APPENDIX I
Estimated sire standard deviation (diagonal) and genetic correlations (above
diagonal) cons idered in the Interbull routine evaluation for calving traits
of November 2005; sirestandard deviation estimates are determined on a
de-standardized transmitting ability scale.
AUS=Australia, CAN=Canada, CHE=Switzerland, DEA=Germany+Austria,
DNK=Denmark, DNR=Danish Red Holstein, FIN=Finland, FRA=France,
ITA=Italy, NLD=The Netherlands, NOR=Norway, SWE=Sweden,  States
USA=United
Holstein - Direct Calving Ease
	AUS	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA	ISR
AUS	3.094	.55	.54	.63	.72	.70	.63	.52	.68	.71	.67	.76
CAN		2.199	.81	.89	.79	.83	.81	.72	.79	.87	.76	.81
CHE			0.676	.93	.82	.86	.93	.86	.80	.86	.86	.81
DNK				0.107	.85	.93	.92	.78	.85	.96	.90	.84
DNR					0.105	.83	.80	.75	.85	.84	.78	.84
FIN						0.023	.90	.70	.83	.94	.87	.83
FRA							0.423	.74	.83	.90	.88	.81
ITA								0.054	.61	.72	.65	.68
NLD									0.065	.87	.78	.87
SWE										0.030	.87	.87
USA											0.122	.85
ISR												3.069
Holstein - Maternal Calving Ease
	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA	ISR
CAN	2.239	.90	.85	.80	.65	.80	.59	.89	.74	.70	.69
CHE		0.378	.89	.76	.69	.85	.70	.88	.88	.80	.73
DNK			0.085	.74	.62	.80	.59	.82	.84	.76	.71
DNR				0.075	.73	.76	.73	.77	.73	.75	.73
FIN					0.025	.74	.64	.63	.64	.67	.72
FRA						0.600	.86	.78	.89	.92	.75
ITA							0.046	.61	.78	.78	.64
NLD								0.060	.71	.76	.65
SWE									0.029	.87	.79
USA										0.120	.73
ISR											3.004
Holstein - Direct Stillbirth
	AUS	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA	ISR
AUS	3.078	.73	.46	.48	.56	.49	.68	.53	.45	.46	.70	.70
CAN		2.199	.58	.71	.70	.57	.81	.73	.53	.63	.76	.74
CHE			0.085	.73	.75	.78	.62	.68	.56	.69	.58	.76
DNK				0.026	.83	.86	.77	.66	.65	.92	.77	.83
DNR					0.032	.80	.80	.69	.78	.78	.75	.78
FIN						0.011	.80	.70	.58	.84	.68	.77
FRA							0.423	.74	.46	.71	.88	.72
ITA								0.054	.46	.58	.66	.59
NLD									0.010	.65	.45	.67
SWE										0.026	.64	.80
USA											0.122	.78
ISR												3.360
Holstein - Maternal Stillbirth
	CAN	CHE	DNK	DNR	FIN	FRA	ITA	NLD	SWE	USA	ISR
CAN	2.239	.42	.55	.63	.65	.59	.58	.42	.60	.70	.59
CHE		0.011	.74	.72	.75	.72	.50	.77	.77	.45	.72
DNK			0.028	.75	.80	.68	.46	.82	.88	.50	.68
DNR				0.031	.74	.73	.60	.78	.71	.60	.73
FIN					0.009	.72	.71	.76	.90	.77	.72
FRA						0.600	.51	.62	.65	.60	.61
ITA							0.046	.41	.60	.77	.51
NLD								0.003	.73	.46	.62
SWE									0.028	.67	.65
USA										0.120	.60
ISR											3.275