FILE FORMAT FOR DATA DELIVERY TO THE INTERBULL CENTRE FOR GENETIC TREND VALIDATION (milk somatic cell and clinical mastitis)

• File 046 (record length=182)

KEY TO: GENETIC TREND VALIDATION (udder health traits) FILE

1. 010=Bull National Production Proof File;

015=Bull National Conformation Proof File;

115=Bull National Brown Swiss Conformation Proof File;

016=Bull National Milk Somatic Cell and Clinical Mastitis Proof File;

017=Bull National Direct Longevity and Combined Longevity Proof File;

018=Bull National Calving Ease and Stillbirth Proof File;

040=File for Genetic Trend Validation (production);

045=File for Genetic Trend Validation (conformation);

046= File for Genetic Trend Validation (milk somatic cell and clinical mastitis);

047=File for Genetic Trend Validation (direct longevity and combined longevity);

048=File for Genetic Trend Validation (calving ease and stillbirth).

2. As shown in bytes 4-63 in the file with record type=015 or 115.

3. Number of new (first calving) daughters considered in the last available national genetic

evaluation in each year, where YYYY is the year of the most recent routine genetic evaluation

run whose results will be included in the international evaluation.

4. Mean year of first calving of daughters on which the bull’s national evaluation in year YYYY-4

was based.

5. Same information as shown in bytes 64-78 in the file with record type=015 or 115, but pertaining

to the last available national genetic evaluation for conformation traits in YYYY-4, where

YYYY is the year of the most recent routine genetic evaluation run whose results will be

included in the international evaluation.

General: If numbers of daughters are the same for the four traits, information must be repeated (do

not leave it blank).