International Identification Systems

Countries:


Australia
Updated Notes
11/26/2003 The Australian International ID is 19 characters:
  • Breed (3 char)
  • Country (3 char)
  • Sex (M/F)
  • ID (12 char)
    For Australian animals this ID is 3 Zeros + National ID
    • For most breeds, the National ID is: 'A' followed by a number right justified with leading zeros
    • For most young Holsteins bulls, National ID is: 'H' followed by a number (Herdbook) right justified with leading zeros
    • There are two possible sources of National ID for Holstein cows:
      • The number corresponds with HerdBook number (H00827147)
      • When the cow is registered on a Herd Recording System prior to registration with Holstein Friesian association the form is W99002705

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Canada
Updated Notes
3/21/2006 The range of numbers for animals registered in Canada are as follows:
  • For animals registered prior to January 1, 1990
    • Male registration numbers ranged from 1 to 406,669
    • Female registration numbers ranged from 1 to 4,851,490
  • For animals registered after January 1, 1990
    • Male & female registration numbers started at 5,000,000
    • 5,000,000 to 9,999,999
    • 10,000,000 to 10,499,999 - reserved for CLRC (tattoos/RFID)
    • 10,500,000 to 99,999,999 - reserved for Holsteins (sketch/photo/RFID)
  • New series of numbers assigned to ATQi tags
    • 100,000,000 to 104,499,999

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USA
Updated Notes
3/7/2003 Complete information on the American ID system and allocation of numbers from NAAB

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Great Britain
Updated Notes
1/5/2004 National ID include leading country or breed code which should be removed when forming the international ID (with breed, country, and sex). For example the for the animal with national ID 64000000350636, the international ID is HOLCANM000000350636. Codes are:

Originating Country Int'l (ISO) Code Holstein UK Codes for External Use Possible Alternate Codes (Used Internally)
UK GBR 01 'Z' for non-pedigree animals
'P' for polled animals
IRELAND IRL 01  
AUSTRALIA AUS 47  
POLAND POL 48  
SWEDEN SWE 52  
SPAIN ESP 54  
GERMANY DEU 60  
DENMARK DNK 61  
NEW ZEALAND NZL 62  
HOLLAND NLD 63  
NETHERLANDS NLD 63  
CANADA CAN 64  
USA USA 65  
FRANCE FRA 71  
BELGIUM BEL 71 'L'
ITALY ITA 72  
SWITZERLAND CHE 29 'S'
HUNGARY (HUN), AUSTRIA (AUT), CZECH REPUBLIC (CSK), ARGENTINA (ARG), BULGARIA (BUL), FINLAND (FIN), GREECE (GRC), ISRAEL (ISR), JAPAN (JPN), LUXEMBOURG (LUX), MEXICO (MEX), NORWAY (NOR), POLAND (POL), PORTUGAL (PRT), SLOVAK REPUBLIC (SVK), SLOVENIA (SLO), SOUTH AFRICA (ZAF), CROATIA (CRO), ESTONIA (EST) 29 (29) is used when breed is unknown (!) or has no NMR (National Milk Records) code

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