Dairy goat owners use a lot of acronyms! Below are some of those that are frequently heard at dairy goat shows and other dairy goat events or seen on registration papers and performance pedigrees. Do you have suggestions for acronym additions? Let us know!
Breed Designation Codes | General Acronyms | Organizations and Agencies
Breed Designation Codes
| PUREBRED | Alpine | A |
| LaMancha | L | |
| Nigerian Dwarf | D | |
| Nubian | N | |
| Oberhasli | B | |
| Saanen | S | |
| Sable | C | |
| Toggenburg | T | |
| AMERICAN | Alpine | AA |
| LaMancha | AL | |
| Nubian | AN | |
| Oberhasli | AB | |
| Saanen | AS | |
| Sable | AC | |
| Toggenburg | AT | |
| GRADE | Alpine | GA |
| LaMancha | GL | |
| Nubian | GN | |
| Oberhasli | GB | |
| Saanen | GS | |
| Sable | GC | |
| Toggenburg | GT | |
| EXPERIMENTAL | Experimental/Purebred | E |
| Experimental/Grade | GE |
General Dairy Goat Acronyms
+ – Good Plus (Linear)
+B – Plus Buck earned from offspring production information
*B – Star Buck awarded from parent production information
*M – Star Milker
A – Acceptable (Linear)
AI – Artificial Insemination
AM – American (Herdbook)
AR – Advanced Registry Milk Awards
AS1C – Alpha S1 Casein
BDIS – Best Doe in Show
BOB – Best of Breed
BOS – Best of Show
BU – Best Udder
BUOB – Best Udder of Breed
BUOS – Best Udder of Show
CAE – Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
CL – Caseous Lymphadenitis
CH – Champion
D/AV – Daughter Average
D – Dam
DHI – Dairy Herd Improvement
DHIA – Dairy Herd Improvement Association
DHIR – Dairy Herd Improvement Registry
DIM – Days in Milk
DNA – Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DRPC – Dairy Records Processing Center
E – Excellent (Linear)
EC – ADGA Executive Committee
EC – Extremely Correct (Linear)
ET – Embryo Transfer
ETA – Estimated Transmitting Ability
F – Fair (Linear)
FS – Final Score (Linear)
G6-S – G6-Sulfatase Deficiency
GCH – Grand Champion
ITP – Innovative Test Plan (non traditional DHI plans accepted by ADGA – see DHI Glossary)
JCH – Junior Champion
LA – Linear Appraisal
MSL – Medial Suspensory Ligament
NOA – Native on Appearance
OS – Owner Sampler test plan – see FAQ section for DHIR
P – Poor (Linear)
PB – Purebred (Herdbook)
PTA – Predicted Transmitting Ability
PTI – Production Type Index
RCH – Reserve Champion
REL – Reliability
RG – Recorded Grade
ROA – Report of Awards
RT – Reproductive Technologies
S – Sire
SG – Superior Genetics
SGCH- Superior Genetics Grand Champion
ST – Star Volume Milk Awards
(J)TC – Judges Training Conference
(Pre)TC – Pre Judges Training Conference
VT – Verification Test
Organizations and Agencies
AASRP – American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners
ACH – American Cheese Society
ADGA – American Dairy Goat Association
AGIL – Animal Genomics & Improvement Laboratory
AGS – American Goat Society
AIPL – Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory
ALBA – American LaMancha Breeders Association
ALBC – American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
ANDDA – American Nigerian Dwarf Dairy Association
APHIS – Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
BGS – British Goat Society
CDCB – Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding
CGS – Canadian Goat Society
GGBOA – Guernsey Goat Breeders of America
IGA – International Goat Association
INBA – International Nubian Breeders Association
ISBA – International Sable Breeders Association
NCDHIP – National Cooperative Dairy Herd Improvement Program
NLPA – National Livestock Producers Association
NPLC – National Pedigreed Livestock Council
NSBA – National Saanen Breeders Association
NTC – National Toggenburg Club
OBA – Oberhasli Breeders of America
OGC – Oberhasli Goat Club
USAHA – United States Animal Health Association
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
VGL – UC Davis Veterinary Genetics Laboratory