Field description

Label

Format

Start

Length

Status^a

Note

Example

Record type

RTYPE

Char

1

3

M

605

International ID of ANIMAL

Breed of the animal

ABREED

Char

5

3

M

I

LIM

Country of birth

AIDC

Char

8

3

M

II

FRA

Sex

ASEX

Char

11

1

M

III

F

ID code of the animal

AID

Char

12

12

M

IV

8795005065

National reliability

Reliability

REL

Int

25

2

65

Status of bull

STATUS

Int

28

2

M

V

05

Country sending information

Country

COU

Char

31

3

M

II

FRA

Note

I

See Reference section for Breed codes

II

See Reference Section for Country codes – ISO 3166 Alpha-3

III

Sex : M for Male, F for Female only

IV

Identification Number in Interbull Format : Right justified, Leading blanks filled with Zero (“0”)

V

00 = unknown
05 = natural service bull (stock bull)
10 = bull randomly sampled through an official AI scheme
15 = young bull, genomically tested, not yet selected for AI use
20 = other bull, exclusion from International evaluation unless type
of proof is “21” ( only dairy)