Table 3. Information on national evaluations providing data to the Interbull
routine evaluation for direct longevity, as provided by participating countries
Proof
Country Breed(s)*

h2

Model Expression

Australia AYS, GUE, JER, HOL 0.025 AM RP BV
Belgium HOL 0.106 AM RR BV
Canada AYS, BSW, GUE,JER,HOL 0.091 AM MT TA
Switzerland HOL 0.139 SM SA BV
Switzerland BSW 0.181 SM SA BV
Germany*** HOL,AYS 0.166 SM SA BV
Germany-Austria BSW 0.120 SM SA BV
Denmark AYS, HOL, RHOL, JER 0.117 SM SA BV
Spain HOL 0.115 SM SA TA
Finland AYS, HOL 0.120 SM SA TA
France HOL 0.108 SM SA BV
France MON 0.130 SM SA BV
The Netherlands HOL, SIM, JER, BSW 0.100 SM SA BV
New Zealand AYS,BSW,JER,GUE,HOL 0.072 AM ST BV
United Kingdom HOL 0.060 AM MT TA
Ireland HOL 0.022 AM MT TA
Israel** HOL 0.110 AM ST TA
Italy HOL 0.097 SM SA TA
Sweden AYS, HOL 0.080 SM MT BV
United States AYS,BSW,JER,GUE,HOL 0.085 AM ST TA

*    RHOL = Red Holstein
**   The official BVs were only multiplied by 100 for ISR instead of 1000 to fit the 017 file format
***  DEU  has a reversed scale, i.e. low values are desirable