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


Last Updated on 99/08/08
By Dan Englund