DATA BANK FOR ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES: DESCRIPTOR LISTS
GOAT DESCRIPTORS

MASTER RECORD

1.	Breed name [Use name in Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds. Types and Varieties. if the breed is given in the dictionary.]
2.	Breed name synonyms
3.	Classification
	3.1	Short-eared with small or sabre horns or no horns
	3.2	Short-eared with twisted horns
	3.3	Long-eared, hornless goats
	3.4	Lop-eared, horned goats
	3.5	Angora, cashmere and pashmina goats
4.	Strains (or within-breed types)
5.	Use
	5.1	Hair
	5.2	Meat
	5.3	Milk
	5.4	Skins
	5.5	Fibre (mohair or cashmere/pashmina)
	5.6	Manure
	5.7	Other (specify)
6.	General information and breed description
	6.1	Country and population data
		6.1.1	[country name 1] [Give date of census or estimate]
			6.1.1.1	population size
			6.1.1.2	census data	[Categories 6.1.1.2 to 6.1.1.4 are for indicating by "Y" the the type of population data]
			6.1.1.3	estimated value
			6.1.1.4	unspecified
			6.1.1.5	annual population trend + %; -%; unknown
			6.1.1.6	herd sizes
					government farm
						mean
						range
						distribution 1-10 animals	%
						11-50
						51-100
						101-200
						>200
					commercial farm
						mean
						range
						distribution 1-10 animals	%
						11-50
						51-100
						101-200
						>200
					village herds
						mean
						range
						distribution 1-10 animals	%
						11-50
						51-100
						101-200
						>200
						communally owned herds
						mean
						range
						distribution 1-10 animals	%
						11-50
						51-100
						101-200
						>200
			6.1.1.7	Management of non-government herds
					stationary	[Give % of population on each type of management]
					transhumant	[Give % of population on each type of management]
					nomadic
			6.1.1.8	Grazing method of non-government herds
					extensive (herded)
					extensive (fenced)	[Give % on each type]
					zero	(cut and carry)
					intensive (combined with cropping)
			6.1.1.9	Housing of non-government goats [Give % of each type, and months of housing]
					no housing
					penned at night without shelter
					housed only at night
					housed at night and part of day
					housed day and night
			6.1.1.10	Percentage of goats run together with sheep
			6.1.1.11	Nutrition
					native pastures	[Give % of goats on each]
					improved pastures
					supplementary feeding (state type)
			6.1.1.12	Mating methods in non-government herds [Give % of goats in each category.]
					bucks continually with does - uncontrolled mating
					bucks continually with does but mating prevented except at specified times
					bucks separated from does except at specified times
					hand mating
					AI
					AI followed by natural or hand mating other (specify)
			6.1.1.13	number of matins periods per year
			6.1.1.14	origin of breed
					indigenous
					exotic
		6.1.2	[country name 2]
		6.1.n	[country name n]
	6.2	Colour [Fill in fixed format fields, or write description in the free format description field, or do both.]
		6.2.1	colour 1 [name]
				% of surface area [range of values permissible]
					males
					females
					sexes not separated
		6.2.2	colour 2	of surface area
					males
					females
					sexes not separated
		6.2.3	colour 3	% of surface area
					males
					females
					sexes not separated
		6.2.4	distinctive colour markings
	6.3	Head
		6.3.1	profile
			6.3.1.1	straight
					males
					females
			6.3.1.2	slightly convex
					males
					females
			6.3.1.3	markedly convex (Roman nose)
					males
					females
	6.4	Ears
		6.4.1	erect (prick ears)
		6.4.2	pendulous
		6.4.3	semi-pendulous
		6.4.4	carried horizontally
		6.4.5	absent [Give % of earless animals]
	6.5	Wattles
		6.5.1	sometimes present		[% in each category]
				males
				females
		6.5.2	always present
				males
				females
	6.6	Horns
		6.6.1	number
				males	[indicate absence by 0]
				females
		6.6.2	shape
			6.6.2.1	scurs
					males
					females
			6.6.2.2	straight (approximately)
					males
					females
			6.6.2.3	curved
					males
					females
			6.6.2.4	spiral or corkscrew
					males
					females
		6.6.3	orientation
			6.6.3.1	lateral
					males
					females
			6.6.3.2	obliquely upward
					males
					females
			6.6.3.3	backwards
					males
					females
		6.6.4	size
			6.6.4.1	small (<15 cm)
					males
					females
			6.6.4.2	medium (15-25 cm)
					males
					females
			6.6.4.3	large (>25 cm)
					males
					females
	6.7	Coat
		6.7.1	type
			6.7.1.1	hair (no commercially exploitable undercoat
			6.7.1.2	cashmere/pashmina/down (undercoat combed out)
			6.7.1.3	mohair (the whole fleece)
		6.7.2	fineness (overall average fibre diameter)
			6.7.2.1	cashmere/pashmina/down
					kid
					adult
			6.7.2.2	mohair
					kid
					adult
	6.8	Beard
		6.8.1	present [Give % of bearded animals]
				males
				females
	6.9	Ruff on brisket and shoulder
		6.9.1	present [Give % with ruff]
				males
				females
	6.10	Basic temperament
			males
				docile
				moderately tractable
				wild
			females
				docile
				moderately tractable
				wild
	6.11	Drought tolerance
			[Allocate grades 1-5; l=high]
	6.12	Heat tolerance
			[Allocate grades 1-5; l=high]
	6.13	Resistance to diseases and parasites
			[Free format field; write word description]
	6.14	Conservation status
		6.14.1	endangered
		6.14.2	vulnerable
		6.14.3	rare
		6.14.4	indeterminate
		6.14.5	out of danger
		6.14.6	insufficiently known
		6.14.7	not at risk (none of the above)
		The first six of these categories are used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Their definitions, slightly amended, are as follows.
		Endangered: Breeds in danger of extinction, and whose survival is unlikely if the causal factors continue operating.
		Vulnerable: Breeds likely to move into the Endangered category in the near future if the causal factors continue operating.
		Rare: Breeds with small populations that are not at present Endangered or Vulnerable, but are at risk.
		Indeterminate: Breeds known to be Endangered. Rare or Vulnerable. but where there is not enough information to say which of the three categories is appropriate.
		Out of Danger: Breeds formerly included in one of the above categories, but which are now considered relatively secure because effective conservation measures have been taken or the previous threat to their survival has. been removed.
		Insufficiently Known: Breeds that are suspected but not definitely known to belong to any of the above categories, because of lack of information.
	6.15	Free format breed description field
			[A description of breed characters may be entered here instead of the fixed fields of sections 6.2 to 6.12, or material may be added to supplement the fixed fields.]
7.	Master record prepared by:
	7.1	Name:
	7.2	Title: [D,. Mr, Miss, etc.]
	7.3	Address:
	7.4	Affiliation: [Organisation, Company, Consultant, etc.]
	7.5	Date of preparation :
8.	Master record updating or editing
	8.1	First amendment by:
		8.1.1	Name:
		8.1.2	Title:
		8.1.3	Address:
		8.1.4	Affiliation:
		8.1.5	Date of amendment:
	8.n	Nth amendment by:
		8.n.1	Name:
		8.n.2	Title:
		8.n.3	Address:
		8.n.4	Affiliation:
		8.n.5	Date of amendment

SLAVE RECORD

1.	Breed name of MASTER record
2.	Breed/crossbred type of SLAVE record [Give exact composition if possible, e.g. 75% Malabar-25% Saanen.]
3.	Strain (or distinct within-breed type)
4.	Period of data
		year	month	day	[e.g. 1982:05:14]
	From
	To
5.	Data form prepared by:
	5.1	Name:
	5.2	Title: [Dr. Mr, Miss, etc.]
	5.3	Address:
	5.4	Affiliation: [Organisation, Company, Consultant, etc.]
	5.5	Date of preparation:
6.	Bibliographical reference of source document
		[pointer to the reference stored in the bibliographical file]
7.	Data type and analysis
	7.1	Data
		7.1.1	unadjusted data
		7.1.2	data adjusted for environmental or other factors*
		7.1.3	survey data
		*[adjusted by the author of the original paper or document]
	7.2	Treatment of data
		7.2.1	descriptive
		7.2.2	analytical
		7.2.3	none
8.	Reliability code
		[Grade data subjectively on a scale of 1 to 5; l=highly reliable, 5=low reliability.]
9.	Country [in which data were recorded or experiment carried out, etc.]
	9.1	country subdivision(s) [province, county, district, etc]
10.	Terrestrial environment
	10.1	Tropical rainforest
	10.2	Tropical deciduous forest
	10.3	Tropical scrub forest
	10.4	Tropical savannah
	10.5	Desert
	10.6	Mediterranean woodland and scrub
	10.7	Middle latitude grassland
		10.7.1	highland grass
		10.7.2	moorland
		10.7.3	marshland
	10.8	Middle latitude deciduous forest
	10.9	Coniferous forest
	10.10	Tundra
	10.11	Free format terrestrial environment field [Include information on problems associated with vegetation, e.g. toxic plants]
11.	Elevation and topography
	11.1	Elevation
			mean
			range
	11.2	Topography
			[Free format field. The description should include the following items, when Information on them is available: roughness of terrain; slope; nature of surface (rocky, sandy, stony, etc.); surface drainage (poor, seasonally wet, well drained, etc.)]
12.	Climate
	12.1	Rainfall (mm)
		12.1.1	annual precipitation
				mean
				range
		12.1.2	seasonality
			12.1.2.1	non-seasonal
			12.1.2.2	seasonal
				[input as, e.g. 05-07, meaning May to July
		12.1.3	free format rainfall data
	12.2	Temperature (degrees C)
		12.2.1	average annual temperature
				mean of several years
				range of several years
		12.2.2	av. monthly maximum temperature in year
				mean maximum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of maximum temperature
		12.2.3	av. monthly minimum temperature in year
				mean minimum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of minimum temperature
		12.2.4	free format temperature data
	12.3	Relative humidity (RH)
		12.3.1	average annual RH
				mean of several years
				range of several years
		12.3.2	maximum RH in year
				mean maximum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of maximum RH
		12.3.3	minimum RH in year
				mean minimum of several years
				range of several years
				month(s) of maximum RH
		12.3.4	free format RH data
13.	Socio-management system
	13.1	Stationary domicile
		13.1.1	extensive management
			13.1.1.1	peasant herds
			13.1.1.2	commercial ranching
		13.1.2	village herds (smallholdings)
		13.1.3	intensive management
			13.1.3.1	grassland-based
			13.1.3.1	arable-associated
	13.2	Stationary domicile
	13.3	nomadism
		[See Glossary for definitions.]
	13.4	Free format field for socio-management system
14.	Type of farm
	14.1	Peasant agriculture
	14.2	Breeding centre
	14.3	Commercial production unit
	14.4	Experiment station
	14.5	Field experiment
	14.6	Multiplication unit
	14.7	Other (specify)
	14.8	Free format field for farm type
15.	Degree of management supervision
	15.1	Advisory services
	15.2	Resident professional supervision
	15.3	Supervision by scientific staff of investigation project
	15.4	None
	15.5	Unknown
16.	Mating
	16.1	Mating methods in herds
		16.1.1	bucks continually with does - uncontrolled mating
		16.1.2	bucks continually with does but mating prevented except at specified times
		16.1.3	bucks separated from does except at specified times
		16.1.4	hand mating
		16.1.5	AI
				fresh semen
				frozen semen
				fresh and frozen semen
		16.1.6	AI followed by natural or hand mating
				fresh semen
				frozen semen
				fresh and frozen semen
		16.1.7	other (specify)
17.	Herd size
	17.1	Number of breeding does
	17.2	Number of mated yearling females
	17.3	Number of replacement females (weaning to transfer into breeding herd)
	17.4	Number of stud bucks
	17.5	Number of reserve bucks
	17.6	Number of kids (birth to weaning)
	17.7	Number of postweaners for meat production
	17.8	Percentage of breeding does that are milked annually
18.	Nutrition
	18.1	Grazing
		18.1.1	method
			18.1.1.1	zero grazed
			18.1.1.2	extensively in a herded group
			18.1.1.3	fenced
			18.1.1.4	strip grazed
			18.1.1.5	other (specify)
		18.1.2	pasture classification
			18.1.2.1	unimproved
			18.1.2.2	improved
		18.1.3	water supply of pasture
			18.1.3.1	rainfed
			18.1.3.2	irrigated
		18.1.4	dominant grass species
			18.1.4.1	species 1 [give botanical name]
					% of sward
			18.1.4.2	species 2
					% of sward
				. . . . .
				. . . . .
				. . . . .
			18.1.4.n	species n
					% of sward
		18.1.5	legume species
			18.1.5.1	species 1
					% of sward
			18.1.5.2	species 2
					% of sward
				. . . . .
				. . . . .
				. . . . .
			18.1.5.n	species n
					% of sward
	18.2	Fodder crops
		18.2.1	cut green fodder
		18.2.2	hay
		18.2.3	silage
		18.2.4	other (specify)
		18.2.5	free format field for amounts fed
	18.3	Concentrates
		18.3.1	ingredients
			18.3.1.1	ingredient 1 [name]
					% of concentrate diet
			18.3.1.2	ingredient 2
					% of concentrate diet
				. . . . .
				. . . . .
				. . . . .
			18.3.1.n	ingredient n
					% of concentrate diet
		18.3.2	free format field for amounts of concentrates fed
				[For 18.2.5 and 18.3.2, as a minimum entry specify whether feeding is ad-lib, or not ad-lib.]
	18.4	Water
		18.4.1	sufficient to meet requirements
		18.4.2	supply inadequate
				[Specify months in which supply is inadequate, e.g. 03 to 05.]
	18.5	Minerals
		18.5.1	supply adequate
			18.5.1.1	supplements not fed
			18.5.1.2	supplements fed
		18.5.2	supply inadequate
			18.5.2.1	supplements not fed
			18.5.2.2	supplements fed
	18.6	Seasonality of nutrition
		18.6.1	feeding adequate all year round
		18.6.2	feeding inadequate in some months (specify)
	18.7	kid feeding
		18.7.1	suckling plus grazing
		18.7.2	milk replacer after early weaning
	18.8	type of weaning
		18.8.1	abrupt
			18.8.8.1	age at weaning
		18.8.2	partial
			18.8.2.1	age at start of partial weaning
			18.8.2.2	age at end of partial weaning
19.	Housing
	19.1	Provided
		19.1.1	only at night
		19.1.2	at night and for part of the day
		19.1.3	day and night
		19.1.4	for part of day
		19.1.5	type of housing (specify)
	19.2	not provided
20.	Diseases and parasites
		[Free format field for noting any diseases prevalent at the time that performance data were recorded.]
21.	Measures against diseases and parasites
		[Free format field for recording prophylactic measures; in particular, dipping, anthelmintic dosing and vaccination.]
22.	Performance
	22.1	Body weight
			[Give all weights in kg; N = number of observations; SD = standard deviation; males = entire males.]
							N	Mean	SD	Range
		22.1.1	birth				-	-	-	-
				males
					singles
					twins
					=> triplets
					overall
				females
					singles
					twins
					=> triplets
					overall
				unspecified
					singles
					twins
					=> triplets
					overall
		22.1.2	Preweaning			Age	N	Mean	SD	Range
				males		-	-	-	-	-
					singles
					twins
					=> triplets
					overall
				females
					singles
					twins
					=> triplets
					overall
				castrated males
					singles
					twins
					=> triplets
					overall
				unspecified
					singles
					twins
					=> triplets
					overall
					[Repeat the sex groups for each age at which data are recorded.]
		22.1.3	weaning			Age	N	Mean	SD	Range
				males		-	-	-	-	-
					singles
					twins
					=> triplets

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MASTER RECORD

SLAVE RECORD

DATA BANK FOR ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES: DESCRIPTOR LISTS
GOAT DESCRIPTORS