Table 3. Information on national evaluations providing data to the Interbull
test evaluation for milk somatic cells, as provided by participating countries
Proof
Country Breed(s)* Parities h2 Model unit** Expression***

Australia RDC GUE HOL JER 3 .200 MT RR AM SCC(10) B(-)
Belgium(1) HOL 3 .135 AM TD SCS(2) B(-)
Canada RDC 3 .260 MT ML RR TD SCS(2) T(-)
BSW 3 .260 -"- -"- -"-
GUE 3 .280 -"- -"- -"-
HOL 3 .240 -"- -"- -"-
JER 3 .270 -"- -"- -"-
Denmark(2) HOL,RDC 1 .150 SM MT ML SCC B(+)
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(+)
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(-)
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(+)
SIM,BSW .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(+)
HOL 3 .240 AM TD SCS(2) -"-
RHOL 3 .270 AM TD SCC(2) -"-
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(-)
HOL 3 .062 AM TD SCC(e) -"-
RDC 3 .081 AM TD SCS(e) -"-
*    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