. ''Table 3: Parameter file – one record per trait-breed combination (all fields are mandatory)                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ''

||<tablewidth="916px" tableheight="411px" tablestyle="border-collapse:collapse;border:medium none;       " tableclass="MsoNormalTable"rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"39%  height="24.2pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''Field description''' ||<10%  height="24.2pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''Label''' ||<10%  height="24.2pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''Format''' ||<10%  height="24.2pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''Starting byte''' ||<10%  height="24.2pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''Field Length^a^''' ||<10%  height="24.2pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''Note''' ||<10%  height="24.2pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''Example''' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:1"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Record type ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">RTYPE ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">1 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">3 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top"> ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''603'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:2"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Trait ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">FCODE ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">5 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">3 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">I ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''AWW'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:3"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Breed of evaluation ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">EBREED ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">9 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">3 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">II ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''LIM'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:4"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Country sending information ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">RCOU ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">13 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">3 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">III ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''FRA'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:5"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Reference age or class ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">REF ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Int ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">17 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">5 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">IV ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''200'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:6"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Trait heritability ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">H2 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Int ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">23 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">3 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">V ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''25'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:8"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Minimum number of observation per CG ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">CGN ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Int ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">27 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">10 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top"> ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">5 ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:8"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Twins ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">TWIN ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">38 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">1 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">VIII ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Y ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:9"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Maternal (genetic) effect fitted in the model ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">DAM ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">40 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">1 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">VIII ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''N'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:10"39%  height="20.9pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Maternal permanent environmental effect fitted in the model ||<10%  height="20.9pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">MPE ||<10%  height="20.9pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="20.9pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">42 ||<10%  height="20.9pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">1 ||<10%  height="20.9pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">VIII ||<10%  height="20.9pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''N'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:11"39%  height="9.95pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Permanent environmental effect fitted in the model ||<10%  height="9.95pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">PEV ||<10%  height="9.95pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="9.95pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">44 ||<10%  height="9.95pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">1 ||<10%  height="9.95pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">VIII ||<10%  height="9.95pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''Y'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:12"39%  height="18.4pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Number of environmental effects included in the   national model ||<10%  height="18.4pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">NENV ||<10%  height="18.4pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Int ||<10%  height="18.4pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">46 ||<10%  height="18.4pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">3 ||<10%  height="18.4pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">IX ||<10%  height="18.4pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''4'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:13"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Environmental effect (n)^b^ ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">ENV(n) ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">50 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">20 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">X ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''SEAS'' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:14;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"39%  height="11.35pt" style="border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">How ENV(n) is fitted in the model (type of effect)^b^ ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">ENVT(n) ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Char ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">71 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">1 ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">VII ||<10%  height="11.35pt" style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;mso-border-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''F'' ||


 . ^b ^Repeat these fields n times (n = 1,…,NENV), adding one (1) empty space between fields; contemporary group should come as the first effect

||<tablewidth="916px" tableheight="327px" tablestyle="border-collapse:collapse;      " tableclass="MsoNormalTable"rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"height="11.35pt" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''Notes''' ||<height="11.35pt" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">''' ''' ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:1"height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''I''' ||<height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">[[https://wiki.interbull.org/public/beef_guidelines#A4._ABBREVIATIONS|Use the trait codes in Table 5 (abbreviations)]] ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:2"height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''II''' ||<height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">See Reference section for Breed codes ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:3"height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''III''' ||<height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">See Reference section for Country codes – ISO 3166 Alpha-3 ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:4"height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''IV''' ||<height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Reference value (age or class) used to adjust the dependent variable. Ex.   reference national weaning age = 200 days. For missing values use 99999. ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:5"height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''V''' ||<height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Trait heritability used in the national evaluation, expressed in a scale   from 1-100 ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:7"height="20.85pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''VII''' ||<height="20.85pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Describes if the effect should be fitted as a fixed effect, a random   effect or as a covariable in the model. Use the type of effect codes in Table   4 (abbreviations) ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:8"height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''VIII''' ||<height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Declare if this specific effect (TWIN,DAM, MPE or PEV) is fitted into the   national model (Y = yes; N = no) ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:9"height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''IX''' ||<height="11.35pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Defines the remaining number of fields in the   record. Additional fields = 2*(NENV) ||
||<rowstyle="mso-yfti-irow:10;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"height="57.95pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">'''X''' ||<height="57.95pt" style="padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;vertical-align:top">Describes the n^th^ environmental   effect:Use the environmental effect   codes in Table 5 (abbreviations). In case the trait is not yet included on Table 4, describe it briefly (20 characters) In case of polynomial effects, use the effect code followed by the order. Ex.   (SEAS)^2^ should be coded SEAS2 In   case of interactions, combine the effect codes in the same field. Ex. (AAWG)*(ASEX) should be   coded as AAWGASEX ||