There are general defects and disqualifications and there are also breed specific defects and disqualifications.
General defects � non breed specific � if your goat has any of the below defects (faults) it will affect how your goat is placed in its breed class if another goat does not have these.
Slight to Serious
1. Large scurs or stubs
2. Undershot or over shot jaw
3. Enlarged knees; nondisabling lameness
4. Bowed over front knees, buck kneed
5. Small boned for body sized
6. Loose, winged or heavy shoulders
7. Narrow chest or pinched heart girth
8. Short, shallow or narrow body
9. Low backed or steep rumped
10. Broken or wry tail
11. Close in hocks
12. Swollen hocks
13. Swollen stifle joint
14. Postiness
15. Hind legs close together
16. Sprung pasterns
17. Turned out or crooked feet
18. Udder of beefy texture or with pocket
19. Front, rear or side udder attachment lacking
20. Separation between halves of udder or presence of scar tissue
21. Teats that are:
Set close together
Bulbous
Extremely large or small
Pointed sideways
Uneven in size
Having small streams or otherwise hard to milk
Not clearly separated from the udder
VERY SERIOUS DEFECTS
1. Udder
Pendulous
Too distended to determine texture
Hard or swollen ( except in does just fresh)
So uneven that one-half is less than half the size of the other
Udder lacking size
Double orifice in teat of doe
Extra teat or teats that have been cut off on does
Lacking orifice
Misplaced orifice
2. Crooked face on doe
3. Very crooked or malformed feet
DISQUALIFICATIONS
1. Total blindness
2. Serious emaciation
3. Permanent lameness or difficulty in walking
4. Blind or nonfunctioning half of udder
5. Blind teat
6. Double teat(s)
7. Extra teat(s) that interfere with milking
8. Active mastitis or any other cause of abnormal milk
9. Evidence of hermaprhoditism or other inability to reproduce
10. Permanent physical defects, such as naval hernia
11. Crooked face on bucks
12. Extra teat(s) or teat(s) that have been cut off on bucks
13. Double orifice in teats of bucks
14. Buck with one testicle or with abnormal testicles
So what does this mean to me? When you enter your goat into the ring for any breed class the above defects and disqualifications are looked for. Defects, you can still show your goat however it may not place well in the class. Disqualifications, there is a chance you could be asked to leave the ring if your goat has anything on the list under disqualifications.
Next we will move on to Breed, specific Defects and disqualifications. When you enter your breed class the judge will look at the following. Does your goat meet the breed standard for the breed your goat is?
BREED SPECIFIC DEFECTS
MODERATE DEFECTS
Alpine � is your mature Alpine doe less than 30 inches and 130 pounds? If so this is a moderate defect
Mature bucks less than 32 inches and 170 pounds
Does with Toggenburg color and markings
Does � all white color
LaMancha � mature does less than 28 inches and 130 pounds
Mature bucks less than 30 inches and 160 pounds
Nigerian Dwarf � mature does less than 17 inches
Mature bucks less than 17 inches
Nubian � Mature does less than 30 inches and 135 pounds
Mature bucks less than 32 inches and 170 pounds
Oberhasli - Mature does less 28 inches and 120 pounds
Mature bucks less than 30 inches and 150 pounds
Saanen � Mature does less than 30 inches and 135 pounds
Mature bucks less than 32 inches and 170 pounds
Sable- Mature does less than 30 inches and 135 pounds
Mature bucks less than 32 inches and 135 pounds
Toggenburg- Mature does less than 26 inches and 120 pounds
Mature bucks less than 28 inches and 150 pounds
MODERATE TO SERIOUS DEFECTS
Alpine � Roman Nose
LaMancha � Roman Nose
Nigerian Dwarf- Roman Nose
Oberhasli �Roman Nose
Saanen- Roman Nose
Sable- Roman Nose
Toggenburg-Roman Nose
SERIOUS DEFECTS
Alpine � Bucks with Toggenburg color and markings, bucks with all white color
Oberhasli-small white spots in hair of does
Saanen- Dark cream color, several small dark spots in hari
Toggenburg- Black color in does, white stomach on does, large white spot(1-� inches)or more in any does, few small white spots in hair of bucks
VERY SERIOUS DEFECTS
Nubian � dished face, barely drooping ears
Oberhasli � Small white spots in hair of bucks
DISQUALIFICATIONS
Alpine � pendulous ears LaMancha type ears
LaMancha � Anything other than gopher ears on bucks, ears other than true LaMancha type on does
Nigerian Dwarf- Pendulous ears, LaMancha type ears, Mature does over 22.5 inches,mature bucks over 23.5 inches
Nubian � anything other than pendulous ears
Oberhasli � Pendulous ears, LaMancha type ears, black bucks, Large white spont )1- 1/2 inches ) or more in any direction, any color other chamoisee (or black in does)
Saanen- Large white (1-1/2 inches or more in any direction) dark spot in hair, Pendulous ears, LaMancha type ears
Sable � Pendulous ears,LaMancha type ears, solid white color, solid light cream color
Toggenburg � tricolor or piebald, black bucks, white stomachs on bucks,large white spot (1-1/2 inches or more in any direction) black on bucks, pendulous ears, LaMancha type ears
To understand better let�s take a look at the following example:
You have entered your Toggenburg doe in a class of 2-3 year olds. She has a very uneven udder, one side has more milk in it than the other, When she walks her hocks are very close together, your toggenburg doe is less than 26 inches in height and she has LaMancha type ears.
What can we tell from this? From the above information we can tell than an uneven udder with more milk on one side is a general very serious defect, walking with hocks close together is a general slight to serious defect, Toggenburg does less than 26 inches is a moderate defect and a Toggenburg doe with LaMancha type ears can be a disqualification. So if your does has these defects and another Toggenburg doe didn�t (the other toggenburg may have other defects) the defects of each goat are weighed against each other, but your goat is judged against the perfect ideal Dairy goat with no defaults.
The idea is to know what faults your goat has so you can find a buck to breed your goat to get rid of those less than desirable traits.
5/20/2007