CT - PUBLIC¶
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- CT - PUBLIC
Category¶
Genetic evaluations
Meaning¶
CT files are used to release calving traits genetic evaluations.
Exchange protocol¶
CDCB releases this format 3 times a year, following the official release calendar .
Old (outdated) format¶
Location and details¶
This file can be found in our public ftp at ftp://ftp.uscdcb.com/pub/bulls/
Please note all files distributed by CDCB, have an LF (LINUX) End of Line (EOL) starting from September 2019. Prior to this date, zipped files had a DOS EOL.
This file is distributed zipped.
Publication policy¶
Bulls with domestic traditional or international evaluations are reported.
Bulls with domestic traditional AND genomic evaluations are reported too (with the evaluation being more reliable reported).
Bulls with genomic evaluations only are not reported.
Bulls with international evaluations are not updated with genomics.
Current format¶
| Byte Position(s) |
Num Bytes |
Field Format (1) |
Data Type (86) |
Ref Note(s) |
Field Description |
| Bull's Identification Information | |||||
| 1-2 | 2 | XX | CH | 404 | Breed of evaluation |
| 3-4 | 2 | AA | CH | 4 | Breed code of animal (alpha code only, no zeros) |
| 5-7 | 3 | AAA | CH | 119 | Country code of ID origin |
| 8-19 | 12 | AA...AA | CH | Identification number of animal (registration or eartag) | |
| 21 | 1 | X | CH | 160 | Genomics indicator |
| 23-32 | 10 | XXXAAXXXXX | CH | 95 145 | NAAB code |
| 34-53 | 20 | AA...AA | CH | 95 145 | Short name of the bull |
| 55-58 | 4 | XXXX | CH | 95 145 | Controller number |
| Calving Ease Information | |||||
| 60-64 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of calvings for service sire calving ease (SCE) | |
| 66-70 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of herds for SCE | |
| 72-73 | 2 | XX | CH | Reliability for SCE | |
| 75-81 | 7 | XX...XX | CH | Underlying solution for SCE | |
| 83-86 | 4 | XX.X | CH | Percentage of difficult births for SCE | |
| 88-90 | 3 | XXX | CH | Percentage of domestic calvings for SCE | |
| 92-94 | 3 | AAA | CH | Country with most calvings for SCE | |
| 96-97 | 2 | XX | CH | Number of countries with calvings included for SCE | |
| 99 | 1 | X | CH | 143 | SCE evaluation source code |
| 101 | 1 | X | CH | 153 | SCE evaluation officiality code |
| 103-107 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of calvings for Daughter Calving Ease (DCE) | |
| 109-113 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of daughters for DCE | |
| 115-119 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of herds for DCE | |
| 121-122 | 2 | XX | CH | Reliability for DCE | |
| 124-130 | 7 | XX...XX | CH | Underlying solution for DCE | |
| 132-135 | 4 | XX.X | CH | Percentage of difficult births for DCE | |
| 137-139 | 3 | XXX | CH | Percentage of domestic daughters for DCE | |
| 141-143 | 3 | AAA | CH | Country with most daughters for DCE | |
| 145-146 | 2 | XX | CH | Number of countries with daughters included for DCE | |
| 148 | 1 | X | CH | 143 | DCE evaluation source code |
| 150 | 1 | X | CH | 153 | DCE evaluation officiality code |
| Stillbirth Information | |||||
| 152-156 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of calvings for service sire stillbirth (SSB) | |
| 158-162 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of herds for SSB | |
| 164-165 | 2 | XX | CH | Reliability of SSB | |
| 167-173 | 7 | XX...XX | CH | Underlying solution for SSB | |
| 175-178 | 4 | XX.X | CH | Percentage of stillbirths for SSB | |
| 180-182 | 3 | XXX | CH | Percentage of domestic calvings for SSB | |
| 184-186 | 3 | AAA | CH | Country with most calvings for SSB | |
| 188-189 | 2 | XX | CH | Number of countries with calvings included for SSB | |
| 191 | 1 | X | CH | 143 | SSB evaluation source code |
| 193 | 1 | X | CH | 153 | SSB evaluation officiality code |
| 195-199 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of calvings for Daughter Stillbirth DSB) | |
| 201-205 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of daughters for DSB | |
| 207-211 | 5 | XXXX | CH | Number of herds for DSB | |
| 213-214 | 2 | XX | CH | Reliability of DSB | |
| 216-222 | 7 | XX...XX | CH | Underlying solution for DSB | |
| 224-227 | 4 | XX.X | CH | Percentage of stillbirths for DSB | |
| 229-231 | 3 | XXX | CH | Percentage of domestic daughters for DSB | |
| 233-235 | 3 | AAA | CH | Country with most daughters for DSB | |
| 237-239 | 2 | XX | CH | Number of countries with daughters included for DSB | |
| 240 | 1 | X | CH | 143 | DSB evaluation source code |
| 242 | 1 | X | CH | 153 | DSB evaluation officiality code |