| Table 2. Information on national evaluations providing data to the Interbull | ||||||
| routine evaluation for milk somatic cells, as provided by participating countries | ||||||
| Proof | ||||||
| Country | Breed(s)* | Parities | h2 | Model | unit** | Expression*** |
| Australia | AYS GUE HOL JER | 3 | 0.200 | AM TD | SCC(10) | BV**** |
| Belgium(1) | HOL | 3 | 0.135 | AM TD | SCS(2) | BV |
| Canada | AYS | 3 | 0.260 | AM TD | SCS(2) | TA |
| BSW | 3 | 0.260 | -"- | -"- | -"- | |
| GUE | 3 | 0.280 | -"- | -"- | -"- | |
| HOL | 3 | 0.240 | -"- | -"- | -"- | |
| JER | 3 | 0.270 | -"- | -"- | -"- | |
| Denmark | AYS HOL RHOL JER | 1 | 0.110 | SM MT | SCC | TA |
| Estonia | AYS | 3 | 0.120 | AM TD | SCS(2) | RBV(-) |
| HOL | 3 | 0.140 | AM TD | SCS(2) | RBV(-) | |
| Finland | AYS HOL | 3 | 0.170 | AM TD | SCS(e) | RBV(-) |
| France | BSW HOL RHOL SIM MON | 3 | 0.150 | AM | SCS(2) | RBV(-) |
| Germany(2) | HOL AYS | 3 | 0.230 | AM TD | SCS(2) | BV |
| BSW SIM | 3 | 0.200 | AM TD | SCS(2) | RBV | |
| Hungary | HOL SIM | 3 | 0.150 | AM | SCC(2) | RBV |
| Ireland | HOL | 5 | 0.106 | AM | SCS(e) | TA |
| Israel | HOL | 5 | 0.433 | AM MT | SCS(2) | TA |
| Italy | HOL | 3 | 0.205 | AM TD | SCS(2) | RBV |
| SIM | 0.080 | TDM | SCS(2) | RBV | ||
| Japan | HOL | 1 | 0.082 | AM TD | SCS(2) | RBV(-) |
| Netherlands(3) | BSW HOL JER SIM | 3 | 0.350 | AM TD | SCS(2) | RTA(-) |
| New Zealand | AYS BSW HOL JER GUE | 3 | 0.151 | AM TD | SCC(2) | BV |
| Norway | AYS | 3 | 0.136 | AM | SCS | BV |
| Spain | HOL | 5 | 0.175 | AM | SCS(2) | RBV(-) |
| Sweden | AYS HOL | 3 | 0.120 | SM MT | SCC(10) | RBV(-) |
| Switzerland | BSW | 3 | 0.270 | AM TD | SCS(2) | RBV(-) |
| HOL | 3 | 0.240 | AM TD | SCS(2) | RBV | |
| RHOL | 3 | 0.270 | AM TD | SCC(2) | RBV | |
| SIM | 3 | 0.270 | AM TD | SCC(2) | RBV | |
| United Kingdom | AYS GUE HOL JER | 5 | 0.110 | AM | SCC(e) | TA |
| United States | AYS BSW GUE HOL JER | 5 | 0.120 | AM | SCS(2) | TA |
| Rep. South Afr | JER | 3 | 0.063 | AM TD | SCC(e) | BV |
| HOL | 3 | 0.062 | AM TD | SCC(e) | BV | |
| AYS | 3 | 0.081 | AM TD | SCS(e) | BV | |
| * RHOL = Red Holstein | ||||||
| ** log-base used indicated within parenthesis | ||||||
| *** reversed scale, i.e. high values are desirable, indicated within parenthesis | ||||||
| **** The official BVs were only multiplied by 10 for AUS instead of 1000 to fit | ||||||
| the 036 file format | ||||||
| (1) Walloon part of Belgium | ||||||
| (2) Germany and Austria | ||||||
| (3) The Netherlands and the Flemish part of Belgium | ||||||