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Registration
Purebred animals eligible for registration must be the offspring of two
KHSI registered parents. The coat of registered Katahdins must not require
shearing and is preferably completely free of permanent wooly fibers.
To apply for registration, the Animal Registration Form should be
completed (except for KHSI # in column 1 and coat and poll type) and be
sent to the KHSI Registry office. If information is missing or
inconsistent, the form will be returned.
Animals born before January 1, 1998 must be classified as coat type
"A" or "B" by a certified inspector of KHSI to be
eligible for permanent registration. (See "Animal Inspection"
below.) Animals born before January 1, 1998 who have a temporary
registration certificate but have not been inspected will have a
"T" preceding their registration number. No offspring from any
sire and/or dam with a "T" number will be accepted for KHSI
registration until the parents have been inspected.
Recordation/Upgrading
Animals who are not fullblood Katahdins may be recorded with the KHSI
Registry. For sheep that 50% or more purebred Katahdin ancestry and are
progeny of an upgrading program, each generation must be recorded with the
Registry and a certificate will be issued that indicates the percentage
Katahdin blood. The Animal Registration Form is to be used for recorded
sheep also.
Females of at least 87.5% (7/8) Katahdin blood are eligible for
registration upon inspection after one year of age, if the previous
generations have been recorded. Males must be at least 87.5% blood, be
inspected after one year of age, and also have a dam inspected with an
"A" coat to be eligible. (See "Animal Inspection"
below.) The 87.5% (or greater) blood animals must be classified as a coat
type "A" or "B" to be registerable; if they are
classified as coat type "C," they will be recorded as described
above.
Physical Characteristics
No discrimination will be made on the basis of color.
Freedom from anatomical or physical defects is required (such as
abnormal jaw formation, entropian, defects of the udder, testicles, legs
and feet).
Polledness is preferred. Horns and scurs are evaluated if an animal is
inspected and will be designated on the registration certificate.
(Definition of a scur is a small, round portion of horn tissue attached to
the skin of the horn pit of a polled animal. Horns are attached to the
skull.)
Identification
All sheep must be continuously identified by ear tag, tattoo, or other
permanent ID. Each member is required to register a unique two-or
three-letter flock prefix with KHSI which will be part of the
identification of all KHSI registered or recorded animals originating in
that flock. The complete identification as indicated on the KHSI
certificate--"Sheep ID"--must be physically on the animal as
well (Though not necessarily wholly in one ear). A back-up identification
is encouraged on each animal. A registration or recordation number will be
issued for KHSI purposes. But the individual sheep ID will identify the
animal in the flock.
Animal Inspection
Inspections are requested through the KHSI Operations office by May 15
of each year and are conducted during the summer and no later than October
1. The KHSI inspector verifies that an animal is at least one year old,
the Sheep ID on the animal matches the certificate, there are no gross
defects, and then classifies the coat and poll type of the animals. For
each animal inspected, the inspector will fill in spaces for coat type and
poll and sign and date either the KHSI certificate or Animal Registration
Form (if not already registered/recorded). The owner will then submit the
papers to the Registry office and a permanent certificate will be issued.
Inspectors are reimbursed for their mileage by KHSI and the breeder
inspected is billed for his/her share.
The coat type of animals that are inspected will be classified in the
following categories:
A type--Naturally sheds all long woolly fibers seasonally.
B type--Coat predominantly free of long woolly fibers but maintains
some patches, the total area not to exceed 1/4 of the upper half of the
body, that do not shed for at least one year.
C type--Patches of long unshed woolly fibers, the total area of which
exceeds 1/4 of upper half of body; ineligible for registration.
Transfers
All animal ownership transfers are to be recorded with KHSI and one of
the parties to a transfer must be a paid KHSI member. The seller of a KHSI-registered
or recorded animal is to complete the date of sale, signature and buyer
name/address on the certificate at the time of the sale and is encouraged
to submit certificates and payment to the Registry. If at the time of
original registration, the owner of an animal is different than the flock
of origin, transfer fees will apply. KHSI encourages the seller of an
animal to submit the registration forms. The Registry will process and
send certificates to the new owner unless requested otherwise.
KHSI Registry :
15603 173rd Ave.
Milo, Iowa 50166
Phone: 641-942-6402
Fax: 641*942-6502
E-mail
registry@katahdins.us
KHSI Operations :
Jim Morgan and Teresa Maurer ~ PO Box 778 ~ Fayetteville, AR ~
72702-0778
Phone/fax: 479-444-8441;
info@katahdins.org
www.katahdins.org
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