Section III
A studbook before it is a breed
Closed registries and founding stock.
Every guide in this section
- A studbook is a closed registry before it is a breedA breed is defined by an administrative decision to stop admitting outside stock, and everything else follows from that date.
- Founding stock, and the coefficientClosed registries publish inbreeding coefficients, and the arithmetic of a small founding population is unavoidable.
- The passport and the chipIdentification is administrative infrastructure, and it is what makes a registry enforceable.