ABBI BREEDER’S CERTIFICATE PROGRAM RULES AND REGULATIONS

The following Rules and Regulations must be followed in order to enroll in the ABBI Breeder’s Certificate Program. Any member in good standing may direct questions regarding the Rules and Regulations to ABBI’s General Manager.

  1. Sire Qualifications for Enrollment
  1. Enrollment of a sire requires no artificial insemination of semen and no stud service has occurred prior to the enrollment year.
  2. Enrollment must occur on or before April 30 of each breeding year to qualify the calf crop for the following year.
  3. Sires with cloned copies are not eligible for enrollment.
  4. Cloned copies of original sires are not eligible for enrollment.
  5. A current listing of all enrolled sires will be found on the ABBI web site.
  1. Transfers
  1. Any transfer of ownership and/or registration of a non-enrolled sire require a statement acknowledging neither the artificial insemination of semen nor stud services have occurred that would make a sire ineligible for the transferee to enroll the sire in the ABBI Breeder’s Certificate Program.
  2. Any owner of an enrolled sire may, for a fee, have ABBI process the transfer, acting as an agent for the enrolled sire owner(s), and issue an ABBI Breeder’s Certificate.
  3. ABBI will not participate and will not play any role in the determination of the price of an ABBI Breeder’s Certificate.
  4. A fee of $25.00, to be paid by the owner(s) of the enrolled sire,will be required to process the transfer of an ABBI Breeder’s Certificate.
  1. Enrollment Fees

a.The four enrollment levels are:

  1. Lifetime Breeder’s Certificate - $2,000.00.

Includes Lifetime Enrollment in the American Breeder’s Trust;

  1. Lifetime Breeder’s Certificate - $1,500.00

Includes enrollment for one year in American Breeder’s Trust;

  1. Lifetime Breeder’s Certificate Program - $1,250.00

DOES NOT include enrollment in the American Breeder’s Trust;

  1. Lifetime Breeder’s Certificate Program - $1,000.00.

For animals already registered in American Breeder’s Trust.

  1. Requirements for the Registration of Offspring
  1. An ABBI Breeder’s Certificate is required for all offspring resulting from artificial insemination or stud service of a non-owned enrolled sire.
  2. An ABBI Breeder’s Certificate is not required if the breeder owns the sire and bred dam.
  3. An ABBI Breeder’s Certificate is not required for offspring from a non-enrolled sire.
  1. Miscellaneous
  1. Only a member in good standing may submit an application for a Breeder’s Certificatewhich must be fully completed upon submission.
  2. In the case of joint ownership only one Certificate will be issued to the designated co-owner.
  3. In the event any misrepresentation is discovered, at any time, in the application for a Breeder’s Certificate, the Breeder’s Certificate shall be null and void, no refund of fees shall be made and the holder of the Breeder’s Certificate shall be subject to such further action as the Board of Directors shall impose.
  4. All fees stated above are subject to change.
  5. Any disputes arising under the ABBI Breeder’s Certificate Program shall be exclusively resolved by arbitration.
  6. The owner of a sire no longer entitled to enrollment shall promptly surrender the Certificate to ABBI for cancellation.
  7. These Rules and Regulations are subject to change, from time to time, by the ABBI Board of Directors.

Addendum to the Certificate:

4/17/2008

In just starting this program, interest has been high but enrollment has been low. In order to encourage more participation this first year it has been suggested to allow some leeway from the rule as written. The rule below will apply only for the 2006 & 2007 breeding seasons to provide breeders the opportunity to enroll sires that were used to breed outside-of-herd dams. The offspring will only be 1 year of age at most so there should not be any conflict from competition.

Change toeligibility requirements for Breeders Certificate Enrollment:

Sires with offspring that are one (1) year of age or less that were conceived from natural service of dams from outside of sire owner’s herd are eligible for enrollment into the Breeders Certificate Program providing the following criteria are met;

1.Sire owner provides ABBI with a list of Dams including the owner and total number of head serviced and duration of exposure to the sire.

2.Sire owner agrees to provide a Breeders Certificate to Dam owners for the number of offspring to be registered.

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