Table 1. National evaluation data considered in the Interbull evaluation for dairy production traits (May 1999)
national evaluation number of records by breed
Brown
Country month-year

h2

model

Ayrshire Swiss Guernsey Holstein Jersey Simmental
Australia Apr-99 .25 AM 294 80 2831 627
Austria Apr-99 .27-.30 AM MT 1205 265 3055
Belgium May-99 .30 AM 659
Canada May-99 .31-.42 AM TD 329 49 51 4297 198
Czech Rep. Apr-99 .23-.24 AM MT 1149 4890
Denmark Apr-99 .30 AM 1476 4129 1424
Estonia Apr-99 .23-.24 AM MT 427
Finland Apr-99 .30 AM 2693 562
France Mar-99 .30 AM 136 7706 1899 *
France Mar-99 .30 AM 152 **
France Mar-99 .30 AM 67 ***
Germany Apr-99 .35-.37 AM TD 7521
Germany May-99 .26-.30 AM MT 1691 9074
Ireland Jan-99 .35 AM 648
Israel Apr-99 .25 AM 551
Italy Apr-99 .30 AM 3039
Italy Apr-99 .26-.29 AM 670
Italy Jan-99 .29-.33 AM 427
Netherlands Apr-99 .35 AM 34 5079 23
New Zealand Apr-99 .28-.35 AM 558 2504 1977
Norway Jun-98 .20 SM 2061
Slovenia Jan-99 .25 SM 160 62 246
Spain Jan-99 .25 AM 583
Sweden Apr-99 .25 SM 2630 1401
Switzerland Apr-99 .25-.29 AM 438 ****
Switzerland Apr-99 .32-.33 AM 1379
Switzerland Apr-99 .34-.38 AM 440 ***** 1675
Unit. Kingdom Apr-99 .35 AM 214 98 2389 180
Unit. States May-99 .30 AM 240 368 559 16027 1475
No. Records 9019 7168 788 62774 5904 21418
No. Bulls 8781 6573 718 57211 5412 20542
Publishable Proofs 8710 6520 717 56125 5387 20250
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 5/9/1999
By Dan Englund