Table 2.

Number of animals per defined base group for FV

	DEb1	DEb2	DEb3	DEb4	HOLb1	HOLb2	ATb	CZb	CHb	FRb	Divb
Year	<1960	≥1960 < 1970	≥1970 < 1980	≥1980	<1960	≥1960	All	All	All	All	All
Number	1368	6055	1661	773	528	427	3452	977	183	228	705

FV = Fleckvieh; assignment was done by country and year of birth with the exception of the Red Holstein and the diverse base groups, which were considered across countries: DE _b1 = German base group (born before 1960), DE _b2 = German base group (born between 1960 and 1970), DE _b3 = German base group (born between 1970 and 1980), DE _b4 = German base group (born after 1980), HOL _b1 = Red Holstein base group (born before 1960), HOL _b2 = Red Holstein base group (born after 1960), AT _b = Austrian base group, CZ _b = Czech base group, CH _b = Swiss base group, FR _b = French base group, DIV _b = base groups with animals with other countries of origin