Format 012 (Interbull Pedigree File)

Field Description Format
Record type (1) character 3
Breed of evaluation (2) character 3
Bull international identification (3)
Breed character 3
Country of registration (4) character 3
Sex character 1
ID number (5) character 12
Name (6) character 30
Birth date (YYYYMMDD) integer 8
Sire international identification (7)
Breed of sire character 3
Country of registration of sire character 3
Sex character 1
ID number of sire character 12
Dam international identification (7)
Breed of dam character 3
Country of registration of dam character 3
Sex character 1
ID number of dam character 12
Maternal grandsire (MGS) international identification (7)
Breed of MGS character 3
Country of registration of MGS character 3
Sex character 1
ID number of MGS character 12
Maternal granddam (MGD) international identification (7)
Breed of MGD character 3
Country of registration of MGD character 3
Sex character 1
ID number of MGD character 12
Processing Year-Month (YYYYMM) integer 6
Multi-birth code (8) integer 1
Identification as requested if different from that returned
Breed character 3
Country of registration character 3
Sex character 1
ID number character 12

NOTES:

  1. 012=Interbull Pedigree File
  2. AYS=Ayrshire type; BSW=Brown Swiss type; GUE=Guernsey type; HOL=Holstein-Friesian type; JER=Jersey type; SIM=Simmental type.
  3. International identification in the country of first registration as known at the Interbull Centre; this is the bull's unique identification used throughout the international genetic evaluation procedure and the first ID in new cross-reference list Xrefmult.*.
  4. Country codes of Interbull members (in alphabetical order): ARG=Argentina; AUS=Australia; AUT=Austria; BEL=Belgium; BUL=Bulgaria; CAN=Canada; CRO=Croatia; CSK=Czech Republic; DNK=Denmark; EST=Estonia; FIN=Finland; FRA=France; DEU=Germany; GRC=Greece; HUN=Hungary; IRL=Ireland; ISR=Israel; ITA=Italy; JPN=Japan; LUX=Luxembourg; MEX=Mexico; NLD=Netherlands; NZL=New Zealand; NOR=Norway; POL=Poland; PRT=Portugal; SVK=Slovak Republic; SLO=Slovenia; ZAF=South African Republic; ESP=Spain; SWE=Sweden; CHE=Switzerland; GBR=United Kingdom; USA=United States of America.
  5. ID numbers: Registration numbers, right justified, leading blanks as zeros.
  6. Name: Left justified, blanks not as zeros.
  7. International identification of ancestor in the country of first registration as known at the Interbull Centre.
  8. 1 = Single; 2 = Multiple birth (not from embryo transfer); 3 = Birth from embryo transfer; 4 = Split embryo; 5 = Clone from nuclear transfer.