RULE UPDATES FROM 5TH & 6TH November NZHA Council Meeting:
- Rules and Regulations 13a: All animals, embryos and semen imported to New Zealand after 1 November 2017, are to be SNP DNA tested (minimum 50K) and correctly parent verified (including sire and dam DNA profiles) with the documents lodged with the NZ Hereford Association office prior to entry to New Zealand. Rule changes by omitting “including sire and dam DNA profiles” to : All animals, embryos and semen imported to New Zealand after 1 November 2017, are to be SNP DNA tested (minimum 50K) and correctly parent verified, with the documents lodged with the NZ Hereford Association office prior to entry to New Zealand.
- Rules and Regulations: Artificial Insemination Regulations Section B: rule d : changed from’ six generations’ to “A pedigree must be submitted with the application extended to five generations”
- Fees: Female Fees to be increased by CPI
- Imported Semen fee increase by $25 to cover the genotype sharing cost to total $175 plus GST