| Table
2. Number of national bull evaluations used in the Interbull test evaluation |
| for Calving Ease (CE) and Stillbirth (SB) for
Holstein (August 2006). |
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Trait |
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| Country |
Direct CE |
Maternal CE |
Direct SB |
Maternal SB |
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| Australia* |
459 |
- |
435 |
- |
| Canada* |
6669 |
5075 |
6676 |
5079 |
| Denmark
(HOL) |
1544 |
5493 |
2079 |
5611 |
| Denmark
(RHOL) |
77 |
151 |
103 |
165 |
| Finland |
688 |
706 |
857 |
808 |
| France* |
5615 |
4802 |
5624 |
4806 |
| Israel |
177 |
678 |
177 |
678 |
| Italy* |
6128 |
3876 |
6145 |
3888 |
| Sweden |
1856 |
1770 |
1872 |
1790 |
| Switzerland* |
509 |
418 |
523 |
422 |
| The Netherlands |
8934 |
2536 |
7603 |
7279 |
| United States |
20372 |
7374 |
20378 |
7383 |
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| Across Country |
53028 |
32879 |
52472 |
37909 |
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| * Countries with calving ease as
best available predictor for stillbirth. |
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