1. 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (1) Revision and Use of Termination Codes PAUL VANRADEN Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD paul@aipl.arsusda.gov

2. Paul VanRaden 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (2) 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.

3. Paul VanRaden 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (3) 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.

4. Paul VanRaden 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (4) 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.

5. Paul VanRaden 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (5) 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

6. Paul VanRaden 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (6) Termination Codes by DRPC (data received Feb-May 2001) CodeCANCPAUTWITX 326%12%41%49%8%18% 4122023101316 534327205627 61117813810 717182091429

7. Paul VanRaden 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (7) 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

8. Paul VanRaden 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (8) New Termination Codes (Apr’02) 0 = Lactation in progress or ended normally (cow was not sold, did not die, and did not abort) 2 = Sold for dairy purposes or testing of herd discontinued. 3 = Sold for beef because of low production. 4 = Sold for beef because of reproductive problems. 5 = Sold for beef for reasons not specified. 6 = Died.

9. Paul VanRaden 2001 NAAB DSEC, April 2002 (9) New Termination Codes (Apr’02) 7 = Sold for beef because of mastitis or high somatic cell count. 8 = Lactation ended with abortion at >= 152 days and = 200 days in milk if no breeding date. 9 = No longer used, replaced by lactation initiation codes (4/13/2002) so that beginning and ending conditions can both be reported in the same record.