Understanding a Pedigree Certificate

Each herdbook registered animal receives an original and individual certificate of his/her ancestry, extending back three generations.

The herdbook certificate captures a multitude of information on the animal including registration status, predicted genetic merit, the recorded performance of paternal and maternal lines and genetic merit assessment extract from the database.

A new addition to the Herdbook certificate is a column to capture IHFA classification score of conformation, to be officially recorded signed and stamped at each inspection by the IHFA classifier only.

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IHFA Pedigree Certificate (Zootechnical Certificate - ZC)

IHFA Herdbook Certificate

On the reverse of the pedigree certificate is the EU regulated certificate (EU Animal Breeding Regulation [Regulation 2016/1012]). This is a universal format throughout the EU region and is accepted for the export of pedigree animals EU-wide.

EU IHFA Herdbook Certificate

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IHFA Pedigree Certificate (Zootechnical Certificate - ZC)