| Table
2. Information on national evaluations providing data to the Interbull |
| test evaluation
for milk somatic cells, as provided by participating countries |
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| Country |
Breed(s)* |
Parities |
h2 |
Model |
unit** |
Expression*** |
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| Australia |
RDC GUE HOL JER |
3 |
.200 |
AM TD |
SCC(10) |
B(-) |
| Belgium(1) |
HOL |
3 |
.135 |
AM TD |
SCS(2) |
B(-) |
| Canada |
RDC |
3 |
.260 |
AM TD |
SCS(2) |
T(-) |
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BSW |
3 |
.260 |
-"- |
-"- |
-"- |
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GUE |
3 |
.280 |
-"- |
-"- |
-"- |
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HOL |
3 |
.240 |
-"- |
-"- |
-"- |
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JER |
3 |
.270 |
-"- |
-"- |
-"- |
| Denmark(2) |
HOL,RDC |
1 |
.150 |
SM MT ML |
SCC |
B(+) |
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JER |
1 |
.110 |
SM MT |
SCC |
T(-) |
| Denmark |
RHOL |
1 |
.110 |
SM MT |
SCC |
T(-) |
| Estonia |
RDC |
3 |
.120 |
AM TD RR ML ST |
SCS(2) |
B(+) |
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HOL |
3 |
.230 |
AM TD RR ML ST |
SCS(2) |
-"- |
| France |
BSW HOL RHOL SIM MON |
3 |
.150 |
AM |
SCS(2) |
B(+) |
| Germany(3) |
HOL RDC |
3 |
.230 |
AM TD |
SCS(2) |
B(-) |
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BSW SIM |
3 |
.200 |
AM TD |
SCS(2) |
B(+) |
| Hungary |
HOL SIM |
3 |
.150 |
AM |
SCC(2) |
B(-) |
| Israel |
HOL |
5 |
.433 |
AM MT |
SCS(2) |
T(-) |
| Italy |
HOL |
3 |
.205 |
AM TD ML RR |
SCS(2) |
B(+) |
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SIM,BSW |
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.080 |
TDM |
SCS(2) |
B(-) |
| Japan |
HOL |
1 |
.082 |
AM TD |
SCS(2) |
B(-) |
| Netherlands(4) |
BSW HOL JER SIM |
3 |
.350 |
AM TD |
SCS(2) |
T(+) |
| New Zealand |
RDC BSW HOL JER GUE |
3 |
.151 |
AM TD |
SCC(2) |
B(-) |
| Norway |
RDC |
3 |
.136 |
AM |
SCS |
B(+) |
| Spain |
HOL |
5 |
.175 |
AM |
SCS(2) |
B(+) |
| Switzerland |
BSW |
3 |
.270 |
AM TD |
SCS(2) |
B(+) |
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HOL |
3 |
.240 |
AM TD |
SCS(2) |
-"- |
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RHOL |
3 |
.270 |
AM TD |
SCC(2) |
-"- |
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SIM |
3 |
.270 |
AM TD |
SCC(2) |
-"- |
| United Kingdom |
RDC GUE HOL JER |
5 |
.110 |
AM |
SCC(e) |
T(-) |
| United States |
RDC BSW GUE HOL JER |
5 |
.120 |
AM RP ST |
SCS(2) |
T(-) |
| Rep. South Afr |
JER |
3 |
.053 |
AM TD ST RP FR |
SCC(e) |
B(-) |
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HOL |
3 |
.062 |
AM TD |
SCC(e) |
-"- |
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RDC |
3 |
.081 |
AM TD |
SCS(e) |
-"- |
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| * RHOL = Red Holstein |
| ** log-base used indicated within parenthesis |
| *** B+ = Breeding Value, high values desirable;
B- = Breeding Value, low values desirable |
| T+ = Transmitting Ability, high
values desirable; T- = Transmitting Ability, low values desirable. |
| **** 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) Denmark, Finland and Sweden |
| (3) Germany and Austria |
| (4) The Netherlands and the Flemish part of Belgium |
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