## page was renamed from Format606 '''File format 606 for the female fertility interbeef project performed by VIT''' '''General rules for data preparation''': All information of Fields No. 1 – 15 belongs to the cow (cow = animal). In Field No. 15 the number of calvings (n) of the cow should be given, for which fertility performance is available. For each calving ( 1 – n) follows one section with information related to that calving (Fields No. 16 – 22). All known and plausible calvings of a cow should be sent. '''Table: Content and format of fertility performance data for international evaluation of beef cattle''' ||'''Field''' '''No.''' ||<#f2f2f2 width="142px" style="border:1px solid #00000a;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.08in;padding-right:0.08in">'''Field description''' ||<#f2f2f2 width="48px" style="border:1px solid #00000a;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.08in;padding-right:0.08in">'''Label''' ||<#f2f2f2 width="72px" style="border:1px solid #00000a;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.08in;padding-right:0.08in">'''Format''' ||<#f2f2f2 width="48px" style="border:1px solid #00000a;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.08in;padding-right:0.08in">'''Starting''' '''byte''' ||<#f2f2f2 width="48px" style="border:1px solid #00000a;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.08in;padding-right:0.08in">'''Ending byte''' ||<#f2f2f2 width="39px" style="border:1px solid #00000a;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.08in;padding-right:0.08in">'''Field''' '''length''' ||<#f2f2f2 width="30px" style="border:1px solid #00000a;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.08in;padding-right:0.08in">'''Note''' ||||<#f2f2f2 width="112px" style="border:1px solid #00000a;padding-top:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0.08in;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center">'''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) || '''Notes''' ||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 || '''Example CG: ''' . For the time being the contemporary group is defined as herd*year (of calving). An example given below: . Cow A with 3 calves: . First calf - > Herd 1 / calving 2014 contemporary group : 1 . Second calf - > Herd 1 / calving 2015 contemporary group : 2 . Third calf - > Herd 1 / calving 2017 contemporary group : 3 . Cow B with 1 calf . First calf cow B - > Herd 1 / calving 2017 contemporary group : 3