ANNOUNCEMENTS
7/23/2010
Please note that the ARBA ballots issued on July 15th are secure. Even if you cannot visually see a watermark on your particular ballot, it is still a valid ballot. The ARBA Election Committee will be receiving the ballot templates and security information upon election close. Please note that your ballots are secure and the variations are intentional. Thank you for your membership and please exercise your duty to vote. ~Eric Stewart, ARBA Executive Director
6/9/2010
I am trying to collect samples from all 47 breeds of rabbits recognized by ARBA and from rabbit breeds recognized by the British Rabbit Council(Great Britain), and the Dominion Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Association(Canada). Ideally I would have a comparable number of samples that the Sutter Lab has achieved in their other mammal projects, which is over 2,000 samples. My ideal samples will be from full grown rabbits that have at least reached their senior weight, and that are as distantly related as possible in order to achieve greater genetic diversity. Would you provide body measurements from some of your rabbits? We need samples from every rabbit breed. Email or telephone the laboratory to sign up and we’ll send you the measurement kit with an illustrated protocol and tape measure. You can collect the measurements as you have time. We also ask for a small sample of pulled hairs and a cheek cell sample (these are sources of DNA). Please also contact us if you know other breeders or owners who might like to help. We aim to identify the patterns of variation in the rabbit skeleton. We also want to quantify the skeletal patterns we see in different breeds. Long term, we want to find and study the gene sequence changes in the rabbit genome that contribute to body size and skeletal shape differences.
Sutter Genetics Lab
Phone: (607) 253-3592
Fax: (607) 253-3497
sutterlab@cornell.edu
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/faculty/Sutter/
6/1/2010
Go to our Forms page for information on ARBA Grant #26 .
3/18/2010
Clarification of Show Rule 52:
Current: Youth exhibitors may enter sanctioned youth shows between the ages of five (5) and eighteen (18) years. An adult cannot show in youth classes at any time. Youth exhibitors must be able to handle their own animals. If stated in the show catalog, all youth entries must be carried by youth. Youth exhibitors are not required to carry their own animals to the table.
Revised: Youth exhibitors may enter sanctioned youth shows from the age of five (on their fifth birthday) through the age of 18 (until their nineteenth birthday). An adult cannot show in youth classes at any time. Youth exhibitors must be able to handle their own animals. If stated in the show catalog, all youth entries must be carried by youth. Youth exhibitors are not required to carry their own animals to the table.
1/6/2010
Attention Show Secretaries: Due to programming changes in the ARBA office all clubs that have not renewed their charters for 2010 are not listed on the website. We are overriding this feature for the national clubs so the show secretaries can access the information they need for sweepstakes. Please note: Club names that appear with an asterisk (*) have not renewed their charters for 2010. Subsequently the ARBA cannot vouch for the acuracy of the information listed for those clubs.
11/11/2009
Standards Committee results - ARBA 2009 National Convention
10/30/2009
Airlines information:
ARBA Airline Tips
ARBA Airlines Committee Informational Document
Revision to Show Rule 30, July 27, 2009Your ARBA Board of Directors approved the following revision to your ARBA Show Rules Section 30. All animals must be the bonafide property of the exhibitor(s) prior to entry. Each owner's personal name(s) must be listed on the entry form, but a rabbitry name may be added, if applicable, when entering shows. It will be the responsibility of the owner(s) and Show Committee to not submit or accept an entry in family or rabbitry names. The determination / confirmation of ownership is the responsibility of the exhibitor. (A) In case of disqualification under this rule, other exhibitors shall, if qualified, be moved up on the list of winners.
July 15, 2009 - IMPORTANT NOTICE
Please note that corrections have been made to the 2009 ARBA Yearbook in the Constitution and Show Rules. Corrections have been made to the files that are available for download on the FORMS page. Please take note of the change for your hard copy of the yearbook. The changes are as follows:
ARBA Constitution: Article V Section 6(f)
All complaints to be considered pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a non-refundable fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to defray the costs attendant on the implementation of the procedures.
ARBA Show Rules: Section 17(B) now reads:
Sanction applications must include the following information: name of the sponsoring club, date of show, location of show (city and state), and name, address, and ARBA membership number of the show secretary and show superintendent. The ARBA office MUST be notified immediately if there is a change in any of the above information. Any change of the date or location (city) of the approved show will require a fee of $12.50 for each open show and $10.00 for each youth show. Fees paid ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE.
6/15/2009
It has come to our attention that many individuals are still using the old AOL email address for this office. That email address has not been in use for several years now. Please use the current email address that can be found by clicking on the Contact Us tab above.
Thank you.
1/27/2009
The following change to ARBA Show Rules Section 52 is effective immediately: SECTION 52. Youth exhibitors may enter sanctioned youth shows between the ages of five (5) and eighteen (18) years. An adult cannot show in youth classes at any time. Youth exhibitors must be able to handle their own animals. If stated in the show catalog, all youth entries must be carried by youth. Youth exhibitors are not required to carry their own animals to the table.
Click here to view the Official ARBA Show Rules.
- An incorrect version of the Lionhead working standard was inadvertently published in the January/February 2009 Domestic Rabbits. Please click here for the correct version.
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