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PUREBRED REGISTRATIONS

This class includes ewes with a minimum of fifteen sixteenths (15/16) Texel blood from registered upgrades, and rams with a minimum of thirty-one - thirty-seconds (31/32) Texel blood from registered upgrade stock and their offspring. Also included will be purebred imported Texel rams and ewes. Any animal for which registration application is made must have documentation of registration of its sire and dam either in this Texel Society or some other documented Texel Society worldwide.

For Texel sheep to be registered in TSBS, all of the following information shall be provided to the Registrar:

Sex of Animal
Flock identification (ear tag or tattoo)
Type of Birth
Date of Birth
Sire and Dam flock identification and registration numbers
Texel Association registration number, if applicable
Breeder's name and address
Owner's name and address

RECORDED (PERCENTAGE) REGISTRATIONS

This class includes ewes and rams with a registered purebred Texel Sire and Dam of any breed or cross. The percentages of Texel blood included in this class are: one-half (1/2), three-quarters (3/4), and seven-eights (7/8). In the case of rams, fifteen-sixteenths blood individuals will also be included in this class. Offspring of dams with a percentage of Texel breeding that is not recorded with TSBS will be given no more than half-blood (1/2) status. Percentage rams may be recorded for show purposes, however any offspring sired by said ram is not eligible for registration.

For Percentage Texel sheep to be recorded with TSBS, all of the following information shall be provided to the Registrar:

Sex of Animal
Flock identification (ear tag or tattoo)
Type of Birth
Date of Birth
Sire flock identification and registration number
Dam flock identification (and registration number if available)
Breeder's name and address
Owner's name and address

REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES

TSBS Registration Certificates to be valid shall contain all of the following information:

Sex of Animal
Type of Birth
Date of Birth
Percentage of Texel Blood (Registered or Recorded)
Date registration was recorded
Owner of animal
Breeder of Animal
Official registration number
Official signature or seal of the President of TSBS when application of registration was recorded
Complete five (5) generation pedigree of individual animal. If in the case of a recorded ewe the generation information is unavailable then partial generations are acceptable.

Valid transfers of Registration Certificates shall contain the following information:

Date of Sale
Buyer's name and address
Seller's signature
President of TSBS official signature or seal
Date recorded