| Brown Swiss Cattle Breeders Association |
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| RF |
Initial grade up animal. Only females are
eligible for this program. One parent must be a registered Brown Swiss and the
second parent can be any dairy animal. Thus, these may be crossbred animals.
These animals are currently identified with a 365xxxxxx series registration
number. Please note, that not all animals must start with this step, as
characteristic grade Brown Swiss may go directly into the ID step (next
step). |
| ID |
Will be the next step which may be either
(a) an offspring of a RF dam and a registered Brown Swiss sire or may be (b) an
identified and inspected grade Brown Swiss (original animal) possessing typical
Brown Swiss color and characteristics. These females (b) would have either
unknown Brown Swiss parents or may have one registered parent. Only females are
eligible for this program step. These animals are currently identified with a
369xxxxxx series registration number. |
| IE |
Will be the next step which will always
have an ID (369xxxxxx) dam and a registered Brown Swiss sire. Again only
females are eligible for this step. These animals are currently identified with
a 3793xxxxx series registration number. |
| HR |
Will be for fully registered animals. The
dam may be either an IE or HR registry status animal. If the dam is an IE, only
female offspring may be registered. The sire will always be HR status and Brown
Swiss. |
| American Guernsey Association |
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| RF |
Recorded Female - Initial grade up animal.
Only females are eligible for this program. She must have one purebred Guernsey
parent (registered or unregistered) and the other parent must be another dairy
breed. Thus, these may be crossbred animals. These animals are identified with
a 360 series. |
| GT |
Guernsey Type - This generation requires
Guernsey appearance. This female must be sired by a purebred Guernsey bull out
of an RF animal. The animal in this step must be a minimum 75% Guernsey. If
adequate records are provided the initial animal may enter as a GT animal.
These animals are identified with registration numbers in the 365 series. |
| PR |
Provisional Register - A female out of an
GT female sired by a registered bull. These animals are identified with the
registration numbers in the 376 series. |
| GR |
Genetic Recovery - A female out of a PR
female and a registered bull. Bulls may be registered out of this generation.
These animals are identified with registration numbers in the regular herdbook
series. |
| HR |
Fully registered males and females. Third
generation grade up animals will also contain an "HR" registry status. |
| American Jersey Cattle Association |
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| OA |
First generation grade up animals. Only
females can have registry status OA. One or both parents may be grade,
unregistered or unknown. These animals are currently identified with
registration numbers in the 368 series. We will not issue new numbers in the
368 series once we have implemented American ID. |
| PR |
Second generation grade up animals. Only
females can have registry status PR. The dam will be either from the 368 number
series or OA registry status, and the sire will be a registered Jersey (HR).
These animals are currently identified with registration numbers in the 379
series. We will not issue new numbers in the 379 series once we have
implemented American ID. |
| GR |
Third generation grade up animals. Only
females can have registry status GR. The dam will be either from the 379 number
series or PR registry status, and the sire will be a registered Jersey (HR).
These animals are currently identified with numbers from our regular herdbook
series. |
| J1 |
All Registry Status J1 animals will be
females. All their sires will be registered Jersey bulls. Their dams will be
identified with their non-Jersey breed code, country code and unique ID. The ID
may be a registration number, American ID number, USDA eartag, or a default ID
created for unknown dams. Only female progeny can be recorded from J1 dams.
Their progeny must be sired by registered Jersey bulls. The progeny will be
assigned Registry Status OA. |
| HR |
Fully registered males and females. The
dam will be either GR or HR registry status, and the sire will be registered
Jersey (HR). |
| American Dairy Goat Association |
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| PB |
Purebred registered males and females of all U.S. recongnized dairy goat breeds |
| AM |
American registered males and females of all U.S. reconginzed dairy goat breeds. Animals are
87.5% of a single breed and meet breed type. Historically, these were indicated with a
leading "A" or "18" in the ID |
| RG |
Recorded grade females of all U.S. reconginzed dairy goat breeds. First, second, and third
generation grade up animals of all U.S. reconginzed dairy goat breeds, including Experimental
breeds. Historically, these were indicated with a "G" in the ID |
| BR |
Males and females re-registered from the British registry of Alpine, Saanen, and Toggenburg
dairy goat breeds. Historically, these were indicated with a leading "19" in the ID |
| ER |
Experimental registry for males and females. Product of mating PB, AM, and BR parents of
different breeds, or straightbred offspring that do not meet breed type |