APPENDIX I
Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above
diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for direct longevity
of February 2005; sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a
de-standardized transmitting ability scale.
AUS=Australia, CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland,
DEU=Germany, DNK=Denmark,
DNR=Danish Red & White (Holstein evaluation),
ESP=Spain, FIN=Finland, FRA=France, GBR=United Kingdom,
IRL=Ireland, ISR=Israel, ITA=Italy,
NLD= Netherlands, USA=United States
	Ayrshire Direct Longevity
	AUS	CAN	DNK	FIN	USA
AUS	2.52	.39	.64	.50	.48
CAN		0.08	.59	.77	.90
DNK			0.08	.80	.37
FIN				0.15	.72
USA					1.67
	Brown Swiss Direct Longevity
	CAN	CHE	DEA	NLD	USA
CAN	0.08	.94	.82	.91	.89
CHE		2.62	.72	.81	.78
DEA			0.14	.58	.57
NLD				0.08	.98
USA					1.78
	Guernsey Direct Longevity
	AUS	CAN	USA
AUS	2.86	.82	.54
CAN		0.09	.78
USA			2.06
	Holstein Direct Longevity
	AUS	CAN	CHE	DEU	DNK	DNR	ESP	FIN	FRA	GBR	IRL	ISR	ITA	NLD	USA
AUS	1.89	.66	.42	.55	.65	.54	.32	.55	.60	.61	.48	.43	.37	.63	.66
CAN		0.08	.67	.84	.76	.77	.71	.59	.68	.82	.73	.51	.75	.75	.88
CHE			0.42	.77	.76	.84	.73	.63	.57	.76	.45	.30	.68	.72	.70
DEU				0.20	.87	.87	.76	.72	.66	.83	.71	.36	.77	.80	.82
DNK					0.08	.76	.71	.90	.81	.74	.56	.47	.74	.85	.82
DNR						0.08	.55	.61	.63	.80	.68	.30	.62	.84	.75
ESP							0.17	.67	.57	.63	.38	.30	.82	.63	.69
FIN								0.19	.77	.51	.49	.51	.63	.77	.66
FRA									0.04	.54	.42	.62	.66	.74	.61
GBR										0.28	.68	.34	.70	.65	.82
IRL											2.19	.30	.49	.51	.65
ISR												9.57	.46	.41	.41
ITA													0.18	.70	.72
NLD														0.09	.79
USA															1.71
	Simmental Direct Longevity
	FRM	NLD
FRM	0.05	.83
NLD		0.08
	Jersey Direct Longevity
	AUS	CAN	DNK	NLD	USA
AUS	2.29	.30	.30	.30	.68
CAN		0.07	.83	.96	.60
DNK			0.08	.70	.36
NLD				0.10	.65
USA					1.72