Click here for the Fee Schedule which outlines what is included in the Whole Herd Enrollment fee.

Registration Update

This year, in an effort to simplify data collection and improve service, breeders simply need to review their inventory and identify those animals that have been disposed. The remaining females on inventory will automatically be enrolled if a disposal code is not included. This change is designed to reduce the paperwork required of WHE herds and enhance the level of complete reporting.

A new addition to the report is the ability to capture heifer pregnancy data. All non-disposed yearling heifers now appear at the end of the enrolment listing, and breeders wishing to participate in heifer pregnancy work can enter either a disposal code, or a breeding code and resulting pregnancy test result. Heifers kept as replacement females can be enrolled as per the enclosed fee schedule.

As before, WHE breeders can submit all data and register and transfer offspring born to WHE cows during the enrolment year. Complete herd data submitted through the WHE program will continue to be sent to the genetic evaluation and will be the driving force behind EPDs for the Limousin breed.

Dam

Tattoo, Name, Regnum

This section is pre-printed with the tattoo, name and CLA registration number of the dam. Females are printed in tattoo order by year of birth. If the dam does not appear on the page, simply add her on the bottom of the form. All active yearling females will print at the end of the listing. This is for the collection of heifer pregnancy data. If you wish to participate, please indicate a breeding code and a resulting pregnancy test result for all heifers that were exposed to breeding in 2006. For females that were not exposed, please indicate an appropriate disposal code.

Breeding

Breeding information is used to provide an objective reporting measure for production, and to establish fertility trait measurement.

1. Sire Reg – enter the CLA registration number of the sire used to breed the cow.
2. Sire Tattoo – enter the tattoo of the sire used to breed the cow.
3. I/Nat – complete the box with an A if the breeding was done using artificial insemination, N for natural service
4. From – enter the AI or observed breeding date, or the date the sire was turned out with the female in year/month/day format. (Eg: 2005/06/15 is June 15, 2005)
5. To – enter the date the sire was pulled, in the case of natural service in year/month/day format.
6. Fall Spr F/S – enter ‘F’ if the animal is a fall calver. If the animal is a spring calver enter ‘S’ or leave the space blank.
7. Preg Y/N – if the dam was pregnancy tested and confirmed pregnant enter Y (Yes). If the dam was tested and confirmed open enter N (No). If the dam was not preg-tested leave this space blank.
8. Breeding Code – enter the three digit breeding code to describe how the cow was bred. (see below)
9. Disp Code – enter the three digit disposal code, if the dam was removed from the herd. (see below)
10. Disposal Date – enter the date the female was removed from the herd in year/month/day format.

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Breeding Codes
100	Cow exposed
101	Cow calved
102	Dry (cow calved but did not wean a calf)
103	Cow lost calf but raised foster calf
104	Open (did not conceive)
105	Cow used as embryo donor cow
106	Cow used as recipient
107	Cow not exposed
108	Aborted or otherwise lost calf before due date
109	Bred Commercial

Cow Disposal Codes
01	(or blank) Active	308	Aborted
201	Died-Illness	309	Prolapsed
202	Died-Injury/accidental	310	Reproductive disease
203	Died-Calving difficulty	311	Poor body condition (unthrifty)
204	Died old age	312	Poor udder-teats
205	Died-Disease	313	Bad feet
301	Sold as Commercial breeding animal	314	Structurally unsound
302	Calf Performance/Productivity	315	Poor temperament
303	Low production value (not reproduction or performance related)	316	Injury
304	Old age	317	Injury
305	Infertile	318	Genetic defect
306	Cow calved but did not wean calf	319	Cancer eye, etc
307	Calving difficulty	320	Leased
		321	Missing or stolen

Important Note: Complete performance information is encouraged on all producing females, as it greatly improves the quality of the data, and the ensuing genetic evaluation. It is requested that should you choose to collect a piece of information through WHE that it is collected on all on all animals in the herd. For example, should you choose to collect weaning weights, every calf in the herd should be weighed and reported, if possible.

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