3.1 Each World Angus Secretariat member maintains a Herd/Pedigree Book in which all registered animals are derived from animals already registered in the Herd/Pedigree Book of that member or the Herd/Pedigree Book of another World Angus Secretariat member organisation or from cattle, which have been bred up from sources outside the Herd/Pedigree Book (1997).

3.2 The Herd/Pedigree Books are to identify cattle, which have been bred up from sources outside the Herd/Pedigree Books. (1997)

3.3 No animal is permitted into the Herd/Pedigree Book if it has white skin above the underline, or on or in front of the navel scar (for females), on or in front of the pizzle (for bulls) or on a leg or foot provided that an animal is ineligible for entry by reason only of the fact that it has a birthmark or has white hair provided the skin underneath is black. White markings are permissible on females on the underline only behind the navel, and on males limited to that part of the under-line behind the pizzle and the extreme part of the scrotum. (1989)

3.4 All members to contact laboratories providing Blood/DNA typing services in their respective countries and recommend that they participate in the ISAG international comparison tests. Members to emphasise to these laboratories the desirability of eventually adopting a suitable international panel for DNA typing. (1999)