Table 1. National evaluation data considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for dairy production traits (May 2001)
                     
  national evaluation number of records for milk yield by breed
                 
month Brown
Country year h2 model Ayrshire Swiss Guernsey Holstein   Jersey Simmental
                     
Australia 5-01 .25 AM 321   93 3205   700  
Austria 4-01 .27-.30 AM MT   1227   287     3170
Belgium 5-01 .30 AM       1010      
Canada 5-01 .31-.42 AM TD 381 53 56 4928   210  
Czech Rep. 1-01 .23-.24 AM MT       1343     4862
Denmark 4-01 .30 AM 1430     4413   1512  
Denmark 4-01 .30 AM       146 *    
Estonia 5-01 .23-.27 AM TD       239      
Finland 4-01 .33-.44 AM TD 2120     610      
France 4-01 .30 AM   140   7645     2058
France 4-01 .30 AM             165
France 4-01 .30 AM       81 ****    
Germany 3-01 .35-.37 AM TD 154     9592   17  
Germany 5-01 .26-.30 AM MT   1739         8904
Hungary 5-01 .20-.25 AM       1053      
Ireland 4-01 .35 AM       741      
Israel 10-00 .25 AM       514      
Italy 4-01 .30 AM       3462   13  
Italy 2-01 .26-.29 AM   736          
Italy 4-01 .29-.33 AM             452
Netherlands 5-01 .35 AM   38   5478   20  
New Zealand 4-01 .28-.35 AM 537     2598   1928  
Norway 6-00 .25 SM 2069            
Poland 4-01 .12-.17 AM MT       3477      
Rep. South Afr 4-01 .19-.35 AM     25 471   200  
Slovenia 5-01 .21-.28 AM   173   70     261
Spain 1-01 .28 AM       726      
Sweden 4-01 .30 AM 2440     1324      
Switzerland 4-01 .30-.36 AM TD       482 *****    
Switzerland 4-01 .34-.36 AM TD   1427          
Switzerland 5-01 .34-.38 AM       513 ******   1735
Unit. Kingdom 4-01 .35 AM 210   135 2798   172  
Unit. States 5-01 .30-.35 AM 251 417 562 16912   1699  
                     
No. Records       9913 5950 871 74118   6471 21607
No. Bulls       9577 5345 784 66828   5834 20598
Publishable Proofs       9425 5284 782 65562   5828 20430
                     
AM=Animal Model; AM MT=Animal Model with lactationsas correlated traits;
AM TD= Animal Test Day Model; SM=Sire/Maternal Grandsire Model 
* Danish Red & White in the Holstein evaluation of Interbull
** 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 2001-05-15
By Dan Englund