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Re: Species Maintenance List
In a message dated 11/30/00 9:42:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
William_Vannerson at ama-assn_org writes:
<< It may not be a stud book (I've never actually seen a stud book or even
know what's recorded and maintained in them), but it would allow folks to
track where their fish came from and if it would make sense to swap.
>>
Actually, this sounds a lot like a studbook. The formal studbook that I
maintain for the AZA (Zoo org.) is merely a database which contains
acquisition, disposition, any transfers, progeny produced and current status.
The only difference that it has from a fish database would be that each
individual, in my case, bird, has a leg band and/or a microchip for
identification. The studbook could be applied to fish by identifying pairs,
groups, or generations by some unique identifying number. It would be up to
each participant, which should be voluntary, to keep track of which fish have
which identifying number. The studbook also could serve as an inventory or
status list. For killies, it could be maintained by species, by genus, by
sub-genus, or by any other viable grouping. Where it gets complicated, at
least in my computer illiterate mind, is the creation of reports. I am told
that any good relational database software could be used to create a stand
alone application.
Bob Prather
Quincy, FL
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