AICA REGISTRATION

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AICA REGISTRATION

• Quick Review

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AICA Registration Only (Traditional fees apply)
Choose the Registration Only option and you will
receive the following

• Registration certificate only
• Ownership information
• EPD numbers on dam, sire and calf if available.

AICA Registration Only does not include the input
of performance data.
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AICA Performance Plus (Traditional fees apply)
Choose the Performance Plus option and you will
receive the following

• Registration certificate
• Ownership information
• EPD numbers on dam, sire and registered calf if
  available.
• Input of all performance data submitted
• Pre-printed forms and performance reports

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AICA Whole Herd Rewards (Dam based fee structure)
Choose the Whole Herd Rewards option and you will
receive the following

• Registration certificate
• Ownership information
• EPD numbers on dam, sire and registered and
  unregistered calves if available.
• Input of all performance data submitted
• Pre-printed forms and performance reports

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Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet
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Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet

• Question
• I calve in both the spring and fall, I have
  already used my Registration Form and Weaning
  Worksheet on my spring group. How do I get
  another Registration Form?

• Answer
• Just call, fax or e-mail a request for another
  form. Calves previously registered will be listed
  with their mothers. Newer versions of the form
  have a check box to request the form again.

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Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet
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Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet

• Question
• Is it possible to use the Registration Form and
  Weaning Worksheet if I need signatures on out-of
  herd bulls?

• Answer
• Make arrangements to have the owner of the sire
  send, fax or e-mail the Association with
  permission to use the bull. AICA will
  electronically store the signature and use it on
  calves being registered at any time. This will
  eliminate the need to send the registration form
  to the bull owner.

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Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet

Answer ET calves are registered as always.
Blank multiple forms are available.
Question What about registering ET calves?
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Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet

Answer No For WHR members ET calves cost 12.00
per registration and receive one free transfer.
Question Do ET calves cost more to register?
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Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet

Answer The 12.00 you paid to enroll that cow
will cover the registration of any calf she has
this year. You must submit the registration
number on the recipient at the time you register
the calf.
Question My recipient cows are enrolled
Charolais females. What will the fee be to
register her ET calf?
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• Guidelines for creating contemporary groups
• (as recommended by the Beef Improvement
  Federation BIF)
• managed the same
• weighed on the same day

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Days in age limits

• Weaning weights
• 140 270
• Yearling Weights
• 270 430

(must have at least 70 days between weigh dates)

(BIF guidelines)
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Performance Registration Progress Report
(weaning and yearling)
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Performance Registration progress report

Answer Basic contemporary group guidelines
allow for some exception.
Question Why didnt the calves I submitted
together, index together?
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EXCEPTIONS!!!

• Always in a single animal group
• (index will be 100)
• ET calves
• Twins

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Performance Registration progress report

Answer Animals must remain in the same
contemporary group at yearling as they were in at
weaning.
Question I want to report animals in one large
yearling group from several smaller weaning
groups.
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Expected Progeny Differences

• EPD with Accuracy figures
• Non parent EPDS
• Interim EPDs
• Pedigree estimated EPDs

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EPDs with an Accuracy

• EPDs are figured for the Association by the
  University of Georgia.
• Based the animals own performance plus
  performance records of progeny and relatives.
• Higher accuracy figures mean more reliable EPD
  numbers.
• Will be used to estimate for progeny.

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Back solution EPDs

• EPDs are based on the animal's own performance
  record and relatives. No progeny records are used
  in a back solution EPD.
• Individual performance records must be part of a
  contemporary group larger than one animal.
• University of Georgia calculates these numbers
  for AICA.
• Will be used to estimate for progeny.

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Interim EPD

• EPD is calculated at AICA and used between
  Georgia runs.
• Animals own performance record plus the EPDs of
  the dam and sire are used to generate an Interim
  EPD.
• Animal must have a valid performance record
  within a contemporary group greater than one.
• Will not be used to estimate progney EPDS.

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Pedigree Estimated EPD

• Simply an average of the dam and sires EPD.
• No performance data on the individual animal is
  used.
• Will not be used to estimate progeny EPDS.

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