APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above diagonal) considered in the Interbull test run evaluation for udder health traits of April, 2008; sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a de-standardized transmitting ability scale.

CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, DEU=Germany, DFS=Denmark,Finland + Sweden, DNR=Danish Red & White (Holstein evaluation), EST=Estonia, FRA=France, FRR=French Red Holstein (Holstein evaluation), GBR=United Kingdom, NLD=Netherlands, NOR=Norway, USA=United States, ISR=Israel, ITA=Italy, AUS=Australia, CHR=Swiss Red Holstein, HUN=Hungary, BEL=Belgium, JPN=Japan, ESP=Spain, ZAF=Rep.South Africa, NZL=New Zealand.

 
Run-number: Run1= based on milk somatic cell information from all countries
with this information available
Run2= based on clinical mastitis from countries with this
information available, and on milk somatic cell information
for all other countries. Note that Run2 was not carried out
for BSW and GUE since none of the participating countries
provided clinical mastitis information.
BrownSwiss - Run1
can fra nld usa che deu nzl ita
can 0.242 .92 .91 .90 .93 .91 .77 .92
fra 0.265 .94 .93 .96 .95 .81 .94
nld 13.366 .88 .94 .95 .86 .90
usa 0.213 .86 .87 .76 .90
che 0.244 .97 .83 .96
deu 0.715 .80 .94
nzl 0.203 .77
ita 0.292

 

Guernsey - Run1
can gbr usa aus nzl
can 0.241 .92 .94 .87 .80
gbr 13.067 .93 .92 .88
usa 0.237 .82 .80
aus 14.243 .94
nzl 0.304

 

Holstein - Run1
can che deu dfs dnr est fra frr gbr nld usa isr ita aus chr hun bel jpn esp zaf nzl irl cze
can 0.263 .89 .90 .88 .89 .86 .92 .94 .93 .92 .94 .84 .90 .84 .88 .89 .91 .89 .91 .86 .77 .88 .85
che 0.255 .94 .92 .90 .89 .94 .91 .95 .95 .85 .83 .91 .95 .96 .88 .96 .86 .93 .92 .89 .96 .85
deu 0.237 .91 .87 .94 .94 .94 .93 .96 .87 .81 .94 .84 .93 .90 .96 .85 .94 .88 .82 .94 .90
dfs 0.077 .98 .87 .94 .91 .93 .92 .89 .84 .90 .87 .88 .89 .93 .92 .91 .89 .83 .92 .87
dnr 0.141 .86 .92 .93 .93 .92 .90 .86 .89 .87 .87 .89 .91 .93 .89 .89 .84 .90 .88
est 0.261 .90 .93 .87 .90 .90 .88 .89 .81 .89 .87 .89 .87 .93 .88 .82 .87 .89
fra 0.293 .96 .96 .95 .91 .84 .92 .89 .93 .91 .95 .92 .94 .90 .84 .94 .86
frr 0.267 .94 .95 .93 .86 .93 .84 .92 .92 .93 .92 .93 .88 .83 .91 .91
gbr 12.708 .97 .89 .79 .90 .94 .93 .88 .94 .90 .92 .91 .89 .97 .85
nld 13.613 .87 .78 .89 .91 .94 .88 .95 .88 .90 .87 .89 .96 .85
usa 0.219 .91 .91 .79 .85 .93 .89 .89 .91 .88 .75 .84 .86
isr 0.252 .89 .75 .81 .89 .86 .81 .88 .86 .74 .79 .83
ita 0.223 .80 .88 .93 .95 .85 .96 .92 .77 .90 .90
aus 16.387 .92 .77 .88 .83 .83 .87 .94 .93 .76
chr 0.237 .86 .95 .86 .88 .89 .91 .94 .87
hun 0.260 .93 .85 .92 .89 .75 .87 .88
bel 0.238 .86 .94 .93 .85 .96 .88
jpn 0.211 .88 .87 .81 .86 .85
esp 0.236 .96 .78 .92 .89
zaf 0.013 .84 .93 .87
nzl 0.210 .93 .76
irl 0.111 .87
cze 26.858
Holstein - Run2 (clinical mastitis in DNK, DNR, FIN, SWE)
can che deu dfs dnr est fra frr gbr nld usa isr ita aus chr hun bel jpn esp zaf nzl irl cze
can 0.263 .89 .90 .76 .71 .86 .92 .93 .93 .92 .94 .84 .90 .84 .88 .89 .91 .89 .91 .86 .77 .88 .85
che 0.255 .94 .73 .70 .89 .95 .93 .95 .95 .85 .83 .91 .92 .97 .89 .96 .86 .93 .93 .88 .95 .86
deu 0.237 .80 .73 .94 .94 .94 .93 .96 .88 .81 .94 .84 .93 .90 .96 .85 .94 .88 .82 .94 .90
dfs 0.028 .96 .72 .78 .80 .76 .77 .81 .72 .82 .64 .65 .79 .84 .69 .81 .80 .64 .79 .74
dnr 0.082 .71 .74 .77 .74 .73 .79 .74 .78 .66 .65 .76 .80 .70 .78 .81 .70 .79 .75
est 0.261 .90 .92 .87 .89 .90 .89 .89 .81 .89 .87 .88 .88 .92 .87 .82 .87 .89
fra 0.293 .96 .96 .95 .91 .83 .92 .88 .93 .91 .95 .91 .94 .90 .84 .94 .86
frr 0.267 .95 .95 .93 .86 .92 .85 .91 .91 .93 .92 .93 .88 .83 .91 .91
gbr 12.708 .97 .89 .79 .90 .94 .93 .88 .94 .90 .92 .91 .89 .97 .85
nld 13.613 .87 .77 .90 .91 .94 .88 .95 .88 .91 .88 .89 .96 .85
usa 0.219 .91 .91 .79 .85 .93 .89 .89 .91 .88 .75 .85 .86
isr 0.252 .88 .74 .82 .89 .84 .80 .88 .86 .74 .79 .83
ita 0.223 .79 .88 .93 .95 .85 .96 .92 .77 .90 .90
aus 16.387 .92 .77 .87 .83 .83 .87 .95 .94 .76
chr 0.237 .86 .94 .87 .88 .89 .91 .94 .87
hun 0.260 .93 .85 .92 .89 .75 .87 .88
bel 0.238 .85 .94 .93 .85 .96 .88
jpn 0.211 .88 .87 .81 .86 .85
esp 0.236 .96 .78 .92 .89
zaf 0.013 .84 .93 .87
nzl 0.210 .93 .76
irl 0.111 .87
cze 26.858

 

Jersey - Run1
can dfs gbr nld usa aus zaf nzl
can 0.227 .87 .91 .92 .94 .82 .87 .76
dfs 0.128 .90 .91 .87 .83 .87 .79
gbr 11.541 .97 .91 .91 .89 .84
nld 13.265 .89 .91 .89 .84
usa 0.205 .80 .89 .75
aus 15.459 .88 .96
zaf 0.011 .79
nzl 0.203
Jersey - Run2 (clinical mastitis in DFS)
can dfs gbr nld usa aus zaf nzl
can 0.227 .68 .91 .92 .94 .81 .86 .76
dfs 0.055 .62 .73 .71 .54 .58 .49
gbr 11.541 .97 .91 .90 .89 .83
nld 13.265 .89 .91 .89 .84
usa 0.205 .80 .89 .75
aus 15.459 .88 .96
zaf 0.011 .79
nzl 0.203

 

Red - Run1
can dfs gbr nor usa deu aus est zaf nzl
can 0.271 .92 .95 .92 .96 .90 .88 .88 .89 .82
dfs 0.073 .92 .87 .90 .91 .87 .92 .84 .85
gbr 12.437 .92 .92 .92 .92 .88 .91 .86
nor 0.176 .90 .93 .92 .89 .85 .88
usa 0.220 .87 .83 .90 .89 .80
deu 0.227 .87 .92 .88 .82
aus 17.080 .91 .87 .96
est 0.239 .86 .89
zaf 0.017 .82
nzl 0.212
Red - Run2 (clinical mastitis in DFS and NOR)
can dfs gbr nor usa deu aus est zaf nzl
can 0.271 .70 .93 .88 .96 .88 .87 .88 .88 .82
dfs 0.025 .75 .77 .77 .73 .57 .62 .65 .58
gbr 12.437 .88 .91 .94 .91 .86 .90 .85
nor 0.015 .87 .77 .91 .88 .82 .88
usa 0.220 .87 .83 .88 .88 .79
deu 0.227 .85 .88 .88 .81
aus 17.080 .93 .87 .96
est 0.239 .88 .90
zaf 0.017 .82
nzl 0.212

 

Simmental - Run1
frm fra ita nld che deu hun cze
frm 0.263 .92 .95 .90 .92 .93 .92 .90
fra 0.220 .92 .94 .94 .91 .91 .87
ita 0.246 .88 .90 .94 .93 .90
nld 11.772 .92 .94 .87 .86
che 0.239 .95 .89 .87
deu 0.702 .91 .86
hun 0.070 .88
cze 26.594