- id
-- character column of animal IDs
- sire
-- the male parent of the animal indicated by the id
column. Unknown sires are indicated with NA
- dam
-- the female parent of the animal indicated by the id
column.Unknown dams are indicated with NA
- sex
-- factor with levels: "M", "F", "U". Sex specifier for an
individual.
- gen
-- generation number (integers beginning with 0 for the founder
generation) of the animal indicated by the id
column.
- birth
-- Date vector of birth dates
- exit
-- Date vector of exit dates
- age
-- numerical vector of age in years
- ancestry
-- character vector or NA with free-form text providing
information about the geographic population of origin.
- origin
-- character vector or NA
(optional) that indicates
the name of the facility that the individual was imported from if other than
local.
- status
-- character vector or NA. Flag indicating an individual's
status as alive, dead, sold, etc. Transformed to
factor levels: ALIVE, DECEASED, SHIPPED, UNKNOWN. Vector of
standardized status codes with the possible values
ALIVE, DECEASED, SHIPPED, or UNKNOWN
- recordStats
-- character vector with value of "added"
or
"original"
.