| 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 | ||||||