Table 1. National evaluation data considered in the Interbull evaluation for dairy production traits (November 2000)
national evaluation number of record by breed
Brown
Country

year

h2

 model Ayrshire Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey Simmental
                       
Australia 7-00 .25 AM 309   88 3030   684    
Austria 11-00 .27-.30 AM MT   1260   303     3231  
Belgium 11-00 .30 AM       1021        
Canada 11-00 .31-.42 AM TD 362 52 53 4806   209    
Czech Rep. 9-00 .23-.24 AM MT       1341     4973  
Denmark 10-00 .30 AM   1489   4442   1530    
Estonia 10-00 .23-.27 AM TD       246        
Finland 10-00 .33-.44 AM TD 2083     616        
France 10-00 .30 AM   136   7862     2031 *
France 10-00 .30 AM             158 **
France 10-00 .30 AM       85 ***      
Germany 10-00 .35-.37 AM TD       9078        
Germany 11-00 .26-.30 AM MT   1782         9282  
Hungary 11-00 .20-.25 AM       1108        
Ireland 10-00 .35 AM       772        
Israel 3-00 .25 AM       529        
Italy 10-00 .30 AM       3237        
Italy 10-00 .26-.29 AM   727            
Italy 9-00 .29-.33 AM             463  
Netherlands 11-00 .35 AM   38   5573   20    
New Zealand 10-00 .28-.35 AM 538     2720   1997    
Norway 6-00 .25 SM 2188              
Poland 10-00 .12-.17 AM MT       3359        
Rep. South Afr 6-00 .27-.35 AM       496   196    
Slovenia 10-00 .18-.28 AM   179   66     263  
Spain 7-00 .25 AM       706        
Sweden 10-00 .30 AM 2445     1351        
Switzerland 10-00 .30-.36 AM TD       498 ****      
Switzerland 11-00 .32-.33 AM   1393            
Switzerland 10-00 .34-.38 AM       497 *****   1746  
Unit. Kingdom 10-00 .35 AM 224   139 2844   191    
Unit. States 11-00 .30-.35 AM 254 411 577 17264   1687    
                       
No. Records       8403 7467 857 73850   6514 22147  
No. Bulls       8108 6820 780 66768   5913 21151  
Publishable Proofs     7946 6724 778 65732   5907 20864  
                       
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


Last Updated on 00-11-13
By Dan Englund