View source for General Rules: Rules on individual animal certificates

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

==The following details must be reported==
# The (ICAR member) organisation issuing the certificate.
# The date of issue of the Certificate.
# The identity number and name of the animal.
# The animal s "original number" and name, if different.
# The date of birth of the animal.
# The identity and names of the animal, sire and dam and of its grand sires and grand dams.
# The breed of the animal, or in the case of cross breed animals, the main breed percentages in the animal s breeding.
# The sex of the animal.
# That the animal is a known carrier of a genetic defect, defined by the International Breed Federation concerned.
==The following details may be reported==
# The name and address of the breeder of the animal.
# The date of the animal moved to the present location, if other than the date of birth.
# The date of commencement and the end date for each period production record.
# The events which started and ended each production period.
# The individual recording day production records.
# Any health event recorded for the animal.
# The dates and service sire of any recorded services.
# The identity and sex of any progeny of the animal.
# If the animal has been flushed to produced ova, the flushing dates and the number of viable ova collected.
# 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.
# The fertility records of the animal, including its current fertility status.
# Additional traits records and evaluations, such as milkability and locomotion scores.
# That the animal is dead.
# The number of true recording (no missing values) contained in the record for each production period.
# The name of the register in which the record is held
# The animal s genetic evaluations.
# The animal s records of production.
# The animal s type classification evaluations.
# Any events which have significantly affected the animal's records.
# The location of the animal on the date of the last recording.
# The methodology used in the production of the record, where this is other than the Reference Method.