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Certificate of
Incorporation (11/15/10)
ByLaws (11/15/10)
Important PHA Update
9-16-2009
PHA Testing Update - September 16th,
2009
Until September 10, 2009, all animals identified in the ADCA Registry as
carriers of the Dexter PHA mutation (PHACD) were descendants of
Aldebaran Priapus- in addition to Priapus himself, who had tested
earlier as PHACD. Since Priapus’ sire, Trillium Cluny, tested as a PHA
non-carrier (PHAF), his dam, Woodmagic Wheatear, must have been an
obligate PHA carrier unless the mutation originated in Priapus
himself. If the latter were true, there would be no
PHACD Wheatear descendants that don’t descend from Priapus.
On Thursday, September
3, a breeder in the U.S. received a PHA test report that revealed a
PHACD cow that is not descended from
Priapus. The cow, however, is descended
from one of Wheatear’s daughters, Cranworth Yanna, who occurs on both
sides of the pedigree of this cow’s dam.
Now that this additional
source of Dexter PHA has been identified, it is logical to conclude that
Wheatear was, indeed, an obligate carrier of PHA and that she introduced
the mutation into the North American Dexter population. For the purpose
of PHA testing, it is important to consider the Dexter population
most at risk to be carriers of PHA in
North America are those animals who are descended from Woodmagic
Wheatear, not just those descended from Aldebaran Priapus.
New ADCA Registration Requirement
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All bulls registered by the ADCA after
December 31, 2008, shall be genotyped and have the report on file in the
ADCA Registry office prior to the completion of their registration. |
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2. |
Existing herd sires (all bulls used for
breeding) shall be genotyped and have the report on file prior to the
registration of any calves sired by those bulls and born after December
31, 2009. |
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3. |
All genotyping shall be done at the owners
expense by the ADCA's designated Laboratory. (Texas A&M)
Genotyping done by other Labs will be accepted if: |
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A. When the outside test results are
fully compatible (for determining parentage) with the testing by the ADCA
Lab of contact. |
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B. Test results must be submitted
directly from Lab facility to Lab facility not by/from individuals. |
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C. Texas A&M will charge the owner a
processing fee of $5 to enter outside test results into the ADCA
database. |
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D. Once on file at Texas A&M,
Texas A&M will send a Genotype report to you, to send to the Registar.
If this is not followed, it will not be accepted. |
Notes: The meeting was called to
order December 20th at 10:05, there were 3 members present. Anne Feltus was appointed
secretary and recorded the minutes. The proposal passed with a vote of 111 in
favor and 72 opposed.
A follow up meeting
was held on Sunday the 28th to tally the additional proxies which were received
with a valid post mark but not available for the initial count. I felt this was
critical since the time frame was short and the time of year also caused delays.
The SOP on meetings will include more realistic time frames for the postmark
date vs. meeting date. There were 25 proxies opened and tallied at the meeting.
12 were in support of the program and 13 were opposed. The final tallies of the
two meetings is 123 in support, 85 opposed 7 were postmarked after the 17th and
were not tallied. All proxies will be archived with the secretary.
David Jones
President
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Breeders are encouraged to have all
herd sires/breeding bulls genotyped as soon as possible rather than
waiting for the deadline. |
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Instructions and application forms
are available as PDF attachments which can be
downloaded here. They are also
available by USPS mail from Pam Malcuit, 17087 Dixie Farms Lane, Iola,
TX 77861. Be sure to specify the number of animals to be genotyped
if requesting applications via USPS mail. |
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The current cost of the genotype
test is $25 per animal. The person submitting the application will
receive two official copies of each report from the lab. One copy
of the report must be mailed to the ADCA Registar, Chuck Daggett, 4150
Merino Avenue, Watertown, MN 55388. If registering an animal
on-line, include the Accession number of the animal's report in the
comments field at the bottom of the application and mail the report to
Chuck Daggett. If registering an animal by USPS mail, include the
animal's genotype report with the registration application.
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Please note that there must be no
discrepancy between the information on the genotype report and the
animal's registration or registration application.
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Call for Articles...
The ADCA is looking for Articles pertaining to basic subjects, herd health,
conformation,
milking, raising quality beef (grass and grain), halter training, rotational
grazing and more!
Please submit articles to
Anne Feltusfor
inclusion in the Dexter Bulletin
and Chuck
Daggett for inclusion on
www.dextercattle.org
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Classified
advertising is limited to Dexters or Dexter semen exclusively and is subject to
approval by the ADCA. Prices for animals will not be published. See
AI Bulls page for requirements for advertising semen.
Make checks payable to...
American Dexter Cattle Association
and mail to...
Anne Feltus, Editor
5815 Tammy Drive
Manvel, TX 77578
ADCA Classification Program
(Final Draft):
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ADCA
Classification Worksheet
ADCA
Classification Application
For more information, contact
Patti Adams:
phone
(785) 836-3065
email
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