706 file format

Field Description

Format

Example

Record type 1

integer 3

706

Breed of animal 4

character 3

BSW

Country of first registration of animal 2

character 3

AUS

Sex

character 1

M

ID number of animal 5

alphanumeric 12

000000A12345

Organization sending this information

character

ANAFI

UUID 6

alphanumeric 36

assigned automatically by gxprep.py program

Genotyping laboratory 7

character

Weatherbys Ireland

Sample ID

alphanumeric

S1234WI2001

Additional

for future reference

Array identifier 8

alphanumeric

54609_a

AB – Genotype for SNP Index 1 10

integer 1

0

AB – Genotype for SNP Index 2 10

integer 1

1

AB – Genotype for SNP Index … 10

integer 1

2

AB – Genotype for SNP Index n 9,10

integer 1

5

  1. Record type is always 706 for this File Format
  2. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes (3 characters, capital letters)
  3. Breed of evaluation (3 characters, capital letters, BSW, GUE, HOL, JER, RDC, SIM)
  4. Breed of animal (3 characters, capital letters)
  5. Alpha-numerical, Interbull standard, always 12 characters long
  6. UUID, one for every uploaded genotype sequence. Additional information about generation of UUID can be found at https://wiki.interbull.org/public/uuid?action=print

  7. Genotyping laboratory, among the ones listed in the "Laboratories" table available in the GenoEX-GDE System Data page https://genoex.org/display. If the laboratory is not listed in the table, a request should be sent to GenoEx@slu.se

  8. Array identifier, one of the listed in the "SNP Arrays" table ("Code" column) available in the !GenoEX-GDE System Data page https://genoex.org/display.

  9. n is equal to the number of SNPs reported in the stem of the Array identifier
  10. coded SNP values written as a continuous string.
    Acceptable values depend on the Illumina coded allele values, according to the following:

BB→0
AB→1
AA→2
‘unknown’→5

706 example

706;BSW;ITA;M;000000A12345;ANARB;09c98b1e-6af8-4254-9768-58d7cd1ddafd;Weatherbys Ireland;S1234WI2001;;54609_a;021010…