APPENDIX I Estimated sire standard deviation

APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above diagonal) considered in the Interbull test evaluation for direct longevity of February 2006; sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a de-standardized transmitting ability scale.

AUS=Australia, BEL=Belgium, 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, NZL = New Zealand, SWE=Sweden, NLD = Netherlands, USA=United States

Ayrshire - Direct Longevity
	aus	can	deu	dnk	fin	nzl	swe	usa
aus	2.480	.40	.81	.65	.53	.66	.73	.48
can		0.079	.63	.67	.74	.30	.78	.91
deu			0.173	.91	.60	.31	.86	.73
dnk				0.068	.77	.30	.79	.76
fin					0.150	.61	.57	.69
nzl						1.357	.36	.30
swe							0.047	.82
usa								1.707

BrownSwiss - Direct Longevity
	can	che	deu	nld	nzl	usa
can	0.084	.92	.83	.89	.38	.87
che		0.076	.77	.78	.42	.78
deu			0.168	.54	.30	.58
nld				0.083	.57	.97
nzl					1.835	.66
usa						1.815

Guernsey - Direct Longevity
	aus	can	nzl	usa
aus	2.849	.80	.86	.50
can		0.088	.69	.80
nzl			1.730	.32
usa				2.120

Holstein - Direct Longevity
	aus	bel	can	che	deu	dnk	dnr	esp	fin	fra	gbr	irl	isr	ita	nld	nzl	swe	usa
aus	1.888	.73	.65	.46	.55	.65	.52	.33	.56	.68	.64	.55	.43	.37	.63	.71	.64	.67
bel		0.150	.82	.67	.82	.74	.74	.51	.46	.65	.86	.79	.33	.56	.68	.73	.72	.82
can			0.080	.67	.85	.76	.74	.72	.57	.71	.83	.74	.49	.76	.77	.57	.74	.89
che				0.083	.82	.78	.88	.75	.66	.62	.79	.56	.31	.69	.75	.50	.60	.72
deu					0.200	.82	.83	.77	.66	.65	.86	.79	.35	.78	.80	.56	.72	.85
dnk						0.076	.79	.69	.85	.76	.75	.62	.42	.70	.84	.54	.73	.83
dnr							0.071	.58	.63	.67	.80	.68	.31	.60	.81	.46	.63	.71
esp								0.175	.66	.55	.65	.51	.32	.82	.64	.49	.45	.72
fin									0.160	.76	.52	.55	.45	.57	.74	.48	.62	.64
fra										0.500	.61	.53	.54	.65	.80	.41	.65	.67
gbr											0.279	.76	.39	.70	.66	.65	.74	.83
irl												1.918	.32	.59	.57	.70	.70	.71
isr													10.287	.40	.38	.33	.33	.39
ita														0.165	.70	.35	.53	.73
nld															0.087	.43	.69	.80
nzl																1.221	.59	.66
swe																	0.052	.81
usa																		1.762

Jersey - Direct Longevity
	aus	can	dnk	nld	nzl	usa
aus	2.260	.30	.30	.30	.64	.71
can		0.071	.84	.93	.42	.62
dnk			0.069	.71	.50	.35
nld				0.088	.39	.62
nzl					1.157	.69
usa						1.777

Simmental - Direct Longevity
	frm	nld
frm	0.487	.77
nld		0.081