INSPECTION FORM FOR DONKEY JACK OR JENNET
Please note that mules and gelded donkeys do not have to be inspected.
Donkey jacks or jennets that do not have both parents registered with ADMS it must be inspected. An ADMS Inspector OR YOUR VETERINARIAN may fill out this inspection form. Please submit inspection form with the application for registration. If you or your veterinarian or inspector has questions please do not hesitate to call or email ADMS at 972-219-0781 or [email protected].
At this time we do not require inspection on animals that have both parents registered with ADMS. However if visual inspection of animals shows extreme faults the animals must be reviewed on a one on one basis. This applies also to animals who have both parents registered.
(ADMS simply requires that animals be sound breeding stock to be registered. Animals with severe faults are not breeding quality and may be held from registration. )
This inspection form is abbreviated. We prefer you use a form that we mail you, but this one can be used if necessary.
DENTAL: No more than 1/4 inch of overbite or underbite is allowed. Please note anything found.
REPRODUCTIVE: If male over 24 months, both testicles should be descended. Please note findings:
BODY PROPORTION: Please note any of the following qualities. Back too long, loins weak, rump much higher than withers. Are the front legs longer than, or shorter than the head? (found in miniature donkeys and a visual indication of possible dwarfism) Are there indications of disproportion in miniature donkeys (legs short in proportion to body, head too large in proportion to body, roachback). Please note that excessively long backs with very weak loins in mammoths or larger donkeys are not acceptable in breeding stock. Photos may be sent if you are in doubt (see bottom of form)
HOOVES: Are hooves in bad condition. Is this due to lack of care, disease or other defects? True club foot is inherited, as are extremely long, weak pastern angles.
HEAD: Any deformities of head, eyes, ears or throatlatch: Describe. (Damaged eartips will not be penalized)
NECK: Is crest broken (allowable), is neck excessively ewe (concave) or thick and short in proportion to body.
QUARTERS: Is croup severely angled, peaked on top, too short or extremely narrow?
RIBS: Is heart girth normal or too shallow in proportion to body? Is chest very narrow, or with some width between legs? Are ribs excessively flat causing body to be narrow. (Keeping in mind that donkeys are narrower in the body than horses)
LIMBS: (Indicate mild, moderate or severe) Hind limbs cowhocked: . Does animal stand with feet turned out or in?
Base wide or base narrow? Legs under body in foursquare position (sickle hocked), forelimbs straight or over at knee, back at knee, too short in cannons. Are pasterns so upright as to appear contracted and make animal stand on its toes?
Please note any severe defects or combinations of moderate defects that might invalidate this animal. If inspector is unsure about the animal, please have owner send us straight side view photos of each side of animal standing square and front and rear view photos with animal standing square with a copy of your filled out inspection form, for further evaluation.
Signature of inspector:
PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS OF INSPECTOR
In studying the hundreds of Miniature donkeys that come through the Registry office each week, there is a noticeable difference in some animals. THey appear to be out of proportion, that is to say large heads, long backs, high rumps, and most prominant of all, extremely short forelegs.
Research is underway to compare the porportional measurements of these donkeys with those who fall into more normal visual observation. At this time it is not known if these disproportional animals may have true dwarfism traits, or if there are other factors involved. For the time being, any animal which appears (using a system of measurements and also on visual observation) to be severely out of proportion may be noted as AVDS - Apparent Visual Disproportional Syndrome. We have noticed that this does seem to run in some family lines, and also may be recessive.
If you have a donkey that is AVDS, or is from an AVDS parent, please take the time to seriously evaluate the total conformation of the animal. If this is a dwarfism gene, efforts should be made to reduce the numbers of breeding animals with this gene in the miniature donkey breeding population.