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 .200 AM TD SCC(10) BV****
Belgium(1) HOL 3 .135 AM TD SCS(2) BV
Canada AYS 3 .260 AM TD SCS(2) TA
BSW 3 .260 -"- -"- -"-
GUE 3 .280 -"- -"- -"-
HOL 3 .240 -"- -"- -"-
JER 3 .270 -"- -"- -"-
Denmark AYS HOL RHOL JER 1 .110 SM MT SCC TA
Estonia AYS 3 .120 AM TD SCS(2) RBV(-)
HOL 3 .140 AM TD SCS(2) RBV(-)
Finland AYS HOL 3 .170 AM TD SCS(e) RBV(-)
France BSW HOL RHOL SIM MON 3 .150 AM SCS(2) RBV(-)
Germany(2) HOL AYS 3 .230 AM TD SCS(2) BV
BSW SIM 3 .200 AM TD SCS(2) RBV
Hungary HOL SIM 3 .150 AM SCC(2) RBV
Israel HOL 5 .433 AM MT SCS(2) TA
Italy HOL 3 .205 AM TD SCS(2) RBV
SIM .080 TDM SCS(2) RBV
Japan HOL 1 .082 AM TD SCS(2) RBV(-)
Netherlands(3) BSW HOL JER SIM 3 .350 AM TD SCS(2) RTA(-)
New Zealand AYS BSW HOL JER GUE 3 .151 AM TD SCC(2) BV
Norway AYS 3 .136 AM SCS BV
Spain HOL 5 .175 AM SCS(2) RBV(-)
Sweden AYS HOL 3 .120 SM MT SCC(10) RBV(-)
Switzerland BSW 3 .270 AM TD SCS(2) RBV(-)
HOL 3 .240 AM TD SCS(2) RBV
RHOL 3 .270 AM TD SCC(2) RBV
SIM 3 .270 AM TD SCC(2) RBV
United Kingdom AYS GUE HOL JER 5 .110 AM SCC(e) TA
United States AYS BSW GUE HOL JER 5 .120 AM SCS(2) TA
Rep. South Afr JER 3 .063 AM TD SCC(e) BV
HOL 3 .062 AM TD SCC(e) BV
AYS 3 .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