table1-001

Table 1. National evaluation data considered in the Interbull evaluation for dairy production traits (February 2000)


	national evaluation				numbers of record by breed
					Brown
Country	month-year	h2	model	Ayrshire	Swiss	Guernsey	Holstein		Jersey	Simmental

Australia	1-00	.25	AM	306		82	3005		678
Austria	1-00	.27-.30	AM MT		1179		270			3015
Belgium	2-00	.30	AM				898
Canada	2-00	.31-.42	AM TD	346	47	51	4568		207
Czech Rep.	1-00	.23-.24	AM MT				1226			4895
Denmark	1-00	.30	AM		1439		4152		1457
Estonia	2-00	.23-.27	AM TD				230
Finland	10-99	.30	AM	2587			545
France	1-00	.30	AM		126		7375			1944	*
France	1-00	.30	AM							148	**
France	1-00	.30	AM				77	***
Germany	12-99	.35-.37	AM TD				8122
Germany	2-00	.26-.30	AM MT		1686					8909
Hungary	1-00	.20-.25	AM				1034
Ireland	1-99	.35	AM				593
Israel	10-99	.25	AM				505
Italy	10-99	.30	AM				3134
Italy	1-00	.26-.29	AM		678
Italy	2-00	.29-.33	AM							446
Netherlands	2-00	.35	AM		35		5074		20
New Zealand	1-00	.28-.35	AM	484			2457		1827
Norway	6-99	.20	SM	2062
Poland	11-99	.12-.17	AM MT				3039
Rep. South Afr	12-99	.31-.35	AM				472
Slovenia	2-00	.25	SM		165		61			247
Spain	1-00	.25	AM				656
Sweden	1-00	.30	AM	2371			1266
Switzerland	1-00	.25-.29	AM				449	****
Switzerland	1-00	.32-.33	AM		1369
Switzerland	1-00	.34-.38	AM				447	*****		1657
Unit. Kingdom	1-00	.35	AM	212		128	2635		180
Unit. States	2-00	.30	AM	240	375	557	16181		1594

No. Records				8608	7099	818	68471		5963	21261
No. Bulls				8354	6525	752	62134		5433	20362
Publishable Proofs				8266	6458	750	61020		5420	20067

AM=Animal Model; AM MT=Animal Model with lactations as correlated traits;
AM TD= Animal Test Day Model; SM=Sire/Maternal Grandsire Model
* French Montbeliarde in the Simmental evaluation of Interbull
** French Simmental in the Simmental evaluation of Interbull
*** French Red Holstein in the Holstein evaluation of Interbull
**** Swiss Black & White Holstein in the Holstein evaluation of Interbull
***** Swiss Red Holstein in the Holstein evaluation of Interbull