The purebred eggs came from the donors unlimted sale. Thats about as reputable as it gets in my opinion. I have been in the ASA for over 5 years and have had countless issues, and I know they have tried to improve and it is quick if you are dealing with non AI or ET calves. I think it is a bit over the top to not register a know purebred calf regarless of how it came to be. This is cattle we are talking about here. If the human race was scrutnized the way these cattle are going, half of us probably would be considered carriers of something that we would consider to be bad for the human race. I get the whole idea of wanting to know if an animal is a carrier or not, Ive had a Th calf, it was not a great experience. This is why many people twist the truth in the ASA. If I go online and say those heifers were natural calves I would have no problem getting papers, but I would be lying. I am assuming the reasoning is that if these cows and bulls are cluttering up a bigger percentage of the future gene pool at least some of the breed will be known defect free or carriers.
I just find it hard to throw away info on calves that qualify when the ASA wants you to register everything that comes out purebred even if it is sale barn quality.
Also, I have done defect testing on soem of my cows and also a bull and it took about 6 months to get the results.