Table1-992

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