APPENDIX I
Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above
diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for direct longevity
of November 2004; 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, USA=United States
	Holstein Direct Longevity
	AUS	CAN	CHE	DEU	DNK	DNR	ESP	FIN	FRA	GBR	IRL	ISR	ITA	USA
AUS	1.89	.66	.42	.55	.65	.54	.32	.55	.60	.61	.48	.43	.37	.66
CAN		0.08	.67	.84	.76	.77	.71	.59	.68	.82	.73	.51	.75	.88
CHE			0.42	.77	.76	.84	.73	.63	.57	.76	.45	.30	.68	.70
DEU				0.19	.87	.87	.76	.72	.66	.83	.71	.36	.77	.82
DNK					0.08	.76	.71	.90	.81	.74	.56	.47	.74	.82
DNR						0.08	.55	.61	.63	.80	.68	.30	.62	.75
ESP							0.17	.67	.57	.63	.38	.30	.82	.69
FIN								0.18	.77	.51	.49	.51	.63	.66
FRA									0.04	.54	.42	.62	.66	.61
GBR										0.27	.68	.34	.70	.82
IRL											2.18	.30	.49	.65
ISR												9.53	.46	.41
ITA													0.17	.72
USA														1.70