European Bovine Evaluation – building joint genetic evaluations across Europe

Authors

  • Johannes Heise
  • Zengting Liu European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
  • Iola Croué European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; Eliance, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
  • Alexis Michenet European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; Eliance, 149 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris, France
  • Reinhard Reents European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung w.V. (vit), Heinrich-Schröder-Weg 1, 27283 Verden, Germany
  • Jens Baltissen European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; Rinder-Union West eG, Schiffahrter Damm 235a, 48147 Münster, Germany
  • Anders Levring European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; Landbrug & Fødevarer F.m.b.A, Vesterbrogade 4A, 4. sal, 1620 København V, Denmark; Växa Sverige ek. för, Box 288, 751 05 Uppsala, Sweden; Faba co-op, P.O. Box 40, FIN-01301 Vantaa, Finland
  • Haifa Splittorff European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; NAV – Nordic Cattle Genetic Evaluation, Agro Food Park 15, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark
  • Laurent Schibler European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; Gènes Diffusion, 3595 Route de Tournai, 59500 Douai, France
  • Jean-Yves Dréau European Bovine Evaluation F.M.B.A., Agro Food Park 12, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark; Synetics, 4 Rue Eric Tabarly, 35530 Noyal-sur-Vilaine, France

Abstract

In 2025, Partners from France, Germany and the Nordics (Denmark, Finland, Sweden) founded European Bovine Evaluation FMBA (EBE) to develop joint single-step genetic evaluations for Holsteins by 2028. These evaluations cover 9 countries across Europe, i.e., additional to the Partners’ countries: Austria, Belgium (Walloon region), Luxembourg, and Norway. Number of offspring of bulls in the different countries that participate in Interbull MACE are routinely reported by the countries. A comparison of these figures between the EBE countries on the one side and the currently largest Holstein population under joint routine genetic evaluations worldwide on the other side shows that the Holstein population under joint routine genetic evaluations at EBE will become one of the largest worldwide as soon as routine evaluations are established at EBE.

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Published

2026-11-06

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No. 62 (2026): Proceedings of the 2026 Interbull Meeting

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