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= Breed Codes for International Genetic Evaluation of dairy and beef cattle =
The International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) established a list of “Breed Codes on Bovine Semen Straws for International Trade” during the 32nd ICAR session in Bled, Slovenia. The list contains the most relevant breeds for international trade in semen, and was compiled by the ICAR working group on AI & other relevant technologies. The list is now part of the ICAR guidelines “International Agreement of Recording Practices”, and the most recent list is also available below. Requests for expanding the list with breed codes and names, to be used for identification of bovine semen straws for international trade, are collated by the Interbull Centre.
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(1) The 3-letters breed codes are assigned by Interbull Centre, any requests for a new 3-letters breed codes should be sent to interbull at slu.se
(2) These breed codes does not apply to the identification of breeds in the international genetic evaluations offered by Interbull, but ONLY to the identification of semen straws for international trade. The ICAR AI WG is responsible for the 2-letter codes, new requests should be submitted to such working group (https://www.icar.org/index.php/technical-bodies/working-groups/artificial-insemination-rt-working-group/)
== Annex 1 - English breed names and codes ==
||||'''Breed ''' ||'''Breed''' '''Code^(1)^''' '''3-ch.''' ||'''Breed ''' '''Code^(2)^ ''' '''2-ch.''' ||||'''National Breed ''' '''Names Annex ''' || ||
||||Abondance ||ABO ||AB ||||- || ||
||||Angus ||AAN ||AN ||||2.1 || ||
||||Aubrac ||AUB ||AU |||| || ||
||||Ayrshire ||RDC ||AY ||||2.1 || ||
||||Bazadais ||BZD || |||| || ||
||||Belgian Blue ||BBL ||BB |||| || ||
||||Blonde d'Aquitaine ||BAQ ||BD |||| || ||
||||Beef Shorthorn ||BSH ||- |||| || ||
||||Beefmaster ||BMA ||BM |||| || ||
||||Belgium Red & White ||BER || |||| || ||
||||Braford ||BFD ||BO |||| || ||
||||Brahman ||BRM ||BR |||| || ||
||||Brangus ||BRG ||BN |||| || ||
||||Brand Rood ||BRR || |||| || ||
||||British Frisian ||BRF || |||| || ||
||||Brown Swiss ||BSW ||BS ||||2.1 || ||
||||Chianina ||CIA ||CA |||| || ||
||||Charolais ||CHA ||CH |||| || ||
||||Dairy Shorthorn ||MSH ||- |||| || ||
||||Dutch Frisian ||DFR || |||| || ||
||||Eringer ||ERI || |||| || ||
||||Meuse Rhine Yssel ||MRY || |||| || ||
||||Dexter ||DXT ||DR |||| || ||
||||Devon ||DEV ||- |||| || ||
||||Dikbil ||DIK || |||| || ||
||||Eastern Flanders White Red ||BWR || |||| || ||
||||European Red Dairy Breed ||RDC ||RE ||||2.1 || ||
||||Gascon ||GAS ||- |||| || ||
||||Glan Donnersberg ||GDB || |||| || ||
||||Galloway ||GLW ||GA ||||2.2 || ||
||||Guernsey ||GUE ||GU |||| || ||
||||Gelbvieh ||GVH ||GV |||| || ||
||||Groninger ||GRO || |||| || ||
||||Hereford ||HER ||- |||| || ||
||||Highland Cattle ||HLA ||HI |||| || ||
||||Hinterwälder ||HWD || |||| || ||
||||Holstein ||HOL ||HO ||||2.2 || ||
||||Holstein, Red and White ||RED ||RW ||||2.2 || ||
||||Jersey ||JER ||JE |||| || ||
||||Kerry ||KER ||- |||| || ||
||||Dutch Belted- Lakenvelder ||DBE || |||| || ||
||||Limousin ||LIM ||LM |||| || ||
||||Lincoln reds ||LIR || |||| || ||
||||Longhorn ||LON ||- |||| || ||
||||Luing ||LUI || |||| || ||
||||Rouge des Pres ||RDP ||- ||||2.2 || ||
||||Murray-Grey ||MGR ||MG |||| || ||
||||Montbéliard ||MON ||MO |||| || ||
||||Marchigiana ||MAR ||MR |||| || ||
||||Maremmana ||MAE ||- ||||