Award Designations

Award Designations

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*P	Star Producer
*M	Star Milker
S / B	Star Sire (Canadian) or Star Buck (USA)
+S / +B	Plus Sire or Plus Buck
*+S / +B*	Plus Star Sire or Buck
CH.	Champion
GCH.	Grand Champion
GP / VG / EX	Classification Scores

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*P	Star Producer A Star Producer is a doe that has met the standards of milk and/or butterfat production for its age category, on Official DHAS/DHI or Group Supervised Test

*M	Star Milker Awarded to a doe on the basis of a One Day Test, 24 hours of milk production, with milk weight, butterfat content, and stage of lactation taken into account

*S / *B

Star Sire (Canadian) or Star Buck (USA)
*S: the son of a *S sire and a *M or *P dam

+S / +B

Plus Sire or Plus Buck
A buck that has had five tested milking daughters meet the standards for *M or *P status

+*S / +*B

Plus Star Sire or Buck
+*S: the son of a *S sire and a *M or *P dam that has had five tested milking daughters meet the standards for *M or *P status

CH.

Champion
an animal that has achieved three full "legs," or championship wins, under conditions of adequate competition, at CGS Sanctioned shows.

GCH.

Grand Champion
a doe that has achieved her CH status as above, and also earned a *P or *M, or a *S buck that has achieved his CH status.

GP / VG / EX

Classification Scores
Classification compares a dairy goat or a pygmy to the ideal of its breed. The animal is evaluated on conformation in several different areas, given a score in each area, and then given an overall score

GP Good Plus = score between 70-80 %.
VG Very Good = score between 80-90 %
EX Excellent = xcore between 90-100 %

There are other official designations, but they are not relevant
to understanding a goat's pedigree

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