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ASA New 800 Number

The American Shorthorn has a new toll-free phone number 1-877-272-0686 Notice: The ASA staff have a weekly staff meeting at 8:30 am on Tuesdays. If you are calling the office for assistance, please be aware that we will be unable to assist you during this time. Thank you for your understanding - ASA staff ______________________________________________________________________

Announcements

State Cooperative Advertising Program

This is a great program that gives state associations the opportunity to save on their own budget and take advantage of the funds of the National Campaign. The ASA would like state associations to take advantage of this effort as a way to increase exposure of the Shorthorn breed in the livestock industry and gain state recognition.

Want to know more about the program?      View the ad selection here!

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AVOID THE RUSH FEE: Please make note of the following deadline dates.

Show                            Entry Due Date             Registration App. Due                Ownership Date

KILE                           August 31                           August 15                                       June 1

American Royal           September 10                     August 27                                       September 10

NAILE                         October 1                          September 17                                  July 31

NWSS                          November 20                    November 4                                   November 20

The rush fee for registrations is $100 per animal for any work requested for completion within 72 hours or less of it being received by the ASA. Payment must accompany work (credit card information may be called in). Please follow-up with a phone call on all faxes.

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Breeders' Cup Nominations

Nomination Deadline Extended to September 1: Nominate your herd as a NAILE Steer Futurity Breeders' Cup Sponsor for 2008. Any steer bred by you or your family will then be eligible for the Breeders' Cup prize money. The more participants, the bigger the jackpot. Do you and your customers a favor by sending in $100 per divison nomination (Purebred or ShorthornPlus).

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NOTICE: ASA RULE CHANGES & UPDATES:

  • To increase compatibility between ShorthornPlus and Durham Red registries, animals from ¼ blood to 7/8 blood Shorthorn are eligible for registration in the ShorthornPlus herdbook beginning July 1, 2008. 
  • To be eligible for ASA-sanctioned shows beginning in the 2009/2010 PACE show season, ShorthornPlus and Durham Red animals that are registered less than ½ Shorthorn blood, must be sired by a half-blood or higher registered Shorthorn bull. 
  • Tattoos are limited to eight characters, including the year code if used. 
  • All AI sire, donor dams, and cloned animals must have a PHA genetic defect test result (in addition to the already required TH genetic defect test result and DNA genotype) on record with the ASA prior to registering progeny beginning September 1, 2008.  
  • ASA members may register their herd prefix (up to four characters). Preference will be given to those who first used the prefix and when applications for registering the prefix were made to the ASA. Herd prefix registration applications can be found on the ASA website or by contacting the ASA office.

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NOTICE: PHA REQUIREMENT- Effective September 1, 2008 – The required genetic defect status for all donor dams, AI sires, and cloned animals must include PHA results. If TH and PHA results have not been completed, registrations and the issuing of AI certificates may be delayed. If animals have been tested for TH, you may contact Mindy at AgriGenomics (217-762-9808) with the Lab ID number and have them run the PHA test on the sample already submitted for $15. If you have not completed any genetic defect testing, please follow the instructions for submission by clicking here.

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ONLINE REGISTRATION

Online Registration is available for SHORTHORNPlus and PUREBRED animals. Please note - ShorthornPlus online registration is only available if the Dam and Sire are NOT initial entries*.

* Initial entries are those that have not had progeny registered with the ASA or have not been identified in the ASA herd book. For initial entry eligibility complete 'Initial Entry' section on the ShorthornPlus/Durham Red Registration application.

Click here for online registrations - http://online.shorthorn.org 

Click here for online registration instructions

You will need to contact Gwen Reynolds (gwen@shorthorn.org) for a password before you attempt to logon.

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ASA Office Hours

The ASA office hours reflect the actual working hours of staff and were created to better assist breeders during the week. The office will be open from 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CST, Monday-Thursday and from 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. CST on Friday.

TH Testing/DNA Genotyping

Forms to complete Genetic Defect Testing and DNA genotyping/parental verification can be found by clicking here!

 

The current DNA genotype and TH/PHA genetic defect status list can be found by clicking here!