Historical Cow Identification

Field Field Name Field Field Decimal Position Comments
Number   Length Type Places    
1 Province Code 2 A/N   001-002  
2 Herd Number 5 N   003-007  
3 Cow Computer Number 5 N   008-012  
4 Cow Registration Number 18 A/N   013-030 See Note 1
5 Chain Number 4 A/N   031-034  
6 Barn Name 10 A/N   035-044  
7 Birth Date 8 N   045-052 YYYYMMDD
8 Purity 2 A/N   053-054  
9 Cow Id Status 2 A/N   055-056  
10 Ear Tag Number 10 A/N   057-066  
11 Cow Name 30 A/N   067-096  
12 Sire Registration Number 18 A/N   097-114 See Note 1
13 Sire Name 30 A/N   115-144  
14 Dam Registration Number 18 A/N   145-162  
15 Dam Name 30 A/N   163-192  
16 Enter Herd Date 8 N   193-200 YYYYMMDD
17 Left Herd Date 8 N   201-208 YYYYMMDD
18 Left Herd Reason 1 2 A/N   209-210  
19 Left Herd Reason 2 2 A/N   211-212  
20 Genetic Index (G.I.) Milk 5 N   213-217  
21 G.I. Milk Percentile Rank 2 N   218-219  
22 G.I. Fat 4 N   220-223  
23 G.I. Fat Percentile Rank 2 N   224-225  
24 G.I. Protein 4 N   226-229  
25 G.I. Protein Percentile Rank 2 N   230-231  
26 G.I. Fat Percent 5 N 2 232-236 See Note 2
27 G.I. Protein Percent 5 N 2 237-241 See Note 2
28 G.I. Type 3 N   242-244  
29 LPI 5 N   245-249  
30 LPI Percentile Rank 2 N   250-251  
31 Final Class 2 A/N   252-253  
32 Final Score 2 N   254-255 -

Note 1: The registration number of the animal will be made up of 4 separate fields.).Breed (2A/N),   Country (3A/N), Sex(1A/N) and Serial number (12A/N).

The registration number will be left justified with no leading zeroes.

Note 2:Decimals are implied, the actual "." character is not stored in the file.


Last Updated on 07/15/1999
By Steve Van Winden