Procedures for DNA Testing

So what's the difference between DNA Testing and Parent Qualification? 

Please read our How To Guide to learn more about DNA testing.

 

FOR STALLION ONLY BECAUSE "BRED TO FIVE OR MORE MARES" 

1. Submit the name and number of the horse to AMHA- must be requested by the owner of AMHA record. 

2. Submit the forty-five-dollar ($45.00) fee. 

3. Upon receipt of the form with all the information on the horse required by the lab, a kit will be emailed to the owner of the horse unless otherwise requested. One form is for hair sample and is also the instruction sheet.

4. The hair sample is to be mailed to the lab in the envelope which will be included with the kit (if kit was mailed to you)- the envelope will have the address of the lab. 

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FOR STALLION OR MARE BORN AFTER DECEMBER 31,1995 AND BEFORE REGISTERING THEIR OFFSPRING 

1. Submit the name and number of the stallion or mare to be tested. 

2. Submit the forty-five dollar ($45.00) fee. 

3. Upon receipt of the form  with all the information on the horse required by the lab  a kit will be emailed to the owner of the horse unless otherwise directed. 

 

FOR PARENTAGE CASE 

1. Submit the names and numbers of the sire, dam and foal (number of foal will be listed as pending). 

2. Submit the forty-five ($45.00) fee. 

3. If there is a different sire or dam from those listed on the application for registration, make note of that fact and submit the name(s) and number(s). 

4. Upon receipt of a form (kit), the same procedure as for "Stallion Only" will be followed. For parentage qualification of a foal born and registered before December 31, 1995, if a parent or parents are owned by a person other than the owner and applicant of the foal, there is a permission form which must be completed by the owners. This form must be on file with AMHA allowing the parentage to be requested. 

 

RESULTS ARE RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS FROM THE RECEIPT OF THE HAIR BY THE LABORATORY.