Historical Cow Terminated Lactation File

Field Field Field Field Decimal Position Comments
Number Name 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 Lactation Number 2 N   053-054  
9 Lactation Start Date 8 N   055-062 YYYYMMDD
10 Age at Calving 4 N   063-066 YYMM
11 Days in Milk 4 N   067-070  
12 Lactation Milk Yield 5 N   071-075  
13 Lactation Fat Yield 4 N   076-079  
14 Lactation Protein Yield 4 N   080-083  
15 BCA Milk 3 N   084-086  
16 BCA Fat 3 N   086-089  
17 BCA Protein 3 N   090-092  
18 305 Day Milk Yield 5 N   093-097  
19 305 Day Fat Yield 4 N   098-101  
20 305 Day Protein Yield 4 N   102-105  
21 BCA Milk Deviation 4 N   106-109 See Note 3
22 BCA Fat Deviation 4 N   110-113 See Note 3
23 BCA Protein Deviation 4 N   114-117 See Note 3
24 Lactation Status 2 A/N   118-119  
25 Days Dry 4 N   120-123  
26 Days to First Breeding 4 N   124-127  
27 Days to Last Breeding 4 N   128-131  
28 Times Bred 2 N   132-133  
29 Confirmed Pregnant 1 A/N   134-134  
30 Lactation End Reason 2 A/N   135-136  
31 Date Left Herd 8 A/N   137-144 YYYYMMDD
32 Service Level 2 A/N   145-146  
33 Kg/Day of Life 3 N 1 147-149 See Note 2
             

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 serial Number will be left justified with no leading zeroes.

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

Note 3:Deviations have a "+" or a "-" in the first position of the field.

Last Updated on 07/14/1999
By Steve Van Winden