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Guide to registrations
This should be read in conjunction with Coates's Rules and Regulations
Birth notifications
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• All births to be notified within four months. • There is no charge. • Birth notification is required for all births, including dead calves, to maintain cow records.
UK produced calves born by natural service
• Bull calves must be sire verified and myostatin tested. • All calves, regardless of gender, must be verified where the breeder has any concern over parentage. It is the breeder’s responsibility to notify the Society.
Check with the Society that there is a SNP profile on record for all possible sires and for all possible dams (where sire/dam verification is required). Please call the office for confirmation or look on ABRI where it will be shown as a G number. If there is no genotype on record with the Society, you will not be able to register any bull calves until the sire(s) (and dams where required) have been genotyped.
Submit the birth notification.
Submit the registration and where verification is required, please post a clean tail hair sample from the calf, containing at least 40 good hair follicles.
UK produced calves born by UK semen
• Bull calves must be sire verified and myostatin tested. • All calves, regardless of gender, must be verified where the breeder has any concern over parentage. It is the breeder’s responsibility to notify the Society.
Check that there is a SNP genotype on record for the bull (and for the possible dams where dam verification is required). Please call the office for confirmation or look on ABRI where it will be shown as a G number. If there is no genotype on record with the Society, you will not be able to register any bull calves until the sire(s) have been genotyped.
Submit the birth notification.
Submit the registration and where verification is required, please post a clean tail hair sample from the calf, containing at least 40 good hair follicles.
UK produced embryos from UK cows and sires
• All embryo calves must be sire and dam verified and must be myostatin tested. • An embryo flush form (ET1) and subsequently all embryo amendment forms (ET2) to be lodged with the Society at the time of flushing and implanting respectively.
• Both parents and ALL grandparents of the donor cow and all possible sires, must be from the main register. • A Weatherbys SNP profile (or hair sample) for the donor cow and a Weatherbys SNP profile (or unused straw or hair sample) for all possible sires to be lodged with the Society at the time of flushing if not already available. If it is not possible to parentage verify an embryo the progeny will be ineligible for registration in Coates's Herd Book.
Check that there is a SNP genotype on record for the donor cow and all possible sires. Please call the office for confirmation or look on ABRI where it will be shown as a G number. Where there is no genotype on record submit SNP profiles or hair/semen samples for the donor cow and all possible sires by the time of flushing.
Submit the ET1 flush form at the time of flushing.
Submit the ET2 form at the time of implant.
Notify the Society if the implanted embryo(s) fail.
Submit the birth notification.
Submit the registration and post a clean tail hair sample from the calf, containing at least 40 good hair follicles.
Imported live animals
• All imported animals must be sire verified, TH and myostatin tested.
Check that the animal is registered in a EU herd book or in a herd book from an association with third country recognition. The Society is not able to accept animals which are not from a herd book within the EU or from a herd book which does not have third country approval.
Check all parents and all grandparents are in the main section of the herd book of origin.
Obtain, from the herd book of origin, the zootechnical certificate AND a four-generation pedigree (to greatgreat grandparents) where the zootechnical certificate does show four generations.
Check that there is a SNP genotype on record with the Society for the sire which meets Weatherbys acceptance standard.
Post a clean tail hair sample from the imported animal containing at least 40 good hair follicles.
Imported semen
a live list and should be checked regularly for new additions/ removals) must be lodged with the Society. • A four-generation pedigree certificate where the zootech certificate does not cover four generations. • Both parents and ALL grandparents must be from the main register. • A SNP profile for the semen to be lodged with the Society at the time of import, if not already available, which meets
Weatherbys’ acceptance standard.
BEFORE PURCHASE:
Check that the bull is registered in an EU herd book or in a herd book from an association with third country recognition. The Society is not able to accept semen from a herd book that is not in the EU or which does not have third country approval.
Check both parents and all grandparents are in the main section of the herd book or origin.
Check that there is a SNP genotype on record with the Society for the bull.
Obtain, from the herd book of origin, the semen zootechnical certificate AND a four-generation pedigree (to great-great grandparents) where the zootechnical certificate does show four generations.
AFTER PURCHASE:
Submit the birth notification.
Submit the zootechnical certificate for the semen at the point of submitting the calf registration, along with a clean tail hair sample from the calf, containing at least 40 good hair follicles.
AFTER RE-SALE:
After re-sale, notify the office giving details of the new purchaser.
Imported embryos must have
• An import or embryo flush form (ET1) and/or embryo amendment form (ET2) to be lodged with the Society at the time of import/implantation. • A zootech certificate from the herd book of origin which must be either within the EU or have third country approval (this is a live list and should be checked regularly for new additions/ removals) to be lodged with the Society at the time of import. • A four-generation pedigree certificate where the zootech certificate does not cover four generations for all parents, including a four-generation pedigree for every possible sire where a mixed flush has been taken. • Both parents and ALL grandparents of the donor cow and all possible sires, must be from the main register.
BEFORE PURCHASE:
Check that the donor cow and all possible sires are registered in a EU herd book or in a herd book from an association with third country recognition.
Check all parents and all grandparents are in the main section of the herd book of origin.
Check that there is a SNP genotype on record with the Society for the donor cow and all possible sires.
Obtain, from the herd book of origin, the embryo zootechnical certificate AND a four-generation pedigree for the donor cow and all possible sires (to great-great grandparents) where the zootechnical certificate does show four generations.
AFTER PURCHASE:
Submit the ET1 flush form at the time of flushing (OR the intra-trade certificate showing the movement of the embro from the previous owner to the new owner) along with the zootechnical and four generation pedigree certificate(s) for the embryo.
Submit the ET2 form at the time of implant.
Notify the Society if the implanted embryo(s) fail.
Submit the birth notification.
Submit the registration and post a clean tail hair sample from the calf, containing at least 40 good hair follicles.
AFTER RE-SALE:
After re-sale, notify the office giving details of the new purchaser.
DNA requirements for imports (semen, live animals, embryos)
• External SNP profiles must meet Weatherbys Scientific’s acceptance standard. This standard can be downloaded from the Downloadable Documents area of the website or requested from the office. There is an additional charge for an external profile transfer of £5.40 (including VAT).
It is the responsibility of the breeder, and not the Society, to provide this information which must be sent to:
The Beef Shorthorn Cattle Society Society Pavilion, Avenue M, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, CV8 2RG Tel: 02477 103406 Email: registrations@beefshorthorn.org • Please note that pedigrees will only be transferred to members of the Society.
Seller to complete the reverse of the certificate to confirm the date of transfer and the name and address of the purchaser before giving the pedigree to the purchaser. The transfer payment is due from the purchaser and not from the seller.
Purchaser to return the original certificate to the Stoneleigh Park office along with payment of £30 (inc. VAT) for each transfer. Animals must be transferred BEFORE any progeny can be registered.
Online animal information
• Where to check for a G number: www.beefshorthorn.org > Database > Animal Enquiry
Glossary of terms
• SNP – Single nucleotide polymorphisms, commonly referred to as ‘Snips’. SNP genotypes are carried out by the Society and are the preferred DNA profile for all sires and dams.
• MS – Microsatellite. MS genotypes were undertaken before
SNP genotypes superseded this technology. Where only a MS genotype is available it can still be used to parentage verify calves, however this means that there will be an additional cost as the calf will have to be MS profiled and SNP profiled.
