Status as of: (2015.09.23)

Form GE

DESCRIPTION OF NATIONAL GENETIC EVALUATION SYSTEMS

Country (or countries)	Hungary	
Main trait group1
NOTE! Only one trait group per form!	Health (milk somatic cell)	
Breed(s)	HOL	
Trait definition(s) and unit(s) of measurement2
Attach an appendix if needed	Log2 of observed (SCC*1000/ml milk) data are taken 	
Method of measuring and collecting data	Milk recording data 	
Time period for data inclusion	Since 01. 01. 1999.	
Age groups (e.g. parities) included	1, 2, 3	
Other criteria (data edits) for inclusion of records	SCC information of cows under official milk recording having at least one test day record and known pedigree from official herd-book 	
Criteria for extension of records (if applicable)		
Sire categories	Only AI Holstein-friesians 	
Environmental effects3, pre-adjustments 	Multiplicative adjustment on lactation stage*parity 	
Method (model) of genetic evaluation3	Single trait repeatability animal model 
Y = HPYS + MonthOfCalving + PermanentEffectOfCow  + AdditiveGeneticEffectOfCow  + Residual 
	
Environmental effects3 in the genetic evaluation model	Herd * parity * year-season 
	
Adjustment for heterogeneous variance in evaluation model	Yes	
Use of genetic groups and relationships	No	
Blending of foreign/Interbull information in evaluation	No	
Genetic parameters in the evaluation	Use Appendix GE for heritability/genetic variance estimates; for multiple-trait genetic evaluations, provide genetic correlation estimates between traits separately.
Use also appendices PR, CO, BCO, SM, LO, CA, as applicable, if you participate in the international genetic evaluations of Interbull	
System validation	Interbull tests 1 and 2 are carried out, and anticipated correlation with conformation traits are checked. Order of international bulls is compared with order on their national scale. Amount of included records cross-checked on various ways. Interbull validation software is used. 	
Expression of genetic evaluations
If standardised (e.g. RBV), give standardisation formula in the appendix	EBVs are standardised RBVs with 0 mean and 1 standard deviation 
	
Definition of genetic reference base
Next base change	Cows born in 2010

2020	
Calculation of reliability		
Criteria for official publication of evaluations	number of daughters for milk >=20 AND number of herds for milk>=10 AND number of daughters for type>=5 AND number of herds for type >=3 AND RELMilk>=60	
Number of evaluations / publications per year	3	
Use in total merit index4	HOL: HGI=Holstein Global Index
                   _                     
HGI= [(iHGI – XHGI)/sdHGI]*280+615  
Where:
iHGI= (15*fa/sdfa)+(30*pr/sdpr)+(16*ui/sdui)+(16*f&li/sdf&li) –(10*sc/sdsc)+(10dl/sddl)+(3mc/sdmc)
ui= udder index (5 traits)
f&li= f&l index (4 traits)	
Anticipated changes in the near future	No	
Key reference on methodology applied	An adaptation of CR-Delta’s (the Netherlands) animal model software is running in Hungary 	
Key organisation: name, address, phone, fax, e-mail, web site	Nemzeti Élelmiszerlánc-biztonsági Hivatal = NÉBIH (since 15th March 2012.)
National Food Chain Safety Office   (www.nebih.gov.hu)
(Formerly: Central Agricultural Office = MgSzH)
 H-1024 Budapest, Keleti Károly u. 24.
Contacts:
1. Pál Gombácsi: 	Tel.:  +36 1 336 9274 
			Fax.: + 36 336 9083
			E-mail: gombacsip@nebih.gov.hu
2. Péter Wellisch: 	E-mail: wellisch.peter@si.hu
	
1) Either: 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.
2) Indicate frequencies per category if the trait is categorical and specify transformation of data if practiced.
3) Use abbreviations for most common effects (see document with list of abbreviations at http://www-interbull.slu.se/service_documentation/General/list_of_abbreviations.rtf) and indicate random (R) or fixed (F).
4) Please give economic weights and indicate how they are expressed (preferably in genetic standard deviation units).

Form GE	Appendix GE

Parameters used in genetic evaluation

Country (or countries):		
Main trait group:		
Breed (repeat as necessary):		

Trait	Definition	ITBa	h2b	genetic
varianceb	official proof
standardisation formulac	

						

						

						

						

						

a	Indicate, with X, traits that are submitted to Interbull for international genetic evaluations.
b	If 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.
c	Expressed 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.

Form GE	Appendix PR

Parameters for national genetic evaluations for production traits as provided to Interbull

Country (or countries):		
Main trait group:		
Breed(s):		

Trait	h2a	genetic
variancea	official proof
standardisation formulab	
Milk yield:
				
Fat yield:
				
Protein yield:
				
a	If lactations, or part of lactations, are treated as separate traits, provide heritability estimates and genetic variances separately for each lactation, as well as for all lactations pooled, i.e. for the trait submitted to Interbull.
b	Expressed 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.

Form GE	Appendix CO

Parameters for national genetic evaluations for conformation traits as provided to Interbull
(all breeds except Brown Swiss)

Country (or countries):		
Main trait group:	Conformation	
Breed(s):		

Trait	Definition	h2a	genetic
variancea	official proof
standardisation formulab	
Stature					
Chest Width					
Body Depth					
Angularity					
Rump Angle					
Rump Width					
Rear Leg Set					
Rear Leg Rear View					
Foot Angle					
Fore Udder					
Rear Udder Height					
Udder Support					
Udder Depth					
Front Teat Placement					
Teat Length					
Rear Teat Placement					
Overall Conformation Score					
Overall Udder Score					
Overall Feet & Leg Score					
Locomotion					
Body Condition Score					
a	If 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.
b	Expressed 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.

Form GE	Appendix BCO

Parameters for national genetic evaluations for conformation traits as provided to Interbull

Country (or countries):		
Main trait group:	Conformation	
Breed:	Brown Swiss	

Trait	Definition	h2a	genetic
variancea	official proof
standardisation formulab	
Stature					
Chest width					
Body depth					
Angularity					
Rump angle					
Rump Width					
Rear Leg Side View					
Pasterns/Foot Angle					
Deep Heel (Hoof Height)					
Fore Udder Attachment					
Rear Udder Attachment Height					
Rear Udder Attachment Width					
Udder Support					
Udder Depth					
Front Teat Placement					
Teat Length					
Rear Teat Placement					
Overall Conformation Score					
Overall Udder Score					
Overall Feet & Leg Score					
Locomotion					
Body Condition Score					
a	If 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.
b	Expressed 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.

Form GE	Appendix SM

Parameters for national genetic evaluations for udder health traits as provided to Interbull

Country (or countries):	Hungary	
Main trait group:	Health	
Breed(s):	HOL	

Trait	h2a	genetic
variancea	official proof
standardisation formulab	
Milk Somatic Cell:
	0.15 
		a= 0.0726
b=0.3666 
c= -1 
d=0 	
Clinical Mastitis:
				
a	If 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.
b	Expressed 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.

Form GE	Appendix LO

Parameters for national genetic evaluations for longevity traits as provided to Interbull

Country (or countries):		
Main trait group:	Longevity	
Breed(s):		

Trait	h2	genetic
variance	official proof
standardisation formulaa	
Direct longevity:
				
Combined longevity:
				
a	Expressed 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.

Form GE	Appendix CA

Parameters for national genetic evaluations for calving traits as provided to Interbull

Country (or countries):		
Main trait group:	Calving Traits	
Breed(s):		

Trait	h2	genetic
variance	official proof
standardisation formulaa	
Direct calving ease:
				
Maternal calving ease:
				
Direct stillbirth:
				
Maternal stillbirth:
				
a	Expressed 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.