VIII. RULES FOR REGISTRATION AND RECORDATION

FOREWORD
Purebred dairy goats shall be registered in separate herd books according to breed. Purebred dairy goats with the exception of Purebred LaMancha are defined to be those goats imported from the Eastern Hemisphere that were duly registered in the countries of their origin before their importation; and those goats duly and correctly registered by the American Dairy Goat Association in conformity with registration rules and regulations as purebreds and their lineal descendants. All other goats are to be recorded in separate books and must be so designated on the certificate of recording.

Every certificate of entry or transfer is based on the representations contained in the application for registration or transfer. If the animals have been admitted to entry or transferred through error, misrepresentation, or fraud, such entries or transfers are void, together with any entries and transfers that may have been made of progeny of any such animals, and the American Dairy Goat Association assumes no liability or damages arising from such entry or transfer.

In the event of a conflict, ADGA records shall control for the registration of dairy goats.

Purebred or American bucks must be the offspring of parents of the same breed and registered in the Purebred or American herd books.

Further explanation of ADGA registration and recordation rules are in the Appendix of this Guidebook. Refer to this section for information on transfer of ownership, registering a herd prefix, authorized signature, service memo, and other registration or recordation provisions.

A. RULES FOR REGISTRATION OF PUREBRED DAIRY GOATS

• 1. The sire and dam of all animals must be registered purebreds of the same breed, with the exception of Purebred LaManchas. See Rule 10 in this section.
• 2. The sire of the animal whose registry is applied for must have been owned by the person making application at the date of conception OR a service memo signed by the owner of the buck on date of service must be presented with the application. Any member of a buck owner relationship can register kids without a service memorandum. If a Buck Lease Memorandum is on file in the ADGA office the service memo may be signed by the lessee of the buck.
• 3. Service memos should be issued only after checking tattoos on both animals against registration/recordation certificates (see Appendix).
• 4. The breeder of an animal is the person owning the dam at the time of service and is recognized as the breeder of the kid produced by such service, unless a doe lease memorandum is on file in the ADGA office.
• 5. The dam of the animal whose registry is applied for must have been owned by the person making the application at the time of the animal*s birth OR a bill of sale signed by such owner must accompany application. Such ownership must correspond with ADGA records. If the animal is transferred more than once before being registered, a bill of sale for each transfer must be included.
• 6. The term imported shall apply only to animals bred outside the Western Hemisphere. Such animals must be declared at point of entry into the United States as to their breeding and ownership. To qualify for registry in the ADGA, they must be accompanied by an official certificate of pedigree from the official registry association of the country from which they are imported.
• 7. It is strongly recommended that unsound or unworthy animals not be presented for registration. (See Evaluation of Defects.)
• 8. It is required that all goats presented for registry be tattooed before application is made. The ADGA office will assign a set of unique tattoo letters to members, who do not request them, for their exclusive use. (There is no charge for this service).
• 9. The breed of each animal shall be clearly marked on the application for registry and the animal must be true to breed type as shown below and must not have a breed specific disqualification as listed in Section XVII. Evaluation of Defects - Disqualifications - Breed Specific:
• a. Alpine erect ears
• b. LaMancha short ears, either gopher (very short) or elf (BUCKS must have gopher ears)
• c. Nubian pendulous ears
• d. Oberhasli erect ears color must be Chamoisee ranging from light to a deep red bay with black facial stripes, muzzle and forehead; black stripes from the base of each ear coming to a point just back of the poll and continuing along the neck and back as a dorsal stripe to the tail; black belly and light gray to black udder; black legs below the knees and hocks; ears black inside and bay outside. (BLACK DOES may be registered but their registration number shall carry a "B" as a suffix.)
• e. Saanen erect ears no other color but white or cream
• f. Toggenburg erect ears color must be some shade of fawn or brown with white or light color markings as facial stripes, outline of ear, below knees and hocks, and a triangle on each side of tail base in pin-bone area. (DOES which are black in color but with above markings may be registered but their registration number shall carry a "B" as a suffix.)
• 10. All LaMancha dairy goats born after January 1, 1980, and having three generations of American LaMancha ancestry will be entered into an open Purebred LaMancha Herd book.
• 11. Acceptance into the ADGA Nigerian Dwarf herd books will be based on the Bylaws already in place, specifically, the re-registration of American Goat Society and Canadian Goat Society registered animals (section VIII, I). Any AGS or CGS registered purebred Nigerian Dwarf is eligible for registration into the ADGA Purebred Nigerian Dwarf herd book. The only other animals that will be eligible are those that are the offspring of ADGA, AGS, and/or CGS registered purebred Nigerian Dwarf parents.
• 12. The American Dairy Goat Association does not accept animals for registry or recordation, at this time, that are a result of cloning.

B. RULES FOR NAMING

• 1. The animal to be registered must have a name, limited to 30 letters and spaces. In order to avoid duplication, the Secretary-Treasurer may change the name by adding to, taking away from or substituting, unless checked for return.
• 2. The herd name (prefix) of the breeder shall be the first part of the registered name of the goat. The breeder is the registered owner of a doe on the date she is serviced. The herd name (prefix) of a lessee may be used if a doe lease form is on file in the ADGA office at the time of service. If a goat is sold to a new owner during pregnancy, all offspring of that breeding shall have the herd name (prefix) of the breeder of the offspring at the time of service regardless of the ownership of the dam and/or its offspring when the application for registration is made. The herd name (prefix) may be transferred only upon written request of the owner, their heirs, or assigns.
• 3. All animals registered by breeders that do not have a registered herd name will have the word "THE" inserted as a herd name.
• 4. In naming an animal, care must be taken to avoid including another person's herd name as part of your chosen name. Using another breeder's herd name within your animal's name can be considered an infringement upon that person's registered herd name, unless this is agreed to by that breeder. This use of another breeder's registered herd name could result in a misrepresentation of your animal's pedigree. (See Appendix.)

C. RULES FOR TRANSFER

• 1. When a registered goat is sold, it must be transferred to the buyer and the transfer recorded on ADGA records before its progeny can be registered. All changes of ownership must be recorded through ADGA.
• 2. Registration certificates should be transferred officially by ADGA, from seller to buyer, within six (6) months from the date of sale.
• 3. If you are selling an unregistered animal, you should give the purchaser a bill of sale. If you sell an animal and wish to register and transfer it at the same time, complete item 12 on the application form, which is a legal transfer from. When you transfer an animal, which has already been registered, you should fill out the certificate of transfer on the Certificate of Registry.
• 4. If, after careful review of all pertinent information, the Executive Committee feels that a transfer should be made, the certificate may be transferred without the signature of the seller.
• 5. ADGA recognizes that the inclusion of a registration certificate upon sale of an animal is at the owner*s discretion. Animals sold without transfer of registration are recognized by ADGA as unregistered animals and should be recorded by the new owner according to the guideline for recording an animal of unknown parentage.
• 6. For records purposes, all testing, show and appraisal information on an animal is considered as being linked to the registration number of that animal. Any re- registration/recordation done through Rule 5 (above), renders all previous records on an animal to be void for purposes of registration or advertising.

D. GENERAL RULES FOR RECORDATION OF GRADE DAIRY GOATS OR REGISTRATION OF AMERICAN BREEDS

• 1. A doe of unknown pedigree may be recorded as a Native on Appearance (NOA) if the application is accompanied by a statement signed by an ADGA member, not a member of the applicant*s family, that the doe being recorded conforms to a specific breed type.
• 2. Where one parent is a registered animal, the doe offspring may be recorded as « American of that breed, provided she conforms to that breed standard. If such offspring is then mated to a registered buck of that same breed, the resulting doe offspring may be recorded as 3/4 of that breed, providing she conforms to that breed standard. These 3/4 does when mated to a registered buck of the same breed will produce kids that are 7/8 of that breed and does of this group are eligible for entry into the American section of the register, provided they meet that breed standard.
• 3. Rules 2 through 10 of the Purebred register shall apply in all cases to the American breed register. The parents of all applicants for American breed registration must be of the same breed, except that one of the parents may be a Purebred and the other parent an American of the same breed.
• 4. Rules 2 through 10 of the Purebred register shall apply in all cases of the grade record except where Rule 2 or 4 cannot apply in all cases of the unknown parent.
• 5. The recordation/experimental programs are intended for the standard sized dairy goat breeds recognized by the American Dairy Goat Association. Recordation applications indicating goat parentage of a breed(s) other than of the standard size breeds recognized by the American Dairy Goat Association will be rejected.
• 6. Purebred or American bucks must be the offspring of parents of the same breed and registered in the Purebred or American herd books.

E. RULES FOR RECORDATION OF GRADES
(Female Only)

• 1. ALPINE
• 1/2 AMERICAN One parent is a purebred or American Alpine and the other is of unrecorded or unknown ancestry.
• 3/4 AMERICAN Sire is a purebred or American Alpine and the dam is recorded as a 1/2 American Alpine.
• 2. LAMANCHA
• 1/2 AMERICAN One parent is a purebred or American LaMancha and the other is of unrecorded or unknown ancestry.
• 3/4 AMERICAN Sire is a purebred or American LaMancha and the dam is recorded as a 1/2 American LaMancha.
• 3. NUBIAN
• 1/2 AMERICAN One parent is a purebred or American Nubian and the other is of unrecorded or unknown ancestry.
• 3/4 AMERICAN Sire is a purebred or American Nubian and the dam is recorded as a 1/2 American Nubian.
• 4. OBERHASLI
• 1/2 AMERICAN One parent is a purebred or American Oberhasli and the other is of unrecorded or unknown ancestry.
• 3/4 AMERICAN Sire is a purebred or American Oberhasli and the dam is recorded as a 1/2 American Oberhasli.
• 5. SAANEN
• 1/2 AMERICAN One parent is a purebred or American Saanen and the other is of unrecorded or unknown ancestry.
• 3/4 AMERICAN Sire is a purebred or American Saanen and the dam is recorded as a 1/2 American Saanen.
• 6. TOGGENBURG
• 1/2 AMERICAN One parent is a purebred or American Toggenburg and the other is of unrecorded or unknown ancestry.
• 3/4 AMERICAN Sire is a purebred or American Toggenburg and the dam is recorded as a 1/2 American Toggenburg.

NOTES:
If the individual to be registered is anything but correct color and/or type, it is not eligible for entry into a breed herd book. It may, however, be recorded in an Experimental Register. If the individual conforms to breed standard but either parent does not, the animal still is not eligible for entry into the American section, but it can be put into an Experimental Register.

F. RULES FOR THE REGISTRATION OF AMERICAN BREEDS
(Originally adopted October 20, 1952)

• 1. AMERICAN ALPINE Animals may be registered in this section of the herd book when they qualify under any of the following provisions:
• a. When the sire and the dam are registered as American Alpines.
• b. When one parent is an American Alpine and the other is a purebred Alpine.
• c. Females only can be registered when the sire is an American or purebred Alpine and the dam is a 3/4 (or higher) Alpine in the Grade, Grade Experimental or Experimental herd book. The doe to be registered, as well as the dam and maternal grandam, must be of correct Alpine type (see H. Note 1).
• 2. AMERICAN LAMANCHA Animals may be registered in this section of the herd book when they qualify under any of the following provisions:
• a. When the sire and the dam are registered as American LaManchas.
• b. When one parent is an American LaMancha and the other is a purebred LaMancha.
• c. Females only can be registered when the sire is an American or purebred LaMancha and the dam is a 3/4 (or higher) LaMancha in the Grade, Grade Experimental or Experimental herd book. The doe to be registered, as well as the dam and the maternal grandam, must be of correct LaMancha type (see H. Note 1).
• d. Males to be registered must have gopher ears.
• 3. AMERICAN NUBIAN Animals may be registered in this section of the herd book when they qualify under any of the following provisions:
• a. When the sire and the dam are registered as American Nubians.
• b. When one parent is an American Nubian and the other is a purebred Nubian.
• c. Females only can be registered when the sire is an American or purebred Nubian and the dam is a 3/4 (or higher) Nubian in the Grade, Grade Experimental or Experimental herd book. The doe to be registered, as well as the dam and the maternal grandam, must be of correct Nubian type (see H. Note 1).
• 4. AMERICAN OBERHASLI Animals may be registered in this section of the herd book when they qualify under any of the following provisions:
• a. When the sire and the dam are registered as American Oberhasli.
• b. When one parent is an American Oberhasli and the other is a purebred Oberhasli.
• c. Females only can be registered when the sire is an American or purebred Oberhasli and the dam is a 3/4 (or higher) Oberhasli in the Grade, Grade Experimental or Experimental herd book. The doe to be registered, as well as the dam and the maternal grandam, must be of correct Oberhasli type (see H. Note 1).
• 5. AMERICAN SAANEN Animals may be registered in this section of the herd book when they qualify under any of the following provisions:
• a. When the sire and the dam are registered as American Saanens.
• b. When one parent is an American Saanen and the other is a purebred Saanen.
• c. Females only can be registered when the sire is an American or purebred Saanen and the dam is a 3/4 (or higher) Saanen in the Grade, Grade Experimental or Experimental herd book. The doe to be registered, as well as the dam and the maternal grandam, must be of correct Saanen type, white in color (dark ticking and cream cast allowed) (see H. Note 1).
• 6. AMERICAN TOGGENBURG Animals may be registered in this section of the herd book when they qualify under any of the following provisions:
• a. When the sire and the dam are registered as American Toggenburgs.
• b. When one parent is an American Toggenburg and the other is a purebred Toggenburg.
• c. Females only can be registered when the sire is an American or purebred Toggenburg and the dam is a 3/4 (or higher) Toggenburg in the Grade, Grade Experimental or Experimental herd book. The doe to be registered, as well as the dam and the maternal grandam, must be of correct Toggenburg type (see H. Note 1).

G. RULES FOR ENTRY INTO EXPERIMENTAL REGISTRY

• Experimentals are the product of the mating of registered American or Purebred parents of different breeds. The mating of the Purebred or American parents of the same breed, whose offspring do not meet breed standards, or the mating of Experimental animals may be entered in the Experimental Register.
• 1. When both parents are in the Experimental Register.
• 2. When one parent is in the Experimental Register and the other parent is in the Purebred or American Register.
• 3. When both parents are in the same Purebred or American Register, but the offspring is not eligible for entrance in the Purebred or American Register because it does not conform to the breed standards.
• 4. When one parent is in one Purebred or American Register and the other parent is in a different Purebred or American Register.
• 5. When a doe is in the Purebred, American, or Experimental Register and she has been exposed during the heat period to more than one buck in the Purebred, American, or Experimental Register, either naturally or artificially, the progeny may be registered in the Experimental Register under the following rules: (1) The application must include the name and registration number of each possible sire and (2) The letter designation of his breed shall appear in the appropriate place on the registration certificate.

H. RULES FOR ENTRANCE INTO GRADE EXPERIMENTAL RECORD
(Females Only)

• Grade Experimentals are the product of mating Recorded grade does or Grade Experimental does to Purebred, American, or Experimental bucks, or may be from unknown parents in the case of Native on Performance. Females do not have to meet breed standards.
• 1. One parent is in the Purebred, American, or Experimental Register and the other is of unknown or unrecorded ancestry.
• 2. Sire is in the Purebred, American, or Experimental Register and the dam is recorded as a Grade Experimental or a Recorded Grade of any breed.
• 3. A doe of unknown pedigree may be recorded as a Native on Performance (NOP) Grade Experimental if the doe earns the equivalent of her *M rating on DHIA test. The individual doe lactation record page showing the total milk, butterfat, and production must accompany the application. The doe can be recorded as a NOP and simultaneously be awarded her *M status after the proper forms are filed and fees are paid.
• NOTES: These pertain to the Experimental Register and the Grade Experimental Record.
• 1. When a doe is 87.5% pure for one breed and she, her parents, as well as her maternal and paternal grandparents have met the same breed standard, she is eligible to be registered as an American of that breed.
• 2. When a buck is at least 93.75% pure for one breed and he, his parents, his maternal and paternal grandparents, as well as all his great grandparents have all met the same breed standard, he is eligible to be registered as an American. In other words, for a buck to be American, one parent must be American and the other must be Purebred or American.

I. RULES FOR REREGISTERING AMERICAN GOAT SOCIETY/CANADIAN GOAT SOCIETY DAIRY GOATS WITH THE AMERICAN DAIRY GOAT ASSOCIATION

• Registration of individual dairy goats may be allowed on the basis of original AGS/CGS certificates, and the ADGA certificates will plainly show the basis of this registration. From the Western Hemisphere only AGS/CGS are recognized by ADGA.
• 1. The application for registry must be accompanied with the proper fee and the AGS/CGS certificate for the dairy goat being registered. The AGS/CGA certificate or a copy thereof will be retained on file in the ADGA Herd Book as the basis for the re-registration. The original AGS/CGS certificate will be returned if requested. (All animals being reregistered with ADGA from the American Goat Society or the Canadian Goat Society will have the prefix AGS or CGS added to their name for purposes of ADGA registration.)
• 2. If the dairy goat to be ADGA registered is not registered in AGS/CGS but has either or both parents registered in AGS/CGS, you should follow these instructions. (a) Fill out a regular ADGA application for registry. (b) Submit a photocopy of the AGS/CGS registered parent(s). If you cannot submit a photocopy or the parent(s) AGS/CGS certificate, you may submit the original certificate(s) and we will make a photocopy for you for a fee of 50 cents each. We will return the original AGS/CGS certificate(s) to you.
• 3. In case the transfer of ownership into your name has not been officially recorded on the AGS/CGS certificate of the dairy goat to be re-registered, you should include the bill of sale from the former owner along with the correct transfer fee.
• 4. The application for registry should be signed on line 11 by the present owner of the dairy goat (either as officially recorded on the AGS/CGS certificate or as shown on the accompanying bill of sale). Line 12 of the application is not used unless you are transferring the animal to another person. 5. The ADGA certificate of registry which is issued on this basis will show that it is based on the AGS/CGS record. This is done for the protection of the owner and to show that some of the information came from a source other than the ADGA Herd Book. The certificate issued is the regulation Pure Breed Certificate of Registry
• 6. During the re-registration process by ADGA of Canadian-imported dairy goats accompanied by CGS certificates, the following designations will automatically be recognized and incorporated into the ADGA registration:
• a. LaManchas registered as purebred in Canada must be registered as purebred with the American Dairy Goat Association. Oberhasli registered as purebred in Canada after the opening of the Canadian Herd book must be registered as American with the American Dairy Goat Association.
• b. Permanent Championship prefixes of either GCH or CH shall be affixed to the registered names.
• c. All + or *S or *P designations, which are the Canadian equivalent of +B, *B or *M, respectively, shall be so noted on ADGA certificates.
• d. In addition to the preceding two areas of officially earned show and milk registry status, those individual show wins earned at CGS-sanctioned shows (indicated by an official show certificate accompanying registration certificate at the time of re-registry) shall be credited to the animal's history towards eligibility for GCH or CH titles.
• e. Completed official lactation records will be incorporated into the lifetime production records of Canadian-transferred does when submitted by ADGA or CGS members on reregistered animals.
• f. Persons with living goats they have imported from Canada that were permanent champions or had stars or pluses in Canada prior to their importation can ask for a certificate revision to retroactively receive credit for those awards with the proper application and payment of fees to the ADGA office for the revised certificates.

J. PROCEDURES FOR BREEDS REQUESTING ADGA RECOGNITION

• 1. General Requirement Rules Any organized breed association requesting ADGA recognition shall file the following information with the Secretary-Treasurer of ADGA and supply a copy to each ADGA Director and each member of the following committees: Executive, Registration, and Breed Standards, a minimum of 180 days prior to the Annual Meeting.
• a. Requesting Breed Association's Constitution and Bylaws and a list of current officers.
• b. Requesting Breed Association's "Proposed Breed Standard."
• c. A History of the development of the breed, including other breeds used for development, breeders involved in the development, dates of development history, approximate numbers and verifiable purebred pedigree information from a verifiable registry on existing animals shall be provided.
• d. A statement defining the "uniqueness" of the breed.
• e. A minimum of one hundred (100) animals (4 generation pedigree required) which: 1. have been born within ten (10) years of the date the proposal is submitted to ADGA, and 2. conform to the breed standard and whose parents, grandparents and great grandparents all conform to the breed standard. All animals must be listed in a verifiable registry and shown as conforming to the breed standard, or be a sub group of an existing breed with heritable traits that distinguish it from the parent breed, such as color, meeting all other rules of this section "a" through "f".
• f. A minimum of one hundred (100) animals, owned by at least fifteen (15) breeders.
• 2. Additional Requirement for Breeds Imported as live animals or embryos. For breeds which have been recently established in the United States by importation, it is required that the following apply in order to be accepted for registration:
• a. Registration information for the imported animals provided by the National Registry or Breed Association in the country of their origin shall be included for each animal.
• b. In cases where embryo transplant has occurred, verification by a Veterinarian or other verified professional from the Country of Origin as well as the Veterinarian who implanted the embryos.
• c. A copy of the Breed Standard in use by the foreign registry and requirements for entry into that Registry.
• d. The number of animals imported and the date(s) of import.
• e. Documentation of any offspring of the imported animals born subsequent to their import.
• f. In the case of frozen embryos, the supporting information and signatures currently in force by ADGA for embryo transplants and outlined in the ADGA Guidebook.
• 3. Additional Requirements for Breeds Established by Separating out Stock from Breeds Already Recognized by ADGA
• a. A list of breeders actively involved with breeding these animals.
• b. An estimate of animals eligible for registry.
• c. What would be required to establish a new herd book?
• 4. Action to be taken by ADGA upon receipt of a request to recognize a new breed.
• a. After receiving a request for breed recognition, the ADGA Secretary-Treasurer-Treasurer should confirm that a complete copy has been provided to both the Registration Committee Chair and the Breed Standards Committee Chair.
• b. A request for New Breed recognition shall be printed in the next available issue of the ADGA News & Events, and shall include a survey requesting input from the ADGA membership. The results of this "Membership Survey" shall be collected and forwarded to the Registration and Breed Standards Committees. After consideration of all available information, those committees will provide their recommendation to the Board of Directors prior to the ADGA Annual Meeting. The Board of Directors will make their determination and notify the petitioning Breed Association of their action. Should the ruling favor the request, a timetable for beginning registration of the accepted breed will be provided. Should the ruling be against acceptance of the new breed, a response will be generated to explain that position.

K. RULES GOVERNING THE REGISTRATION OR RECORDATION OF THE PROGENY OF ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION

• 1. An artificial insemination buck collection form containing the buck's registered name, number, and tattoos must be filed with ADGA for all bucks collected January 1, 1991, or later. This form must be filed at no cost to the owner. The buck's tattoo must be read and recorded at the time of collection. Offspring resulting from the use of such semen will not be registered if the form is not on file.
• 2. At the time of application for registration or recordation the owner of the doe will send a Record of Artificial Insemination form with the Application for Registration.
• 3. At the time of service each doe must be identified by tattoo and the tattoo and description must be verified on her registration certificate.
• 4. The vial, straw or other container carrying the semen must be accurately labeled (with permanent ink) with the following information:
• a. The name, code number, and registration number of the buck.
• b. The date of the semen collection.
• c. The name or code number of the business or organization collecting and freezing the semen.
• d. Color code for breeding units (recommended):
  Purple Alpine   Orange Oberhasli
  Yellow LaMancha   Blue Saanen
  Red Nubian   Green Toggenburg
• 5. The Record of Artificial Insemination form will serve as a service memo for progeny resulting from artificial insemination.
• 6. If a purebred doe is rebred with semen from a different purebred sire within 10 days of the previous service, The resulting offspring are not eligible for registration as purebreds unless parentage is verified by blood typing or DNA technology.
• 7. If the semen is imported from bucks who are properly registered by the registration association of the country from which it is being imported and said buck is physically located outside the western hemisphere, and the resulting offspring are to be registered by ADGA, the importer must meet the following requirements:
• a. Declare the semen at the point of entry along with a certified copy of the registration of each buck (semen donor) from the official association of the country of original importation along with a copy of the official semen collection document and the USDA import permit.
• b. Only purebred bucks are eligible as imported semen donors. If said buck(s) are from a country other than the breed's country of origin, an ad hoc committee must be formed to review the authenticity of purebred status.
• c. The buck semen donor(s) must meet the ADGA standard for the breed. The breed standard(s) for the country of origin under which the buck is registered must meet the breed standard(s) of ADGA.
• d. The importer will provide to ADGA:
• (1) A notarized copy of all importation documents.
• (2) A notarized copy of each buck's certified copy of registration.
• (3) An individual ADGA AI collection form for each donor buck imported.
• (4) A $60 fee for DNA typing and recordation of importation, which involved establishment of a hard copy file using the original registration, including registered name, registration number and the country of origin.
• (5) One complete, and not tampered with, unit semen (ampule, .25cc or .5cc semen straw) from each donor buck for DNA typing, which must be sent immediately upon receipt of the ADGA DNA paperwork by the importer to the current lab ADGA is using in their DNA typing program. DNA fingerprint information will be maintained in the donor's file in the ADGA office.
• e. Registration of offspring of imported semen donor bucks would require:
• (1) An ADGA registration number will be assigned to each buck who's semen is imported.
• (2) An ADGA AI service memo using the donor buck's original registration number, which would be obtained from the used semen straw.
• (3) An ADGA registration and recordation form and appropriate fees.
• (4) ADGA registration papers will list sire as imported semen. Sire identification would include donor's name, registration number and country of origin. For example: "Sento 1142 AE (Swiss)".

L. RULES GOVERNING THE REGISTRATION OF PROGENY RESULTING FROM EMBRYO TRANSPLANTS

• All offspring produced through embryo transfer shall have parentage verified by DNA typing prior to registration. Submit your request to ADGA with a fee of $25 each for the dam, sire, and offspring.
• 1. The transplant laboratory must maintain the following information and provide the same upon request to the Association:
• a. Date donor doe arrived at the laboratory.
• b. Record of breeding.
• (1) Name, registration number, and tattoo of donor.
• (2) Date of breeding.
• (3) Identification of sire including complete name and registration number.
• (4) If artificial, name and signature of inseminator.
• c. Record of embryo removal.
• (1) Date of removal.
• (2) Number removed.
• (3) Name of individual performing operation.
• d. Record of embryo transplant.
• (1) Date of transfer.
• (2) Permanent identification of host animals including tattoo and/or ear tag number.
• (3) Number of host animals used.
• (4) Name of individual performing operation.
• e. Record of Host.
• (1) Date host left laboratory.
• (2) Name and address of individual to where the host was moved.
• (3) Owner of host dam at time of leaving laboratory.
• f. Record of birth date of progeny if kidded at laboratory.
• (1) Sex of kids.
• (2) Permanent identification of kids.
• 2. At the time of the application for registration or recordation, the owner of the donor doe will send an embryo transplant certificate with the application for registration.