Field No.

Field description

Label

Format

Starting byte

Ending byte

Field length

Note

Example

1

Record type

RTYPE

Char

1

3

3

606

2

Trait

FCODE

Char

5

7

3

I

AFC

3

Breed of evaluation

EBREED

Char

9

11

3

II

LIM

4

Country sending information

RCOU

Char

13

15

3

III

FRA

5

Breed of cow/animal

ABREED

Char

17

19

3

II

LIM

6

Country of birth

AIDC

Char

20

22

3

III

FRA

7

Sex of animal

ASEX

Char

23

23

1

IV

F

8

ID code of cow/animal

AID

Char

24

35

12

V

008795005065

9

Twinning (cow/animal)

ATWI

Int

37

37

1

VI

1

10

Embryo transfer (cow/animal)

AET

Int

39

39

1

VII

0

11

Herd code of birth (cow/animal)

AHERID

Char

41

55

15

VIII

FRA000123456789

12

Culling date of cow/animal

ACD

YYYYMMDD

57

64

8

19850603 use UUUUUUUU for unknown and if the animal is still alive

13

Number of env effects to be fitted in them model

NENV

Int

66

67

2

IX

1

14

Actual effect to be included in the model

ENV

Char

69

71

3

IX

Herd-year

15

Number of calvings

NC

Int

73

74

2

XII

3

Loop for each calving: K = 76 +((i-1)*50), with i = 1,n For each calving (1-n) follows this section with information related to the specific calving (fields no 16-22). All known and plausible calvings of the cow should be sent

16

Calving number (i)

CN

Int

K+1

2

17

Calving date (i)

CD

YYYYMMDD

K+3

8

18

Sex of calf (i)

CSEX

Char

K+12

1

X

1

19

Twinning of calf (i)

CTWI

Char

K+13

1

XIII

1

20

Embryo Transfer during parity (i)

CET

Int

K+14

1

VII

0

21

Herd code of calving (i)

CHERID

Char

K+16

15

VIII

FRA000123456789

22

Contemporary group (i)

CCG

Char

K+32

20

XI

333 (also check example below)

I

Age at 1^st calving (AFC), Calving interval (CAI), Number of calvings (NCA)

II

See reference section for Breed cods

III

See reference section for Country codes – ISO 3166 Alpha-3

IV

Sex: M for Male; F for female; U for unknown (In this file only females (F) are valid)

V

Identification Number in Interbull Format: Alpha-numeric codes only, Right justified, Left blanks being filled with ‘0’

VI

Relates to the animal is self, use 1 if the animal is "single birth" and 2 if the animals is "twin birth"

VII

0 = no ET; 1 = ET

VIII

Herd identification number corresponding to the herd included in the contemporary group. Format: 3 character country code + 12 digits.It not know fill in with UUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

IX

Number of effects in the model, currently only herd-years is considered as fixed effects, therefore the number of env.effects =1

X

Sex of calf/calves: Use: 1= if the calf is a male, 2=if the calf is a female, 3 = for twin birth and both calves are males, 4= for twin birht and both calves are females, 5=for twin birth and one calf is male and the other calf is female, 6=unknow

XI

Contemporary group of the respective calving, ie. CG of "calving 1" is different from CG of "calving 2"

XII

Number of calvings (n) of the cow should be given, for which fertility performance is available.All calvings should include (both alive and dead calves.)

XIII

Refers to the calf(s) itself, Use 1 for no twin birth and 2 for twinbirth