REGISTRATION AND TRANSFERS
The American Milking Shorthorn Society (AMSS) records registrations and makes transfers into the Official Herdbook and Appendix Registries of the Milking Shorthorn breed. For the lowest rates, breeders are encouraged to register animals at a young age and become a member of both state and national Milking Shorthorn societies.

Registration of purebred Milking Shorthorns is an investment in your future. A registered Milking Shorthorn has a perminant record of its ancestry and has an increased sale value. The AMSS will also record an embryo in the ET Identification program and transfers of embryo ownership. Only correct registration and transfers allow the progeny of an animal to be registered.

THE APPLICATION
The application has two parts. The long narrow one on the left side is for your reference until the certificate of application arrives. The larger part is to be sent to the AMSS office along with the correct fees.

• TATTOO: All animals registered with AMSS must have an identifying tattoo. The tattoo can be in the left or right ear or both ears. This tattoo can be made up of any combination of numbers and letters. Note: vaccination tattoos are usually in the right ear, but is not considered to be the identifying tattoo. It is recommended that at least two digit be used. Suggestions for tattoo are: 5105, for May 10, 1995, the animals date of birth; L21, the breeders initial with consecutive numbered animals, or any other numerical/alphabetical system.
• GRADE-UP: Check YES only if the animal is the result of breeding a full herdbook animal with an unregistered Milking Shorthorn and is a female. All others, check NO.
• HORNED OR POLLED: Horned refers to an animal that was born with horns, whether or not the breeder removed them. Polled will result in a P suffix on the animal's name.
• TYPE OF BREEDING: Was the animal bred naturally or artifical inseminated, or the result of embryo transplant? Check the appropriate box.
• NAME: The name must be limited to 30 spaces. This includes all suffixes that apply. For example, EXP - experimental (a female the result of breeding a full herdbook animal to a birth record animal), P - polled, PS - polled sport, S - beef shorthorn bloodlines, OC -off color (full herdbook animal with color or spots other than red, white or roan). If the dam was bred when you purchased her, you must use the breeders prefix. A cow's name should be feminine and a bull's name should be masculine.

  COLOR Red Red & White (R&W) Red, Little White (RLW) Red w/ White Marks (RWM) Roan Lt. Roan Dk. Roan	OFF COLOR Black Black and white Black with white marks Blue Roan Brindle (red, white, black)

• DATE CALVED: Date of birth.
• SIRE: Full name and registration number of sire.
• DAM: Full name and registration number of sire.
• DAM'S SIRE: Full name and registration number.
• DATE DAM BRED TO ABOVE GIVEN SIRE: Exact date of A.I. breeding or range of dates that the dam was pasture exposed.
• SIGNATURE OF BREEDER OF CALF: Signature of the owner of the dam at the time of breeding.
• SIGNATURE OF OWNER OF DAM AT DATE OF CALVING: Signature of the owner of the dam at the time the calf was born. Not necessary if the owner is also the breeder.
• APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP: Full name of person the animal is being transferred to with complete address, date of sale and the signature of the seller are all necessary for the transfer.