Form GENO

DESCRIPTION OF NATIONAL GENOMIC EVALUATION SYSTEMS

^aEither: Production (e.g. milk, fat, protein), Conformation, Health (e.g. mastitis resistance, milk somatic cell, resistance to diseases other than mastitis), Longevity, Calving (e.g. stillbirth, calving ease), Female fertility (e.g. non-return rate, interval between reproductive events, number of AI’s, heat strength), Workability (e.g. milking speed, temperament), Beef production, Efficiency (e.g. body weight, energy balance, body conditioning score), or Other traits.

System Validation

Approximate number of test bulls for this trait group:
If including foreign reference bulls: 4-yr old de-regressed MACE EBVs, OR Current de-regressed MACE EBVs If including foreign test bulls (type of proof 21 or 22), provide the reason.
If using a truncation ≠ 4 years, provide the reason.
If applying an age cutoff for test bulls ≠ (YYYY-8), provide the reason

Appendix GENO

Parameters used in genetic/genomic evaluation

Country (or countries):
Main trait group:
Breed (repeat as necessary):
Trait	Definition	ITB^a	h^2b	Genetic variance^b	Official proof standardisation formula^c

^aIndicate, with X, traits that are submitted to Interbull for international genetic evaluations.

^bIf repeated records are treated as separate traits, provide heritability estimates and genetic variances separately for each trait, as well as for all traits pooled, i.e. for the trait submitted to Interbull.

^cExpressed as follows: StandEval=((eval-a)/b)*c+d where a=mean of the base adjustment, b=standard deviation of the base, c=standard deviation of expression (include sign if scale is reversed), and d=base of expression.