2002 Saanen & Breed Statistics
& Comparisons
Courtesy Lisa Shepard - California
Co-Chair of the American Dairy Goat Association Production Testing Committee
1979 - breed average 1900 pounds
2002 - breed average 2468 pounds
"Annual genetic progress for does born during 1996 as a percentage of mean breed yield was lowest for Toggenburgs (0.1%/yr, milk; 0.0%/yr, fat and protein) and highest for Saanens (0.9%/yr, milk and protein; 1.0%/yr, fat)."
J. Dairy Sci. 84(E. Suppl.):E69-E73 C The American Dairy Science Association, 2001.
Breeding Value trend for Yield, Fat and Protein is positive and highest in the Saanen breed.
Goat Genetics & Reproduction Field Day - Cornell University, September 2003 Wiggans, George USDA Dairy Goat Genetic Evaluation Program DOWNLOAD VIEW available at AIPL
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
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
While
the above information is correct to the best of our knowledge, NSBA makes
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