Revision and Use of Termination Codes.ppt

Revision and Use of Termination Codes PAUL VANRADEN Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD paul@aipl.arsusda.gov Termination Code History Introduced in 1967 (King and McDaniel Dec 1970 DHI Letter) Previous Codes: 0 = Went dry or had 305 days in milk (normal). 1 = No longer used (was used for missed tests) 2 = Sold for dairy purposes or testing of herd discontinued; allows animals to have subsequent records in different herds. Other sold or died codes indicate no new records are expected for animal. Previous Termination Codes 3 = Sold for slaughter or any reason not identified specifically (sold for low production in data from 1967-1985). 4 = Sold because of reproductive problems. 5 = Sold because of disease, injury, or unspecified reasons. 6 = Died. 7 = Sold because of mastitis or other udder problems. Previous Termination Codes 8 = Aborted at = 152 days from last breeding or at ? 200 days in milk if no breeding date. 9 = Does not provide reason for termination; indicates that record not be included in calculating genetic evaluations because 1) lactation initiated by abortion, or 2) no test day between freshening and terminations dates. Termination Code Problems Codes 3 and 5 were redundant CA, NC, and WI were reporting mostly ‘5’ PA, and UT were reporting mostly ‘3’ 2 is missing for many herds that stop testing New edits detect these in PL data (Nov 01) 3 to 8 often are missing in data before 1999 Term codes after 305 DIM were not stored 1 and 9 are obsolete and could be redefined Termination Codes by DRPC(data received Feb-May 2001) Termination Code Improvements Codes 4 and 8 “reproductive problems” and “aborted” will be used in fertility evaluation Also obtain pregnancy status of cows? Code 7: was “mastitis and udder problems” Reported clinical mastitis Now includes also high SCS Conformational problems not included Lactation Initiation code field was added Implementation: April 2002 New Termination C