General Rules: Rules on individual animal certificates

Basic rules

1. An official certificate issued by an ICAR Member should contain all the information essential to establishing the identity and value of an animal.
2. An official certificate must clearly indicate the recording methods used to produce the official record.
3. An official certificate must contain the latest information available on the date of issue.
4. Where any estimated information is included in an official certificate, this must be clearly indicated.

The following details must be reported

1. The (ICAR member) organisation issuing the certificate.
2. The date of issue of the Certificate.
3. The identity number and name of the animal.
4. The animal s "original number" and name, if different.
5. The date of birth of the animal.
6. The identity and names of the animal, sire and dam and of its grand sires and grand dams.
7. The breed of the animal, or in the case of cross breed animals, the main breed percentages in the animal s breeding.
8. The sex of the animal.
9. That the animal is a known carrier of a genetic defect, defined by the International Breed Federation concerned.

The following details may be reported

1. The name and address of the breeder of the animal.
2. The date of the animal moved to the present location, if other than the date of birth.
3. The date of commencement and the end date for each period production record.
4. The events which started and ended each production period.
5. The individual recording day production records.
6. Any health event recorded for the animal.
7. The dates and service sire of any recorded services.
8. The identity and sex of any progeny of the animal.
9. If the animal has been flushed to produced ova, the flushing dates and the number of viable ova collected.
10. If the animal has been used as a 'recipient following ET, the date of transfer, the genetic sire and dam of the embryo and the sex of the embryo.
11. The fertility records of the animal, including its current fertility status.
12. Additional traits records and evaluations, such as milkability and locomotion scores.
13. That the animal is dead.
14. The number of true recording (no missing values) contained in the record for each production period.
15. The name of the register in which the record is held
16. The animal s genetic evaluations.
17. The animal s records of production.
18. The animal s type classification evaluations.
19. Any events which have significantly affected the animal's records.
20. The location of the animal on the date of the last recording.
21. The methodology used in the production of the record, where this is other than the Reference Method.