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From the A.M.B.A. President’s Desk
In establishing our registry protocols, one tried and true method was always the one experts recommended as the most proven and reliable… Chain of Custody tracking.
It means that there must be a provable path of ownership to maintain an active registration status in the herd book.
For example, you buy a registered hog or hogs from a member with Certificates of Registration. Those hogs are transferred in your name in a timely manner. Then, your registered hogs have a litter. You, then, register piglets from that litter. You provide the new owner of each piglet a Certificate of Registration in a timely manner. They then transfer ownership to their name in a timely manner… and so on and so forth.
No. It doesn’t exist… yet. It is a goal of the association to develop a genetic testing program for the association in the near future. But, in the meantime, we work with Chain of Custody protocol.
Skipped ownership is the most common way that it’s broken. In other words, if someone buys a hog, sells it to someone else and never transfers it to their name prior to the sale, they’ve broken the chain of custody.
Also, if ear tag confirmation is requested and unavailable or unmatching, Chain of Custody is considered broken.
Sometimes, but not always. It’s a very arduous process that can take months to rebuild. All fees must be paid, including a membership and transfer fee for the skipped owner, for example.
Sadly, the hogs are denied entry or removed from the herd book.
That’s easy. 2 things.
1- Keep great records, including Certificates of Registration current
2- Buy from an association member with verifiable data
If you have questions, reach out to us at ambameishan@gmail.com
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