January Newsletter 2023

Registration Checks
1 Check that the year letter, tag number and names are correct YEAR LETTER FOR 2023 IS U;
2 Different names are used;
3 The birth registration forms are signed;
4 A I dates, and service letters are included if a registered bull owned by another member has been used;
5 Check that the service sire has been DNA-genotyped;
6 Check all boxes are completed accurately and the correct fees accompany the forms;
7 N.B Tattooing of Charolais calves is no longer compulsory but optional for breeders;
DNA PARENTAGE CHECKING
All animals sold privately to pedigree herds must be tested and at least sire verified before they are transferred. This will
be at the vendors cost unless, at the discretion of the society, the animal has been purchased from a non member, a membership
which has ceased or prior to this rule being implemented on 01/03/2020, in which case the cost will default to the purchaser.
All animals entered into a Society sale must be at least sire verified.
All animals’ samples must be either already being processed by the lab or have their DNA profile already completed at the time that
they are entered into a Society sale.
Furthermore, if the DNA profile, parentage verification and myostatin tests are not complete prior to the sale catalogue going to
print (usually approximately three weeks before the sale) then the animal will not be permitted to attend
Having a pending sample stored at the Society office, will not count as the sample being processed at the lab, therefore it is the
responsibility of the member to check that the animal’s sample has been sent to the lab prior to entering the animal into a Society
sale.
All animals will have its parentage verification status displayed in the sale catalogue as either PV, SV or DV. In addition the parentage
verification status will also be displayed on pen cards.
Please note there is a saving of £5.00 + VAT on DNA testing for submitting pending hair samples for animals under 10 months of
age.
F.O.T Rules and Regulations for Fertilised Ovum
Transplant Operations
Main Book F.O.T Females
1. The donor female must be registered with the Society and be DNA – Genotyped.
2. The sire must be registered with the Society and be DNA – Genotyped.
3. All calves must be registered within 27 days of birth.
4. All embryo calves (including imported or transferred embryos) will be parentage verified, at the cost of the member.
5. The Society reserves the right to make on farm inspections.
6. Members have the facility to withdraw any birth registered fertilised ovum transplant animal before 12 months of age (only
if still in the ownership of the breeder registering the calf) for a 90% registration refund. Fee credits will only be made when
the Pedigree Certificate is returned to the Society Office.
D.I.Y Embryo Transplant
For any calves born as a result of ‘do-it-yourself embryo transplant, the flushing details should be forwarded to the Society office
within 30 days of flushing or implanting a cow and when the relevant calves are born they are to be registered within seven days of
birth. Inspections of the relevant calves may or may not be carried out. If, however, registrations are received after the seven-day
period, then an inspection will be carried out at the breeder’s expense.
General
a) Embryos may be transferred to members along with the necessary documentation, which is available on request from the
Society office.
b) Fertilised embryos can be exported providing the statutory requirements of the exporting and importing country and Herd
Book are met.
c) Export certificates are available at a price of £10 per embryo.
64
No bull works harder for the farmer, the plate and the planet