APPENDIX I

Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above

diagonal) considered in the Interbull routine evaluation for udder health traits

of February 2002; sire standard deviation estimates are determined on a

de-standardized transmitting ability scale.

CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, DEU=Germany, DNK=Denmark, DNR=Danish Red & White

(Holstein evaluation), EST=Estonia, FIN=Finland, FRA=France, FRR=French Red

Holstein (Holstein evaluation), GBR=United Kingdom, NLD=Netherlands,

NOR=Norway, SWE=Sweden, USA=United States, ISR=Israel, ITA=Italy

Run-number:

Run1=

based on milk somaticcell in formation 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 in formation.

Ayrshire - Run 1

CAN

DNK

FIN

GBR

SWE

USA

DEU

CAN

0.278

.86

.81

.80

.93

.95

.76

DNK

0.129

.75

.77

.91

.80

.79

FIN

0.163

.82

.78

.82

GBR

11.1

.76

.80

SWE

0.067

.86

.65

USA

0.218

.80

DEU

0.241

Ayrshire - Run 2 (clinical mastitis in DNK, FIN, NOR, SWE)

CAN

DNK

FIN

GBR

NOR

SWE

USA

DEU

CAN

0.278

.55

.54

.80

.44

.80

.95

.76

DNK

0.042

.62

.42

.69

.78

.54

.52

FIN

0.027

.69

.60

.77

.60

.40

GBR

11.1

.47

.63

.80

NOR

0.094

.69

.54

.30

SWE

0.020

.75

.47

USA

0.218

.80

DEU

0.241

Brown Swiss - Run1

CAN

FRA

NLD

USA

CAN

0.254

.91

.83

.88

FRA

0.257

.89

.97

NLD

0.377

.89

USA

0.212

Guernsey - Run 1

CAN

GBR

USA

CAN

0.247

.80

.85

GBR

13.2

.81

USA

0.226

Holstein - Run 1

CAN

CHE

DEU

DNK

DNR

EST

FIN

FRA

FRR

GBR

NLD

SWE

USA

ISR

ITA

CAN

0.270

.93

.88

.90

.87

.92

.88

.92

.94

.89

.95

.81

.85

CHE

0.252

.97

.90

.92

.89

.95

.94

.93

.98

.90

.94

.79

.90

DEU

0.254

.87

.89

.88

.86

.91

.87

.93

.85

.89

.82

.85

DNK

0.126

.84

.86

.87

.88

.85

.87

.89

.94

.89

.79

.89

DNR

0.127

.86

.81

.90

.89

.90

.88

.87

.69

.86

EST

0.292

.86

.91

.86

.91

.90

.89

.87

.70

.81

FIN

0.164

.92

.84

.90

.89

.85

.61

.75

FRA

0.278

.89

.96

.97

.94

.91

.65

.90

FRR

0.264

.91

.95

.87

.86

.70

.82

GBR

12.2

.96

.89

.86

.62

.81

NLD

0.469

.93

.91

.70

.90

SWE

0.068

.89

.65

.94

USA

0.221

.85

.89

ISR

0.247

.73

ITA

0.237

Holstein - Run 2 (clinical mastitis in DNK, DNR, FIN, SWE)

CAN

CHE

DEU

DNK

DNR

EST

FIN

FRA

FRR

GBR

NLD

SWE

USA

ISR

ITA

CAN

0.270

.93

.88

.62

.64

.89

.70

.91

.87

.92

.94

.66

.95

.82

.84

CHE

0.252

.97

.66

.64

.92

.68

.96

.94

.93

.98

.64

.93

.80

.91

DEU

0.254

.62

.61

.88

.68

.90

.91

.87

.93

.55

.88

.84

.85

DNK

0.041

.82

.56

.66

.54

.45

.49

.55

.86

.64

.73

.62

DNR

0.042

.52

.68

.56

.39

.55

.56

.75

.61

.70

.60

EST

0.292

.56

.91

.87

.91

.89

.54

.88

.70

.81

FIN

0.031

.68

.48

.66

.68

.71

.58

.60

.51

FRA

0.278

.89

.97

.55

.90

.66

.90

FRR

0.264

.90

.94

.48

.87

.69

.82

GBR

12.2

.96

.53

.86

.62

.81

NLD

0.469

.59

.90

.70

.90

SWE

0.023

.60

.57

.53

USA

0.221

.86

.90

ISR

0.247

.73

ITA

0.237

Jersey - Run1

CAN

DNK

GBR

NLD

USA

CAN

0.220

.75

.81

.80

.84

DNK

0.128

.88

.79

.83

GBR

12.1

.79

.95

NLD

0.512

.84

USA

0.208

Jersey - Run 2 (clinical mastitis in DNK)

CAN

DNK

GBR

NLD

USA

CAN

0.220

.45

.81

.80

.84

DNK

0.028

.47

.60

.52

GBR

12.1

.79

.95

NLD

0.512

.84

USA

0.208