Registry Titles

Registry Legend:

American Goat Society: AGS
Nigerian Dwarf Goat Association: NDGA
American Dairy Goat Association: ADGA
International Dairy Goat Registry: IDGR
Miniature Dairy Goat Association: MDGA
The Miniature Goat Registry: TMGR

Milk Titles and Meanings

Title AGS	Definition AGS	Title NDGA	Definition NDGA	Title ADGA	Definition ADGA
*D	Doe 1) One-day test or 2) Progeny or 3) 305 DHI Owner Sampler	*DD	One day test	*M	Doe 1) DHIR advanced registry or 2) One-day test, progeny or Owner Sampler DHIR tests
AR*D	Doe 305 DHI, not on Owner Sampler	*DAR	Meets requirements for 305, but milked less than 305 days
ARMCH	Master Champion with an AR title	DLT*	Does 1) Milk full 305 days and 2) Meet quota for either butterfat or milk
+S	Buck 1. A buck that has 3 *D out of three different does or, 2. A buck that has 2 +S sons or, 3. A buck that has 2 AR *D or *D daughters and 1 +S son	DLT+	Does 1) Milk full 305 days and 2) Meet quota for butterfat and milk	*B	Buck Based upon buck’s parents
++S	Buck 1. A buck that has 3 *D daughters out of three different does and 2 +S sons 2. A buck can only earn two pluses, one for sons and one for daughters.	*DP	Does Progeny 1) 3 daughters, from at least 2 sires, that have each earned a star award (*) ,*note 2) 2 sons, from 2 sires, that each have a Progeny award (+DS). *note 3) 2 daughters that each have earned a star award (*) from at least 2 sires and 1 son that has a Progeny award (+DS)	+B	Buck Based upon buck’s progeny
*S	Buck 1. A buck whose sire is a *S, +S, ++S, or ++*S and dam is a *D or an AR*D in both milk and butterfat or, 2. A buck whose dam is a *D or an AR *D in both milk and butter fat, and the sire’s dam is a *D or an AR *D in both milk and butter fat.	+DS	Bucks 1.) He has 3 daughters, out of 3 different dams, that have an *earned a Production Award in NDGA, 2.) He has 2 sons, out of different dams, that have a progeny award (+DP) award or equivalent (+DS), 3.) He has 2 daughters, out of 2 different dams, that have an *earned a Production Award in NDGA and 1 son that has earned a Progeny Award (+DS), in NDGA	++B	Buck Advanced Registry (DHIR) 1) 3 AR daughters from 3 different dams and 2) 2 of the dams must be ADGA registered and 3) 2 AR sons
+*S	Buck inherited star and a plus for sons or daughters	+DAR	Bucks who have 3 daughters, out of 3 different dams, that have a Production Award, that was not received by way of a One Day Test
++*S	Buck inherited star and a plus for sons and a plus for daughters	*DS	Bucks 1) Dam has an Advanced Registry + Award (DAR+) or One Day Award (*DD) **note and his sire has a Progeny Award (+DS or +DAR). 2) Dam has an Advanced Registry + Award (DAR+) or One Day Award *DD **Note and his sire’s dam has an Advance Registry + Award (DAR+) or One Day Award (*DD)
		*DG	Buck Dwarf Genetics
Title MDGA	Definition MDGA	Title TMGR	Definition TMGR
		*D	Doe 1) DHI milk test (or 3 one-day tests where one is during first 3 months of lactation) or 2) One-day test or 3) Progeny a) 3   *D daughters or b) 2   *D daughters and 1 +s or *S son or c) 2 * S or +S sons
		*S	Buck 1) Both parents are * parents or 2) both his dam and his sire’s dam have earned stars
		+S	Buck 1) sired 3 AR or *D daughters from 3 different dams or 2) 2   +S sons or 3) 2  *D daughters and 1 +S son
Title IDGR	Definition IDGR	IDGR has some different Milk awards: 305 days in milk, 30-day test, butterfat, lactation length and lifetime.  Also the milk awards have 3 levels of requirements: yellow (lowest), red (medium), blue (highest).  Testing can be Barn Records or DHIA
*M-Y	Doe Milk test, Yellow award
*M-R	Doe Milk test, Red award
*M-B	Doe Milk test, Blue award
*MF-Y, *MF-R 8MF-B	Doe Milk test for butterfat, yellow, red or blue category
*ML-Y *ML-R *ML-B	Doe Lactation award for yellow, red, blue categories
*MP-Y *MP-R *MP-B	Doe Lifetime awards for yellow, red and blue categories
*B	Buck 1) dam and paternal grand dam have received stars or 2) dam has a star and who has 2 daughters with stars or 3) 3 daughters that have earned stars

Registration Numbers

Title AGS	Title NDGA	Title ADGA	Title MDGA	Title TMGR	Title IDGR	Definition
-f						Committee Registered foundation Nigerian Dwarf
D-						Nigerian Dwarf
			AMN			American Mini Nubian
			GXN			Recorded Grade Mini Nubian
		N (PB, AM etc)				Nubian and the PB or AM etc. means purebred or American
					GND	Recorded Grade Nigerian Dwarf.  Percentage of Nigerian dwarf is also listed)
					ND	Purebred Nigerian Dwarf

 

Show Titles and Meanings

Title AGS	Title NDGA	Title ADGA	Title MDGA	Title TMGR	Definition
MCH	PGCH	CH		FGCH	Permanent show champion
ARMCH		GCH			Permanent show champion, with with an AR milk test title
		SG			Superior Genetics, based upon DHIR milk test and Linear Appraisal
		SGCH			Superior Genetics and show Champion

Sources:

• American Goat Society
• Nigerian Dwarf Goat Association
• American Dairy Goat Association show, milk and Superior Genetics
• Miniature Dairy Goat Association
• The Miniature Goat Registry milk and show
• International Dairy Goat Registry