|
|
EMBRYO / OOCYTE TRANSFER Embryo and oocyte transfer are processes of taking the embryo from one mare and placing it in the womb of another mare to carry to term. Embryo transfer: the donor mare is bred and the fertilized egg is removed and placed into a recipient mare. Oocyte transfer: an unfertilized egg is removed from the donor mare and placed into a recipient mare and the recipient mare is then bred. In both cases, the donor mare is the actual dam of the resulting foal. The recipient mare acts as a surrogate. If you have horses that were not registered because of rule 212(a), or offspring thereof, and you now wish to register those horses, we will need the following information in addition to all other registration requirements: 1. Original application signed by the mare owner at time of foaling (at time of breeding if an embryo transfer foal) along with the breeder's certificate section signed by the mare owner and stallion owner at time of breeding. If you applied for registration on an earlier date, and we have your original application on file, please notify us and we will begin the registration process of your horse(s). 2. If the additional horse(s) was the product of embryo transfer, its dam must be enrolled in the embryo transfer program for the breeding season that produced it. The enrollment fee is $100 for members and $135 for nonmembers.
3.Refer to the fee schedule for registration cost. 4. Parentage verification through DNA testing of the offspring, sire and dam must be performed. The fee is $35 for each horse to be tested. If the offspring has been registered with another organization and DNA tested through that organization, we can accept a copy of the results so long as the testing was performed by Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the University of California at Davis, and we are provided with an identity statement signed by the owner of the horse at time of testing (click here to get the DNA Identity form). If the testing was by another lab, we will be unable to accept those results and you will need to retest. If the horse is Impressive progeny it will also need to be tested for HYPP if the progeny parent does not have N/N results on file. This test fee is $40. 5. If the horse has changed ownership since foaling, we will need transfer reports from the owner at time of foaling and all other owners up to the point of the current ownership. The transfer fee is $15 for each transfer processed. The ultimate owner must be a current member or pay non-member fees. 6. If you have offspring of these unregistered horses, you should also apply for those registrations at the same time, even if you are lacking some of the required documentation. We encourage you to do so now to lock in the lowest registration fee. We will hold the file in pending until all the registration requirements have been met. Please note that if the horse has been registered with another organization, we cannot accept their registration documents (application, breeder's certificate or stallion breeding report) to register the horse with AQHA. The registration application and breeder's certificate must be on an AQHA form and signed by the appropriate people. All other registration requirements must be met as well. Please click here to download a registration application. If you have further questions regarding this, please contact us at registration@aqha.org. (a) A horse foaled by a mare that is not its genetic dam but transferred to her by embryo/oocyte transfer technique shall be eligible for registration. In addition to other AQHA registration rules,the offspring shall not be eligible for registration unless: (1) Prior to the intended collection of the fertilized egg, record owner or lessee has notified AQHA in writing of its intention to attempt an embryo/oocyte transfer and has paid the proper fee as per rule 222. For mare enrollments received after collection of the embryo/oocyte, but prior to foaling, a late fee of $25 will be assessed,in addition to fees required by rule 222. For mare enrollments received after foaling, a late fee of $50 will be assessed, in addition to fees required by rule 222. This enrollment must be made each year that a transfer is to be performed, and once made, the fee is not refundable, nor can any substitution be made. (2) Its pedigree has been verified through genetic testing of foal, sire and donor mare; and by such other testing as AQHA reasonably deems necessary to verify the validity of the genetic testing, all expense of which shall be the registration applicant’s. (b) The enrollment notice must be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to preserve for the record owner or lessee of the donor mare, the only acceptable proof to AQHA of timely compliance, if such proof is requested. (c) In accordance with AQHA-approved procedures, an embryo/oocyte transfer may be transported from the premises where the donor mare was located at the time of its removal from her for use in a recipient mare at another location. To be eligible for such transportation, notice of intention to transport the embryo/oocyte transfer shall be given AQHA in conjunction with the advanced notice of intended collection specified above. (d) If a mare is designated with AQHA for embryo/oocyte transfer but the procedure is not attempted regarding the mare in the designated year to avoid necessity of genetic testing for parentage verification, AQHA must be notified in writing by December 31 of the designated year that the owner has elected not to attempt embryo/oocyte transfer. Without such notice, a foal produced the following year by designated mare is not eligible for registration without genetic testing for parentage verification. (e) In the event a mare owner wishes to sell a mare, but retain rights to use frozen embryos, he may purchase frozen embryo permits for $50 each from AQHA. The application for purchase of a permit must be on a form provided by AQHA. Once a mare is sold, a former owner cannot purchase additional permits from AQHA. (1) The application for a frozen embryo permit must be signed by both the mare owner and the stallion owner at time of breeding. This permit, when used to register a foal, will serve as both the stallion breeding report and the breeder’s certificate. (2) Each of the frozen embryo permits purchased may be used for the registration of only one foal. AQHA will record the number of outstanding certificates for each individual mare and that number will be a matter of public record. It is the ultimate responsibility of a prospective buyer to confirm with the seller, the number of outstanding permit applications not yet recorded on AQHA records as of the date of sale. (3) The ownership of the permit may be transferred. Each transfer of ownership of the embryo permit shall be recorded by AQHA. The rules for transfer of ownership as listed in rule 224 for transfer of ownership of a horse shall apply, except the request for transfer of the permit shall be accompanied by the embryo permit instead of the certificate of registration. (4) When a frozen embryo permit is used to register a foal, the owner of the permit shall sign the registration application as the owner at time foaling. (f) When a foal is produced by an embryo/oocyte transfer, such fact will be listed on its registration certificate. (g) AQHA may inspect the premises and practices of any party using or intending to use embryo/oocyte transfer procedures. (h) The burden of verifying true parentage is the registration applicant’s, and any question of parentage shall be resolved against the registration of a horse carried by a recipient mare through embryo/oocyte transfer.
| ||||||||||||||
 
|