The grid should contain all pure breeds that are referred to within the program. This should include the breeds making up any cross-bred animals.
Breed code - The code (maximum of 5 characters) that you will use throughout the program to refer to that breed
Breed name - Full text description of the breed name
Gestation (days) - The normal gestation length of the pure breed. When two breeds are crossed, the gestation length of the sire breed will be dominant.
Notification code - The official breed code used by national movement recording services, such as the British Cattle Monitoring Service (BCMS). The notification code is the breed code sent in any electronic reporting of births or movements.
Dairy breed - This is defined to comply with certain compensation and support schemes that need to differentiate between dairy and beef animals.