The following article is intended to answer some of the most common questions and requests that come into our Registration Department.  If your answer isn’t found here, please don’t hesitate to contact us at maine@kc.rr.com or 816-431-9950.  Office hours are Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; summer hours Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Membership
One must be an active member in order to submit registrations and/or transfers.  Membership is $100 for adults, which does include a subscription to the Voice magazine; $25 for juniors (one is a junior until their 21st birthday).  Dues are for a calendar year (January – December).  One can submit a new membership or pay annual dues online from our website at www.maine-anjou.org by clicking on ‘Online Membership’.  Please note we do insert a Dues-Reminder envelope in the November/December Voice each year, for the next calendar year. 
We also have available first-class shipping for the Voice for $20 per subscription.

MAPP or Breeders Choice
All members must designate their herd as either MAPP or BC.  For more information visit our website under ‘Special News’ dated 8-9-08, to view and print the brochure.  If you do not designate your herd prior to sending work, you will automatically be enrolled in the Breeders Choice program.

Rush Work

Rush work is $25 per eight registrations or transfers.  Like all registration work, we need complete payment before we can send your papers.  Rushed work is handled ahead of the other work that is in our office; if everything is complete (registration information and payment), the rushed work will be mailed the next business day from when it is submitted.  We do not have same-day turn-around.

Submitting Registration Work
Our office does not take registrations over the phone.  You can submit a registration application by mail, via our website through the online registration screen, or by fax (see below for both faxed work and online registrations).   During the fall/winter season, please allow two weeks for turn-around on your registration work (if not a rush).

Faxed Work

All faxed work is considered and treated as a rush.  A follow-up phone call after faxing registration work is MANDATORY in order to complete the rush process.  Again, payment must be complete before we can send your papers.  We do accept American Express, MasterCard or Visa for your convenience.  Online payment is now available on our website.

Overnight Shipping

We can ship your papers to you overnight; however, we will need a physical address and phone number to do so.  The basic fee for overnight shipping is $25-$30, which must be paid in advance.  In some cases the amount may exceed $30, depending on the area to which the article is being shipped.

Online Registrations

Before you can register online, you must have a password.  This can be letters, numbers, or a combination and of any length.  Please choose a password you can remember easily (we DO NOT recommend using your Herd Prefix as a password).  E-mail your choice of password along with your name and breeder number to the AMAA office at maine@kc.rr.com.  You will receive a reply, via e-mail, confirming you are now ready to register online.  Online registrations are NOT handled as rushes under normal circumstances.  Another important note in regard to online registrations is we ask you to please e-mail us after submitting any onlines to let us know how many you have recorded.  (Send to registrar@kc.rr.com please.)

DNA Typing (Parent Verification)

Dams:  Prior to registering ET calves, all donor dams must be DNA typed and TH/PHA tested and on file in the AMAA office.  Registration papers will NOT be mailed from our office if the donor does not have DNA on file.  This applies to registered Maine-Anjou donors AND commercial donor dams.  If you are unsure if a dam has been typed, please call our office.  You need to allow up to three weeks for DNA results to be processed from the lab as well as three weeks for TH/PHA testing.
Bulls:  All bulls that have been collected for marketing OR for home use are also to be DNA typed and TH/PHA tested and on file in our office.  Registrations out of AI sires that have not been typed will be held.
Please call our office if you need any DNA kits.  There is a $35 fee per requested kit.

TH/PHA Testing
Bulls:  Bulls that have not been tested for TH and PHA, and are not free by parentage, will be registered, but their registration paper will be marked "U" or "Untested" in regard to genetic abnormality status.
Dams:  Prior to registering ET calves, all donor dams must be tested for TH and PHA, and on file in the AMAA office.  Registration papers will not be mailed from our office if the donor does not have TH and PHA status on file.  This applies to registered and commercial donor dams.  You need to allow at least three weeks for samples to be processed.
Sires:  All bulls that have been collected for marketing OR for home use are also to be tested for TH and PHA and on file in our office.  Registrations out of AI sires that have not been tested TH and PHA typed will be held. 
You can obtain the necessary forms and information on these tests at our website www.maine-anjou.org (click on Genetic Abnormality Information) or contact us at 816-431-9950.

Registration Processing

We try very hard to handle all registrations in a timely manner with as few errors as possible.  In the same token, we appreciate you taking time to look over your application to be sure everything is complete by asking yourself the following prior to mailing or faxing to our office. 

• Have I written down the complete tattoo? (Tattoos need herd prefix, a number you assign to the animal, and the year letter.)  Year letter 2007: T  2008: U  2009: W (note we skip the letter V)  2010:  X
• Complete birth date. (Month, day, year)
• Sex of calf.  (If it’s a bull, write B – if it’s a steer, write S)
• Are the registration numbers of the sire and dam written correctly?  If either parent is not registered, please provide:
• animal’s ID
• breed composition
• birthdate or year of birth (if the dam will be retained in your herd)
• Have you submitted horned, polled or scurred?      
• Written the animal’s color?
• Given birth weight, calving ease, weaning weight and date?  (If weights have not been taken, please write “Not Available” or “N/A”)
• Given the calf a name?
• If transferred, legibly written the buyer’s name, complete address and date of sale?
• Again, if transferred, check if the registration paper should be sent to the buyer or back to the seller?

Our registration applications have a copy for breeders to retain for reference.  Please make sure you keep the yellow copy.  If any information is incomplete when we receive the work, we do try to contact breeders for corrections.  Timeliness in responding to phone or e-mail messages in order to complete the registration work is appreciated.  Registration forms are available to print from www.maine-anjou.org as well, for your convenience.

Transfers

If transferring an animal that is already registered, the transfer must be completed on the back of the original registration paper (please include the date of sale).  When transferring a female of breeding age, we are requesting that breeding information be submitted.  Complete information with dates and names of sires is required.  PLEASE NOTE that the seller is REQUIRED to be an ACTIVE MEMBER when sending transfers.  If the seller is NOT active and the buyer sends the transfer, then the BUYER will be charged the seller’s dues.

Percentage and Upgrading Chart
Please refer to our ‘Percentage and Upgrading’ Chart for mating combinations and resulting percentages of progeny.  (That can be found on our website under ‘Breed Information’.)  NOTE that 25% is our lowest percentage to register; Mainetainers are 25% to 62.5% (green registration papers); higher percentage animals are 75% - 100% (brown registration papers).

Registering Bulls
Bulls must be sired by a) registered M-A bulls, or b) registered bulls of another breed (see ‘Adding Other Breeds Pedigrees’ below).

Registering Steers
AMAA Rules and Regulations state steers must be sired by registered Maine-Anjou bulls.  Although “other breed” bulls can be registered with the association, their progeny (steers) do not qualify for Maine-Anjou shows requiring papers and the steers are not eligible for registration with the AMAA.

Adding Other Breeds Pedigrees
“Other breed” pedigrees can be added to the registration of an animal for either the sire or the dam.  The fee to add a bull’s pedigree is $35 and to add a female’s pedigree is $20.  Please send along a copy of the registration paper for each particular animal and include the proper fee.

Semen Certificates

The sires listed below require a semen certificate before their calves (75 percent or above*) can be registered.  Please note certificates are not required when registering steers.  *BK Euchee 694N requires certificates on all heifers and bulls, regardless of percent. 

We are here to serve the membership and encourage you to contact the office if we can be of assistance in any way. 

-AMAA Registration Department
maine@kc.rr.com
Phone 813.431.9950    Fax 816.431.9951