Genetic Evaluations Available from AIPL
Internet Animal Queries · Summary Data Tables and Lists · Evaluation Files
For detailed information about evaluations including schedules, data exchange formats, and explanation of evaluation calculations, please refer to the Documentations page.
Evaluations Available on the AIPL Internet Site
Evaluation Summaries, Tables, and Lists
Available prior to release day:
Available at noon on release day:
- Complete sire list sorted by breed and ID
- Elite cow list (registered & grade), sorted by breed and herd code
- High daughters list of Holstein bulls with the most evaluated daughters
- Top sires with official evaluations sorted by Net Merit $, Cheese Merit $, Fluid Merit $; by breed (These lists include bulls which may not have semen available in the United States. Lists for available bulls are available Thursday following release day).
Available at noon on the Thursday following release day:
- Inbreeding Information by breed including:
- Inbreeding Coefficients and Trends
- Bulls Most Related to Breed
- Bulls Least Related to Breed (Outcrosses)
- Inbreeding Information for Goats
Evaluation Files
Bulls · Cows · Herd Info · Goats
Bull and cow evaluation files are available for download at 1 p.m. on the Friday before release, password protected.
The password for unencrypting the files is available at 7 a.m. on the day of release. See the evaluation schedule for the complete listing of evaluation availability times. A Complete description of evaluation distribution is also available.
A mirror site with copies of the evaluation files is available from Dairy Records Management Systems-Raleigh ( ftp://ftp.drpc.ncsu.edu)
Official Bull Evaluation Files( ftp://aipl.arsusda.gov/pub/bulls)
File Format 38 |
| File Name1 |
Aproximate No. of records |
Zipped File Size |
Bulls Included |
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| 38alloff |
222,000 |
24 MB |
All domestic and foreign bulls with official evaluations |
| 38coff |
46,000 |
4.6 MB |
All bulls except Holsteins and Red & White |
| 38off |
155,000 |
20 MB |
Bulls with US daughters or enrolled with NAAB |
| 38ai |
54,000 |
7.3 MB |
All bulls enrolled with NAAB |
| 38s |
3,700 |
557 KB |
Bulls enrolled with NAAB, likely to have semen available |
Non-Official Bull Evaluation Files2 ( ftp://aipl.arsusda.gov/pub/bulls)
File Format 38 |
| File Name1 |
Aproximate No. of Records |
Zipped File Size |
Evaluations Included |
|
| 38usnoff |
3,300 |
504 KB |
US-only evaluations for bulls with official Interbull evaluations |
| 38ibnoff |
18,000 |
1.2 MB |
Interbull evaluations for bulls with official US-only evaluations |
Official Cow Evaluation Files ( ftp://aipl.arsusda.gov/pub/cows)
File Format 105 |
| File Name1 |
Aproximate No. of Records |
Zipped File Size |
Evaluations Included |
|
| 105el |
10,000 |
1.0 MB |
Evaluations for Elite cows and high-ranking grades based on Net Merit (NM$) percentile |
| 105hi5 |
60,000 |
6.1 MB |
Evaluations for the top 5% of cows based on NM$ (registered and grade) |
Herd-Owner Name and Addresses ( ftp://aipl.arsusda.gov/pub/cows)
File Format 2 |
| File Name1 |
Aproximate No. of Records |
Zipped File Size |
Herds Included |
|
| 2nel |
3,000 |
105 KB |
Herds with Elite cows and high-ranking grades based on Net Merit (NM$) percentile |
| 2nhi53 |
10,000 |
320 KB |
Herds for the top 5% of cows based on NM$ (registered and grade) |
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1Compressed (zipped) files have .zip extension. Uncompressed files have the extension .myy where m is the month (Nov=B) and yy the year of the evaluation (e.g. B02 indicates November, 2002). |
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2For bulls with both a US-only and an Interbull evaluation available, the Interbull evaluation is official if it includes data from an additional country or if Interbull excludes US data but has higher reliability than the US-only evaluation. |
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3Password administered by National Dairy Herd Improvement Association. |
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