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The American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) is a dog breed recognized by the United Kennel Club (UKC) [1] and the American Dog Breeders Association (ADBA), [2] but not the American Kennel Club (AKC). [3] It is a medium-sized, short-haired dog, of a solid build, whose early ancestors came from England .
The American Mixed Breed Obedience Registry is an example. Some equestrian organizations create a recording system for tracking the competition records of horses, but, though horses of any sex may be recorded, they also do not maintain breeding or progeny records. The United States Equestrian Federation is one organization that uses such a system.
On January 5, 2007 EPCglobal ratified the Pedigree Standard [2] as an international standard that specifies an XML description of the life history of a product across an arbitrarily complex supply chain. As of 2008, most states have enacted some sort of pedigree requirement and many have also required an epedigree.
The word pedigree is a corruption of the Anglo-Norman French pé de grue or "crane's foot", either because the typical lines and split lines (each split leading to different offspring of the one parent line) resemble the thin leg and foot of a crane [3] or because such a mark was used to denote succession in pedigree charts.
[14] [15] In response, the ADBA's breed standard for the APBT includes a disclaimer forbidding its use in determining if a dog meets the definition of a prohibited or restricted dog for breed-specific legislation. [16] In 2009 the ADBA, along with the Endangered Dog Breeders Association, filed an amicus brief in the case of United States v.
The system was created in 1870 for use in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society based in Boston, Massachusetts. Register Style , of which the numbering system is part, is one of two major styles used in the U.S. for compiling descending genealogies.
Pedigree chart, a document to record ancestry, used by genealogists in study of human family lines, and in selective breeding of other animals Pedigree, a human genealogy (ancestry chart) Pedigree (animal), a breed registry Purebred, or "pedigreed" animal with a recorded lineage
Pedigree records are kept by plants breeders and pedigree-based selection is popular in several plant species. Plant pedigrees are different from that of humans, particularly as plant are hermaphroditic – an individual can be male or female and mating can be performed in random combinations, with inbreeding loops. Also plant pedigrees may ...