Registration Fees
Female Registration 9 months and under
€55.00 – €110.00
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Male Registration 18 months and under
€80.00 – €160.00
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Female (under 9 months) already genomic tested
€25.00 – €50.00
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Male (under 18 months) already genomic tested
€55.00 – €110.00
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Late Female Reg over 9 months
€110.00 – €220.00
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Late Male Reg over 18 months
€160.00 – €320.00
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The Process
- Tag the calf and notify its birth to the Department of Agriculturewithin 27 days of it being born. (An already existing statutory requirement of the Department of Agriculture)
- Birth notify the calf (ideally before 1 month old) to the Irish Moiled Cattle Society Grassroots Online Database registry. Birth notification should be carried out preferably by the online Grassroots registry, or by email, WhatsApp, or post to the secretary of the IMCS by submitting the following details: tag number, name of animal, dob, sex, name of sire and name of dam.
- 3a. Pay and request to enter a female animal into the Herdbook should be made by a breeder to the Irish Moiled Cattle Society before the animal reaches 9 months old, at the cost of €110/£100 (discounted rate to members of €55/£50). The fee will increase if the pay and request to enter a female animal into the Herdbook is over the age of 9 months old, the cost will be €220/£200 (discounted rate to members of €110/£100). Requests should be made by email or WhatsApp to the breed secretary of the IMCS.3b. Pay and request to enter a male animal into the Herdbook should be made by a breeder to the Irish Moiled Cattle Society before the animal reaches 18 months old, at the cost of €160/£150 (discounted rate to members of €80/£75). The fee will increase if the pay and request to enter a male animal into the Herbook is over the age of 18 months old, the cost will be €320/£300 (discounted rate to members of €160/£150). Requests should be made by email or WhatsApp to the breed secretary of the IMCS.
- A hair kit with the individual animal’s ear tag number pre-printed should arrive with the breeder, approximately 2-3 weeks after the date it was paid and requested. Hair samples should be collected by the breeder adhering to the instructions directed by ICBF. Hair should be pulled to include approximately 30 hair root follicles. Hair should notbe cut from the animal. Hair should be pulled from the tail switch area which contains large root hair follicles. Please see the ‘hair sampling demonstration’ video online on the IMCS website.
- All breeders will be responsible for sending their own animal’s hair kits with hair samples included, to ICBF.
- 6a. Once the breeder sends the hair kit with the hair sample to ICBF, and if a successful parent verification result is attained for that animal, then that animal will be entered in to the Herdbook by the secretary of the IMCS. Once this process has been completed, a zootechnical certificate will be printed and sent to the breeder by post. The zootechnical certificate should arrive with the breeder approximately 6-8 weeks after the date the breeder sent the hair sample to ICBF.
6b. For animals that have an unsuccessful parent verification result, the secretary of the IMCS will notify the breeder.
Please Note
1a. The cost to have entered in the Herdbook, an already genomic tested female animal before the age of 9 months old, is €50/£45 (discounted rate to members of €25/£22.50). The fee will increase for females over the age of 9 months old to €100/£90 (discounted rate to members of €50/£45).
1b. The cost to have entered in the Herdbook, an already genomic tested male animal before the age of 18 months old, is €110/£100 (discounted rate to members of €55/£50). The fee will increase for males over the age of 18 months old to €220/£200 (discounted rate to members of €110/£100).