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Table 1. National evaluation data considered in the Interbull evaluation for dairy production traits (August 1999)


	national evaluation				number of records by breed
					Brown
Country	month-year	h2	model	Ayrshire	Swiss	Guernsey	Holstein		Jersey	Simmental

Australia	7-99	.25	AM	296		81	2836		631
Austria	7-99	.27-.30	AM MT		1239		285			3132
Belgium	8-99	.30	AM				688
Canada	8-99	.31-.42	AM TD	339	49	51	4419		200
Czech Rep.	7-99	.23-.24	AM MT				1206			4923
Denmark	7-99	.30	AM		1500		4242		1451
Estonia	7-99	.23-.24	AM MT				437
Finland	7-99	.30	AM	2714			579
France	6-99	.30	AM		138		7817			1953	*
France	6-99	.30	AM							153	**
France	6-99	.30	AM				79	***
Germany	7-99	.35-.37	AM TD				7757
Germany	8-99	.26-.30	AM MT		1715					9211
Ireland	1-99	.35	AM				639
Israel	4-99	.25	AM				551
Italy	7-99	.30	AM				3153
Italy	7-99	.26-.29	AM		678
Italy	7-99	.29-.33	AM							448
Netherlands	7-99	.35	AM		35		5246		23
New Zealand	7-99	.28-.35	AM	454			2310		1732
Norway	6-99	.20	SM	2192
Slovenia	7-99	.25	SM		163		68			253
Spain	7-99	.25	AM				639
Sweden	7-99	.25	SM	2656			1443
Switzerland	7-99	.25-.29	AM				458	****
Switzerland	7-99	.32-.33	AM		1416
Switzerland	7-99	.34-.38	AM				455	*****		1706
Unit. Kingdom	7-99	.35	AM	214		99	2414		172
Unit. States	8-99	.30	AM	243	379	567	16364		1525

No. Records				9108	7312	798	64085		5734	21779
No. Bulls				8865	6707	727	58292		5255	20880
Publishable Proofs				8789	6619	726	57361		5234	20557

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