MISSING CERTS OR XSR ANIMALS?

Some of your animals reading as XSR? It means the animal is in error, i.e, not registered and a certificate failed to issue. The following are five common causes -

Invalid or incorrect Sire ID

Only ever use the correct AI codes or stock bull ID. Anything else will send the animal into error.

Dam not registered

If a dam is not registered, her offspring will not register

Non-registered stock bulls will put the offspring into error and you will subsequently need to use the grade up system to get back to pedigree status.

Stock Bull Short Code incorrect

If you have a stock bull, you may allocate a short code to the bull to use when registering the sire of a calf. We recommend you use the breed of the bull, combined with the last four digits of his tag (e.g. HF1234). The short code only needs to be allocated once.

Sire is crossbred

Some FR coded bulls are in fact crossbred. They are assigned an FR code if their sire is Holstein Friesian. This is especially important now that cross-breed evaluations are now available.