ADGA Lineage Abbreviations 

 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

AR – Advanced Registry Milk Awards

CAE – Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis

CL – Caseous Lymphadenitis

CH  – Champion

D – Dam

DHI – Dairy Herd Improvement

DHIA – Dairy Herd Improvement Association

DHIR – Dairy Herd Improvement Registry

DIM – Days in Milk

GCH – Grand Champion

LA – Linear Appraisal

RCH – Reserve Champion

REL – Reliability

RG – Recorded Grade

S – Sire

SG – Superior Genetics

SGCH- Superior Genetics Grand Champion

ST – Star Volume Milk Awards