Status as of: 2020-01-14

Form GE

DESCRIPTION OF NATIONAL GENETIC EVALUATION SYSTEMS

Country (or countries)	SLOVENIJA	
Main trait group1
NOTE! Only one trait group per form!	PRODUCTION	
Breed(s)	HOL, SIM, BSW	
Trait definition(s) and unit(s) of measurement2
Attach an appendix if needed	Test day observations for milk (kg), protein (kg) and fat (kg)	
Method of measuring and collecting data	ICAR Milk recording method
to 29.2.2004 A4 method
from 1.3.2004 AT4 method	
Time period for data inclusion	Calving from 01.01.2004	
Age groups (e.g. parities) included	1-5 parity	
Other criteria (data edits) for inclusion of records	Days in milk 6-305.
Number of herds >=3.	
Criteria for extension of records (if applicable)		
Sire categories	AI	
Environmental effects3, pre-adjustments 	No	
Method (model) of genetic evaluation3	ST Repeatability TD	
Environmental effects3 in the genetic evaluation model	F – calving season, parity
R – herd*year, permanent environment
FR – Ali, Schaeffer	
Adjustment for heterogeneous variance in evaluation model		
Use of genetic groups and relationships		
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	Genetic trend validation – method 3	
Expression of genetic evaluations
If standardised (e.g. RBV), give standardisation formula in the appendix	BV12=((BV-a)/b)*12+100
a – mean of BV
b – standard deviation of BV	
Definition of genetic reference base
Next base change	Population average

Next evaluation	
Calculation of reliability	Yes	
Criteria for official publication of evaluations	reliability(sire) >= 0.5, reliability(dam) >= 0.4	
Number of evaluations / publications per year	3	
Use in total merit index4	HOL: Fat yield 4%, protein yield 16%
BSW: Fat yield 4.5%, protein yield 17%
SIM: Fat yield 5%, protein yield 20%	
Anticipated changes in the near future		
Key reference on methodology applied	Web site: http://rodica.bf.uni-lj.si/govedo	
Key organisation: name, address, phone, fax, e-mail, web site	University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Animal Science, Groblje 3, 1230 Domzale, Slovenija
Tel. +386 1 3203 872 Fax: +386 1 7241 005
Jurij.Krsnik@bf.uni-lj.si, Klemen.Potocnik@bf.uni-lj.si 
	
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):	SLOVENIJA	
Main trait group:	PRODUCTION	
Breed (repeat as necessary):	HOL	

Trait	Definition	ITBa	h2b	genetic
varianceb	official proof
standardisation formulac	
Milk	TD record in kg	X	0.249	11.062 kg2	a=0 b=2.3528 c=12 d=100	
Fat	TD record in kg	X	0.194	0.017 kg2	a=0 b=0.0890 c=12 d=100	
Protein	TD record in kg	X	0.207	0.010 kg2	a=0 b=0.0695 c=12 d=100	

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

Trait	Definition	ITBa	h2b	genetic
varianceb	official proof
standardisation formulac	
Milk	TD record in kg	X	0.377	9.623 kg2	a=0 b=2.6871 c=12 d=100	
Fat	TD record in kg	X	0.295	0.016 kg2	a=0 b=0.1085 c=12 d=100	
Protein	TD record in kg	X	0.306	0.009 kg2	a=0 b=0.0796 c=12 d=100	

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

Trait	Definition	ITBa	h2b	genetic
varianceb	official proof
standardisation formulac	
Milk	TD record in kg	X	0.331	8.216 kg2	a=0 b=2.2179 c=12 d=100	
Fat	TD record in kg	X	0.233	0.013 kg2	a=0 b=0.0870 c=12 d=100	
Protein	TD record in kg	X	0.259	0.008 kg2	a=0 b=0.0689 c=12 d=100	

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):	SLOVENIJA	
Main trait group:	Production	
Breed(s):	HOL	

Trait	h2a	Genetic
variancea	official proof
standardisation formulab	
Milk	0.249	11.062 kg2	a=0 b=2.3528 c=12 d=100	
Fat	0.194	0.017 kg2	a=0 b=0.0890 c=12 d=100	
Protein	0.207	0.010 kg2	a=0 b=0.0695 c=12 d=100	

Country (or countries):	SLOVENIJA	
Main trait group:	Production	
Breed(s):	SIM	

Trait	h2a	Genetic
variancea	official proof
standardisation formulab	
Milk	0.377	9.623 kg2	a=0 b=2.6871 c=12 d=100	
Fat	0.295	0.016 kg2	a=0 b=0.1085 c=12 d=100	
Protein	0.306	0.009 kg2	a=0 b=0.0796 c=12 d=100	

Country (or countries):	SLOVENIJA	
Main trait group:	Production	
Breed(s):	BSW	

Trait	h2a	Genetic
variancea	official proof
standardisation formulab	
Milk	0.331	8.216 kg2	a=0 b=2.2179 c=12 d=100	
Fat	0.233	0.013 kg2	a=0 b=0.0870 c=12 d=100	
Protein	0.259	0.008 kg2	a=0 b=0.0689 c=12 d=100	

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.