7.00
 

Simmental- Milk
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK FRM=French Montbeliarde
AUT 177 .91 .91 .86 .89 .88 .87 .81 FRA=French Simmental
CHE 220 .90 .93 .91 .87 .87 .83
DEU 198 .91 .88 .89 .90 .81
FRM 345 .92 .85 .85 .81
ITA 198 .87 .89 .82
SLO 105 .85 .83
FRA 369 .82
CSK 181

Simmental- Fat
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK
AUT 8.10 .92 .90 .86 .89 .86 .86 .82
CHE 8.70 .89 .93 .90 .87 .87 .85
DEU 8.44 .91 .89 .88 .89 .83
FRM 13.61 .91 .86 .86 .82
ITA 7.41 .87 .88 .83
SLO 4.55 .85 .84
FRA 15.22 .82
CSK 8.80

Simmental- Protein
AUT CHE DEU FRM ITA SLO FRA CSK
AUT 5.12 .91 .89 .86 .88 .87 .86 .83
CHE 6.01 .89 .93 .89 .87 .87 .85
DEU 5.98 .91 .87 .90 .89 .83
FRM 10.60 .92 .85 .86 .83
ITA 5.51 .87 .88 .82
SLO 3.08 .85 .83
FRA 12.33 .82
CSK 6.80
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
CAN * * * * * *
DEU *
DNK * * * * *
FIN * * * * * * * * * * * * *
FRA * * * *
ITA * *
NLD * *
SWE * * * * * *
USA I* * *
CHE * * * * * *
GBR * * * *
NZL * * * * *
AUS * * * *
AUT * * * * *
BEL * *
IRL * * * * *
ESP * * *
CSK * * * * * * * * *
SLO * * * * * * * *
EST * * * * * * *
ISR * * * * * *
CHR * *
FRR * * *
HUN *
POL *

*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 99/11/08
By Dan Englund