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)* h2

model

unit** expression***

Australia AYS GUE HOL JER 0.20 AM TD SCC(10) BV***
Canada AYS 0.25 AM TD SCS(2) TA
BSW 0.26 -"- -"- -"-
GUE 0.33 -"- -"- -"-
HOL 0.29 -"- -"- -"-
JER 0.26 -"- -"- -"-
Denmark AYS HOL RHOL JER 0.11 SM MT SCC TA
Estonia HOL 0.12 AM TD SCS(2) RBV(-)
Finland AYS HOL 0.15 AM SCS(e) RBV(-)
France BSW HOL RHOL 0.15 AM SCS(2) RBV(-)
Germany HOL AYS 0.20 AM TD SCS(2) BV
Hungary HOL 0.15 AM SCC(2) RBV
Israel HOL 0.10 AM SCS(2) TA
Italy HOL 0.08 AM TD SCS(2) RBV(-)
Netherlands BSW HOL JER 0.15 AM SCS(2) RTA(-)
Sweden AYS HOL 0.08 SM SCC(10) RBV(-)
Switzerland HOL 0.31 AM TD SCS(2) BV
RHOL 0.20 AM TD SCC(2) BV
United Kingdom AYS GUE HOL JER 0.11 AM SCC(e) TA
United States AYS BSW GUE HOL JER 0.10 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