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Rules of the Irish Moiled Cattle Society (revised 10th January2006)
1. Birth notification of all calves must be returned to the registrar by the time they are thirty days old. See Appendix 1 – Fees
2. In the case of calves got by artificial insemination the insemination certificate must be forwarded to the registrar with the birth notification. It will be returned when registration is complete.
3. Full registration of calves will not be permitted if birth notification is not carried out within thirty days of birth. This rule can only be varied in very exceptional cases at the discretion of the Board of the Society. Heifer calves must be registered before they are 12 months of age
4. All bull calves to be registered as breeding bulls must in addition to being birth notified within thirty days of birth, be DNA profiled and Parentage Proven before they can be registered. Progeny cannot be registered until the sire has been fully registered. All heifer calves to be registered must be sire proven by being DNA profiled -this applies to all heifer calves born After 1 January 2006 See Appendix 2 – Procedure for DNA profiling and parent proving
5. Before an animal can be registered with a ‘starred’ Herd book number it must be DNA profiled and its Parentage Proven. This rule applies to both male and female calves.
6. The Board of the Society reserves the right to require a DNA test of any animal or animals. In cases where such a test shows that a stated pedigree notification is incorrect, registration may be cancelled or the animal assigned to a grade status and the breeder liable to disciplinary action.
7. Qualification for entry in the grading up register
Grade A - Female progeny of a Grade B cow sired by a fully registered bull will be eligible for Grade A registration.
Grade B - Female progeny of a Grade C cow sired by a fully registered bull will be eligible for Grade B registration.
Grade C - Female progeny of an approved foundation cow or heifer (Red or red and white and naturally polled), by a fully registered bull will be eligible for Grade C registration.
8. As from 1 January 1989 the Grade C register will be closed, i.e. No grading up of calves from females less than 50% Irish Moiled will be permitted.
NOTE. This rule will not apply to members in the Republic of Ireland during the current ban on the importation of live cattle into the Republic from G.B. However each member in the Republic of Ireland will only be permitted to register a maximum of three foundation cows at any one time.
9. No male progeny of grading-up females will be eligible for registration. This includes offspring of Grade A females with effect from 18th June 1990.
10. Grading-up females, and in particular foundation animals, may be liable to inspection before admission to the Herd book or grading-up register.
11. No horned or dehorned cattle shall be eligible for entry in the Herd book or grading-up register.
12 All animals submitted for registration must be of the correct breed type. See Appendix 3 - Breed standard.
13 Any animal which is not to be registered for any reason should be marked with a ‘no’ in the ‘Registration’ column on the birth registration card. All heifer calves will normally be registered unless so marked.
14 All replacement ear tag numbers should be notified to the registrar immediately. 15. Breeders are requested to notify the registrar of any obvious genetic defects or serious deviations from breed type which may arise
16. Any registration can be cancelled by the registrar at the request of the registered owner on the death or slaughter of an animal or if it is sold as non-pedigree. A cancelled pedigree will only be restored by the Board of Directors following a full review of the circumstances which led to the pedigree being cancelled.
17. When an animal is sold/transferred a transfer fee is payable to the Society by either the vendor or the purchaser where both of these are full members of the Society. An animal will not be transferred in the Herd book until the transfer fees are paid.
18. Only fully paid up members are eligible to register animals in the Society’s Herd book.
19. Embryo Transfer, this is permitted by the Society. See Appendix 4 - Rules relating to embryo transfer.
Note. The rules regarding progeny of grade registered bulls have been deleted as no longer applicable
Appendix 1 – Fees
Society Membership paid by Standing Order £20.00
Membership renewal if paid after 31 January £30.00
Birth Notification Free
Registration of female calves £10 (Any heifer calf to be registered must be Sire Proven at a cost of £22, making the total fee £32)
Registration of male calves £10 (Any bull calf to be registered for breeding must be parent proven)
D N A profiling £22.00 per animal
Registration of Herd Prefix (One word only) £20.00
Transfer of ownership Free
Replacement registration card £10.00
Hard Copy of the Herd book £20.00
Registration of Embryo Transfer calves 1-5 calves £100.00 each 6-10 calves £250.00 each 11+ calves £500.00 each
Appendix 2 – DNA profiling
For DNA profiling only, the registrar will affix a blue sticker to the animal’s pedigree card indicating that the animal has been DNA profiled. For Parentage Proven animals, provided that the details supplied by the breeder are proved to be correct, a red sticker will be affixed to the animal’s pedigree card indicating that the animal has been Parentage Proven.
5. Any member can request that an animal be DNA profiled, however, only the breeder of an animal can request that it be Parentage Proven.
Protocol for collecting samples for DNA profiling
Although both blood and hair can be used for DNA profiling, the Society proposes, except in exceptional circumstances and then only with prior permission, to use hair as the source for DNA.
The sample, which must be plucked –not cut! (Preferably from the base of the tail), should be placed in a clean polythene bag and sealed. A label, supplied by the Society, should be completed by the owner of the animal and the person verifying the collection of the sample. The label should then be affixed to the outside of the polythene bag. The sample should then be sent to the Registrar together with the appropriate fee and, if one has already been issued, the animal’s pedigree card.
Test results are normally received within 4 -6 weeks
Appendix 3 – Breed Standard
The Irish Moiled is a medium sized dual purpose breed Good examples of the breed should show evidence of ability to produce both meat and milk. Quality is to be preferred to excessive size, as the Irish Moiled should be an economical producer. It should be fine-boned with legs of medium length, not excessively short as in extreme beef types, or excessively long as in extreme dairy types. The preferred colour is a rich red with a white line down the full length of the back, white tail, white underline and white udder. Yellow, dun or plum coloured animals are acceptable as are white animals with red ears, with or without some red, dun or plum colour on their sides. But in all cases the back, tail, underline and udder should be white. There should be no black hairs in the body coat. (note that animals with “broken” white lines along their back are eligible for registration). The head should be naturally polled, predominately domed with no trace of horn. The eyes, which should be prominent with a docile expression, are set rather high. The muzzle, which may be pink or greyish, should be fairly broad with prominent nostrils and there should preferably be some brown around the muzzle. The ears are fairly large. The head should be mottled, a lighter colour than the body, but not completely white. The eyebrows should preferably be dark.
Appendix 4 – Embryo Transfer
“Multiplication of Irish Moiled by Embryo Transfer may not be in the best interests of the breed nor of the breeders.” ( Committee Meeting I.M.C.S. 24th November 1998)
ET is seen as a useful procedure to surmount difficulties where specific genetic, reproductive or bureaucratic circumstances exist which are detrimental to the breed as a whole.
The Society will control the number of calves registered in the Herd book which are got by ET. All calves got by ET will carry that designation in the Herd book.
* The Society requires members intending to use this procedure to apply to the Board stating their intentions and asking for the calf limit which will be applied to progeny from a specific Dam, the bull/bulls to be used and the benefits to be derived from ET.
The Board will examine each case on its merits and will use the following criteria in deliberating its decision.
1. Donor females must have produced at least one calf by natural service or A.I. and the offspring must be available for inspection or have been officially inspected.
2. Donor females must be full pedigree. In certain circumstances a Grade A animal may be considered by the Board but only for genetic reasons and any request under this heading must be supported by convincing argument from a qualified geneticist approved by the Society.
3. In an emergency, where eggs have been collected by ‘after death ovum recovery’ at slaughter, the Society will accept a retrospective application for consideration.
4. Where eggs have been recovered and frozen for subsequent use, application as required in paragraph * above, should be made prior to fertilization.
5. Before a calf produced by embryo transfer can be registered it must be Parentage Proven.
6. Registration fees will be as published from time to time by the Society. Registrations will be accumulative throughout the life of the donor Dam.
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