FILE FORMAT FOR INTERNATIONAL PREDICTED GENETIC MERIT

Field Description

Format

Record type (1)

character 3

Breed of evaluation (2)

character 3

Bull international identification (3)

Breed of bull

character 3

Country of registration of bull (4)

character 3

Sex

character 1

ID number of bull (5)

character 12

EMPTY SPACE

1

Date of international evaluation (YYYYMM)

integer 6

EMPTY SPACE

1

Official publication of proof (6)

character 1

Number of repeated segments for this file

number of countries

integer 3

number of traits (7)

integer 3

International proof in each country (8)

EMPTY SPACE

1

Country code

character 3

EMPTY SPACE

1

Genetic merit (international proof) definition(9)

character 2

Number of herds

integer 8

Number of daughters

integer 8

Effective Daughter Contribution

integer 8

EMPTY SPACE

1

Repeatability/Reliability (%)

integer 2

International proof (x1000) (10)

integer 10

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