2000 True Breed Averages
note: these are not herd averages
Courtesy  Lisa Shepard - California
Co-Chair of the American Dairy Goat Association Production Testing Committee

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August 1, 2002 - USDA yield evaluation  updates. Includes individual records, Top 15% of bucks with recent
daughters and Top 5% of does with recent kiddings.
USDA-AIPL

Energy Corrected Milk standardizes based on a formula for milk, fat and protein so that the breeds can be compared with each other. 2000 ADGA DHIR SAANEN BREED AVERAGES:   Based on Number of Does = 454 With Days in Milk of = 275-315 Average Age beginning Lactation = 2 years 5 months Milk Pounds = 2382 (2351 in 1999) Range = 810-5470 (680-4810 in 1999) Butterfat % = 3.4% (same in 1999) Protein % = 2.9% * (3.1% in 1999)  *switched to measuring true protein in 2000 Breakdown by age starting lactation (Saanen):     <1 yr. 1 yr. 2 yr. 3 yr. 4 yr. 5 & over N= 32 170 123 61 31 35 Average Milk lbs. 1545 2150 2504 2776 2798 2789 Range 810-2600 970-3740 1060-4580 1010-4850 1660-4240 1780-5470 Average Fat lbs. 55 77 87 94 90 96 Average Fat % 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.4 Range 29-111 2.5-4.9 32-151 2.3-5.1 37-187 2.4-4.9 39-163 2.3-4.5 52-155 2.2-4.5 55-185 2.7-4.0 Average Pro lbs. 46 64 75 81 79 81 Average Pro % 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 Range 26-78 2.6-3.3 30-114 2.5-3.5 37-147 2.4-3.7 31-144 2.7-3.6 43-110 1.7-3.8 46-167 2.6-3.4

2000 LACTATIONS ADGA BREED AVERAGES FOR ALL BREEDS DOES 275-305 DAYS in MILK N= AVG. AGE at START of LACTATION MILK LBS. RANGE BUTTERFAT % PROTEIN % ALPINE 883 3y0m 2201 640-4686 3.4 2.9 LAMANCHA 281 3y1m 2026 740-3975 4.0 3.3 NUBIAN 525 3y0m 1783 560-5070 4.8 3.8 OBERHASLI 77 2y7m 1890 490-3450 3.5 2.9 SAANEN 453 2y6m 2383 810-5470 3.5 3.0 TOGGENBURG 359 3y0m 2070 740-4230 3.3 2.8 Based on 2000 ADGA DHIR Individual Doe Records Averages compiled by the ADGA Production Testing Committee NOTE: Protein averages include both true and crude protein for 2000

AVERAGES of DHI GOAT HERDS by BREED for 2000 HERD BREED Herd N= Doe N= MILK LBS. BUTTERFAT % PROTEIN % ALPINE 84 2194 2105 3.6 3.0 LAMANCHA 35 624 1648 4.2 3.3 NUBIAN 102 1108 1611 4.6 3.7 OBERHASLI 10 102 1794 3.6 3.1 SAANEN 45 933 1872 3.7 3.0 TOGGENBURG 25 304 1905 3.3 3.0 Based on 2000 USDA DHI Herd Records of those herds comprised of only one breed Mixed breed & Experimental Herd data available at AIPL