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AICA
REGISTRATION
Quick Review
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.
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
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
Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet
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.
Registration Form and Weaning Worksheet
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.
Registration Form and
Weaning Worksheet
Question:
Answer:
What about
registering ET
calves?
ET calves are
registered as
always. Blank
multiple forms are
available.
Registration Form and
Weaning Worksheet
Question:
Answer: No
Do ET calves
cost more to
register?
For WHR members
ET calves cost
$12.00 per
registration and
receive one free
transfer.
Registration Form and
Weaning Worksheet
Question:
My recipient cows
are enrolled
Charolais females.
What will the fee be
to register her ET
calf?
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.
Guidelines for creating
contemporary groups:
(as recommended by the Beef Improvement Federation – BIF)
*** managed the same
*** weighed on the same day
Days in age limits:
• Weaning weights:
*140 – 270
• Yearling Weights:
* 270 – 430
(must have at least 70 days between
weigh dates)
(*BIF guidelines)
Performance & Registration Progress Report
(weaning and yearling)
Performance & Registration
progress report
Question:
Answer:
Why didn’t the
calves I
submitted
together, index
together?
Basic contemporary
group guidelines
allow for some
exception.
EXCEPTIONS!!!
Always in a single animal group:
(index will be 100)
• ET calves
• Twins
Performance & Registration
progress report
Question:
Answer:
I want to report
animals in one
large yearling
group from
several smaller
weaning groups.
Animals must remain
in the same
contemporary group at
yearling as they were
in at weaning.
Expected Progeny Differences…
• EPD with Accuracy
figures
• Non – parent EPDS
• Interim EPDs
• Pedigree estimated
EPDs
EPDs with an Accuracy
• EPDs are figured for the Association by the
University of Georgia.
• Based the animal’s own performance plus
performance records of progeny and relatives.
• Higher accuracy figures mean more reliable EPD
numbers.
• Will be used to estimate for progeny.
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.
Interim EPD
• EPD is calculated at AICA and used between
Georgia runs.
• Animal’s 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.
Pedigree Estimated EPD
• Simply an average of
the dam and sire’s
EPD.
• No performance data
on the individual
animal is used.
• Will not be used to
estimate progeny
EPDS.
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