MDGA:
Prefixes:
FCH = Champion; awarded when a goat wins a Grand Champion award three different times.
FMCH = Finished Champion; awarded when a goat both achieves Champion status and earns a production award. With this award, the animal becomes a Permanent Grand Champion.
VCH = Awarded when a goat wins a Grand Champion award in an MDGA virtual show three different times under at least two different judges.
VMCH = Awarded when a goat both wins a Grand Champion award in an MDGA virtual show three different times under at least two different judges and earns a production award.
Suffixes:
*P = Awarded to a doe that has been tested for milk ability and has successfully produced the required amount of milk or butter fat poundage.
*B (star buck) = A buck that has had its dam, sire, and/or sire’s dam earn a production star (*P).
+B (plus buck) = A buck that has three *P daughters out of three different dams, OR two +B sons, OR
two *P daughters and one +B son.
++B (two plus buck) = A buck that has three *P daughters out of three different dams and two +B sons.
+*B (plus star buck) = A buck that has had its dam, sire, and/or sire’s dam earn a production star (*P) AND has three *P daughters out of three different dams, OR two +B sons, OR two *P daughters and one +B son.
ADGA:
CH = Champion; awarded when a goat wins a Grand Champion award three different times.
GCH = Awarded when a goat both achieves Champion status and earns a production award. With this award, the animal becomes a Permanent Grand Champion.
SGCH = Indicates that a doe or buck is in the top 15% of the production index for that breed and has a Permanent Grand Champion status.
*M (star milker) = Awarded to a doe that has been tested for milk ability and has successfully produced the required amount of milk or butter fat poundage.
*B (star buck) = A buck that has had its dam, sire, and/or sire’s dam earn a production star (*M).
+B (plus buck) = A buck that has three *M daughters out of three different dams, OR two +B sons, OR two *M daughters and one +B son.
++B (two plus buck) = A buck that has three *M daughters out of three different dams and two +B sons.
+*B (plus star buck) = A buck that has had its dam, sire, and/or sire’s dam earn a production star AND that has three *M daughters out of three different dams, OR two +B sons, OR *two *M daughters and one +B son.
AGS:
MCH = Master Champion; awarded when a goat wins a Grand Champion award three different times.
ARMCH = Awarded when a goat both achieves Champion status and earns a production award. With this award, the animal becomes a Permanent Grand Champion.
*D = Awarded to a doe that has been tested for milk ability and has successfully produced the required amount of milk or butter fat poundage.
*S (star sire) = A buck that has had its dam, sire, and/or sire’s dam earn a production star (*D).
+S (plus sire) = A buck that has three *D daughters out of three different dams, OR two +S sons, OR two *D daughters and one
