How To Register Your American Miniature Horse from the AMHA | Page 28
DNA TESTING
All horses registered with the AMHA after 1996, must undergo DNA testing. Before you
panic and try to find a geneticist or call your veterinarian, read over the following steps
and information. This is literally as easy as pulling hair.
You may either request a DNA Sampling Kit or Parentage Qualification for your horse. A
DNA Sampling Kit MUST BE completed before a Parentage Qualification test can be run.
An example of the DNA Sampling Kit is on the following page. So what's the difference
betwen DNA Testing and Parent Qualification?
TEST
WHAT YOU RECEIVE
FROM AMHA
HOW TO
- A form with your horse's
name on it that you need to - Pull approximately 50 hairs from the
sign and return to AMHA.
mane. This number helps ensure that
roots are available for testing by the lab.
- A form to send to the lab
DNA
with a horse hair sample
- Tape the samples to the lab form and
SAMPLING KIT
attached.
send in envelope provided to the lab.
- You can request to receive - Be sure that you return the AMHA
these forms via mail, e-mail form to us.
or fax.
FINAL RESULTS YOU WILL RECEIVE
- A report with your horse's genetic
markers will be processed by the lab. The
results are returned to the AMHA, and will
then be sent on to you.
PLEASE NOTE: Unless you happen to be a
geneticist, these results will not mean a
thing to you. They will be the identifying
markers of the horse.
Did you get your DNA test results back and want to rip your own hair out? Doesn't
make much sense to you does it? Don't worry, it does to us. However, if you would
like to go one step further and Parent Qualify your horse, we promise to send you a
report that you can understand and will verify the pedigree's authenticity on your
Registration Certificate.
PLEASE NOTE: If you select to have your horse Parent Qualified and the resulting report excludes
either parent on the registration form, you papers will be voided until the correct parents are located.
TEST
STEP 1
- Verify that both the sire
and dam of your horse
have DNA test results on
file with the AMHA. The
PARENT
QUALIFICATION easiest way to do this is to
call us at 817.783.5600 or
e-mail
[email protected].
STEP 2
- Submit a Request for DNA Sampling. This
test can be done at the same time as the
initial DNA report that is generated for your
horse or performed at a later date. Please
note that Parent Qualification is not required
unless you are notified by the Registration
Department. .
FINAL RESULTS YOU WILL RECEIVE
- A report that proves who the sire
and dam of your horse are.
- The opportunity to request a new
Registration Certificate. This
certificate is blue and indicates that
the horse has been Parent Qualified.
DNA testing can prove the genetic makeup and
parentage of your horse. Additional testing is availabl