Table 1.National evaluation data considered in the Interbull routine evaluation
for dairy production traits (November 2002)
national evaluation

number of records for milk yield by breed
month Brown
Country year h2 model Ayrshire Swiss Guernsey

Holstein

 Jersey Simmental
Australia 7-02 0.25 AM 354 99 3398 770
Belgium# 11-02 0.38 - 0.43 AM TD 430
Canada 11-02 0.31 - 0.42 AM TD 422 73 64 5408 242
Czech Rep. 9-02 0.32 - 0.35 AM MT 1599 4850
Denmark 10-02 0.30 AM 1430 4726 1556
Denmark 10-02 0.30 AM 155 *
Estonia 10-02 0.23 - 0.27 AM TD 268
Finland 10-02 0.33 - 0.44 AM TD 2276 648
France 10-02 0.30 AM 142 8344 2185 **
France 10-02 0.30 AM 175 ***
France 10-02 0.30 AM 109 ****
Germany/Austr 8-02 0.35 - 0.37 AM TD 171 11067 31
Germany/Austr 10-02 0.34 - 0.46 AM TD 3025 10394
Hungary 11-02 0.20 - 0.25 AM 1350 98
Ireland 10-02 0.35 AM 682
Israel 8-02 0.25 AM 583
Italy 10-02 0.30 AM 4338 43
Italy 9-02 0.26 - 0.29 AM 926
Italy 7-02 0.29 - 0.33 AM 635
Netherlands## 10-02 0.52 - 0.59 AM TD 44 6739 27 56
New Zealand 10-02 0.28 - 0.35 AM 601 23 43 3149 2080
Norway 6-02 0.25 SM 2181
Poland 10-02 0.20 - 0.26 AM MT 3851
Rep. South Afr 4-02 0.19 - 0.35 AM 63 27 628 257
Slovenia 7-02 0.21 - 0.28 AM 184 98 275
Spain 6-02 0.28 AM 826
Sweden 10-02 0.30 AM 2421 1293
Switzerland 10-02 0.30 - 0.36 AM TD 538 *****
Switzerland 10-02 0.34 - 0.36 AM TD 1580
Switzerland 10-02 0.34 - 0.36 AM TD 617 ****** 1814
Unit. Kingdom 10-02 0.35 AM 218 151 3058 182
Unit. States 11-02 0.30 - 0.35 AM 272 448 573 18193 1867
No. Records 10409 6445 957 82095 7055 20482
No. Bulls 9941 5703 803 72404 6184 19710
Publishable Proofs 9802 5560 801 71193 6144 18922
AM=Animal Model; AM MT=Animal Model with lactations as correlated traits;
AM TD= Animal Test Day Model; SM=Sire/Maternal Grandsire Model
# Walloon part of Belgium
## The Netherlands + Flemish part of Belgium
* Danish Red & White in theHolstein 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