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 .250 AM TD SCS(2) TA
BSW 3 .260 -"- -"- -"-
GUE 3 .330 -"- -"- -"-
HOL 3 .272 -"- -"- -"-
JER 3 .260 -"- -"- -"-
Denmark AYS HOL RHOL JER 1 .110 SM MT SCC TA
Estonia HOL 3 .120 AM TD SCS(2) RBV(-)
Finland AYS HOL 3 .150 AM SCS(e) RBV(-)
France BSW HOL RHOL 3 .150 AM SCS(2) RBV(-)
Germany(2) HOL AYS 3 .230 AM TD SCS(2) BV
Hungary HOL 3 .150 AM SCC(2) RBV
Israel HOL 5 .433 AM MT SCS(2) TA
Italy HOL 1 .080 AM TD SCS(2) RBV(-)
Japan HOL 1 .082 AM TD SCS(2) RBV
Netherlands(3) BSW HOL JER 3 .350 AM TD SCS(2) RTA(-)
Sweden AYS HOL 1 .080 SM SCC(10) RBV(-)
Switzerland BSW 3 .276 AM TD SCS(2) BV
HOL 3 .310 AM TD SCS(2) BV
RHOL 3 .200 AM TD SCC(2) BV
United Kingdom AYS GUE HOL JER 5 .110 AM SCC(e) TA
United States AYS BSW GUE HOL JER 5 .100 AM SCS(2) TA

*    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, Austria and Luxembourg
(3)  The Netherlands and the Flemish part ofBelgium