RULES & REGULATIONS
apply and pay the yearly fee for the transported semen
permit (see fee schedule).
This permit is effective for the calendar year (January 1 –
December 31) during which the semen must be collected and
used. The permit fee is non-refundable or transferable. In
addition to hand or pasture breeding mares, a stallion will be
limited to twenty (20) mares exposed to transported semen
during any one calendar year.
a. This permit will:
(1) Be issued to the stallion owner upon receipt of the
above fee and the blood/DNA genetic testing of the
stallion on record with AMHA
(2) Identify the stallion from which the collection is
to be taken.
3. Once a permit has been issued, a collection insemination
report must be completed and sent with each insemination
by the stallion owner. This report requires a portion to be
completed and mailed to the AMHA by the mare owner.
This report will certify the identity of the collected stallion
and date as well as the inseminated mare and date. The
collection and insemination shall be overseen/conducted
by licensed veterinarians/technicians as attested by their
signatures certifying that the appropriate stallion and mare
have been correctly identified from the horses’ original
registration certificates.
4. The mare owner shall contact the stallion owner to arrange
for the transportation of semen. Any fees charged by the
stallion owner in connection with providing the transported
semen are between the mare owner and the stallion owner.
5. If using cooled semen the mare must be inseminated
within seventy-two (72) hours of collection.
6. Should the mare for which a collection insemination
certificate was issued not conceive within the calendar year,
the stallion owner must apply for a new permit and fee paid
before insemination with transported semen is attempted in
the subsequent calendar year.
7. Prior to the completion of the registration application
for a foal conceived through the use of transported semen,
the applicant shall have the blood/DNA genetic testing of
the dam and the foal on record with AMHA, and the foal’s
parentage must be verified.
8. There will be a $500 penalty fee per incident for
transporting semen without a permit.
9. The AMHA has the right to deny registration of any foal
conceived by transported semen if all AMHA rules and
regulations are not adhered to.
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