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ABGA Breed Standards The ABGA Breed Standards are guidelines for breeders to ensure the animals they produce conform to the defined characteristics of the breed. Download Breed Standards PDF View Teat Structure Diagram

ระยะเวลาตั้งท้องมาตรฐานอุตสาหกรรมสำหรับแพะโบเออร์คือ 150 วัน ระยะเวลาตั้งท้องมาตรฐานอุตสาหกรรมสำหรับแพะโบเออร์คือ 150 วัน Gestation Calculator

บริการออนไลน์ Online Live Members can register, transfer, manage herd inventories, receive temporary certificates, and pay for services online. Online Live Web-Based Services Members can research more than 300,000 American Boer Goats and is the world's largest online database for Purebred Boer Goats. The "Blue Screen." "Blue-Screen" Visitor Services Visitors can do basic searches for individual ABGA Registered Goats, and breeders. Visitor Services Join ABGA Member benefits are core to the American Boer Goat Association, and all members have access to what the ABGA offers. Join ABGA

แพะทุกตัวจะต้องสักเมื่อสมัครลงทะเบียน ​​ แพะแต่ละตัวต้องมีลำดับการสักที่ไม่ซ้ำกัน ​ HERD PREFIX ของผู้สมัครจะต้องสักที่ หูข้างขวา ของแพะทุกตัวที่ส่งมาเพื่อลงทะเบียน (ถ้าลูกโดถูกขายให้เจ้าของใหม่ในระหว่างตั้งครรภ์ ลูกที่เกิดจากการตั้งครรภ์นั้น จะต้องสักคำนำหน้าฝูงของเจ้าของกวางล้อเล่นที่หูข้างขวาของลูกหลานแต่ละคนที่ยื่นขอขึ้นทะเบียน) ​​ หูข้างซ้าย ของแพะทุกตัวที่ยื่นขอขึ้นทะเบียนจะต้องสักด้วยจดหมายระบุปีเกิดของสัตว์ ตามด้วยหมายเลขประจำเครื่องเพื่อกำหนดลำดับการเกิด ( ดูจดหมายสัก ABGA ). ​​ ห้ามแพะขึ้นทะเบียนโดย ABGA ที่มีรอยสักเดียวกัน (รวมรอยสักที่หูข้างขวาและหูซ้าย) ภายในระยะเวลา 22 ปี ​​ การระบุไมโครชิปที่ฝังอย่างถาวรจะได้รับการยอมรับจาก ABGA เพื่อเป็นการระบุอย่างเป็นทางการ นอกเหนือจากหรือแทนที่การสัก ตัวอักษร สัก ABGA 2024 P 2023 N 2022 M 2021 L 2020 K Year Letter View More Tips for Successful Tattooing of Your Goats Halter or muzzle the animal, if necessary. Insert the correct symbols in the pliers. Check the correctness of the symbols by making a mark on a piece of paper. Smear ink on the skin, choosing an area free from freckles and warts, if possible. Place the symbols parallel to and between the veins or cartilage of the ear or the veins of the tail web. Green paste is much better for permanent tattoo identification, particularly where the tissue receiving the tattoo is black or very dark. Do not disturb the area until the healing process is complete, which may be from five to twenty-one days. Keep a list of tattoo numbers with names of animals and enter it in your private breeding record. To read the tattoo in a dark-ear animal, hold a lighted flashlight against the outside of the ear. Equipment Needed: Baking soda, tattoo digits, numbers and alphabet, tattoo ink (paste or roll-on; green is the most versatile), tattoo pliers, wet wipes, toothbrush, and towel. Clean the ear. Scrub the middle of the ear with a wipe. Dry the ear thoroughly. Apply ink to ear. Tattoo the ear using tattoo pliers. Push down hard. The herd prefix goes in the right ear, and the year letter and goat's number go in the left ear. Apply more ink. Apply baking soda. Work baking soda into tattooed area. Finished product after one year. Tattoo Guidelines ABGA identifies animals by their left and right ear tattoos These tattoos must follow ABGA rules and guidelines.

THE BOER BREED Breed Standards View Breed Standards View ABGA breed standards for registered American Boer goats. Tattoo Guidelines View Tattoo Guidelines Learn more about ABGA’s tattoo guidelines for registered animals. Gestation Calculator View Gestation Calculator Use this handy calculator to estimate an animal’s kidding date based on exposure dates. RECIPES Easy Goat Enchiladas See Recipe Stir-Fry Chevon with Green Onions See Recipe Goat Jerky See Recipe See All Recipes The DNA Program Explained View DNA Program Learn more about ABGA's DNA program. Holiday Marketing Calendar View Calendar Goat meat has grown in popularity in the United States thanks to ethnic markets which center their goat consumption around specific religious and cultural holidays. Boer Info View Boer Info Boer Info is dedicated to educational resources about meat goats and the Boer breed. American Goat Federation goatusa.org USDA Market Reports USDA Market Reports NLPA Sheep & Goat Fund Sheep & Goat Fund

กำลังมองหาเวอร์ชันกระดาษ? ดาวน์โหลดแบบฟอร์ม JABGA New Member Join the American Boer Goat Association American Boer Goat Association The annual Adult Membership fee is $60. ​ABGA Memberships run from January 1 through December 31 of each year​​​​​​​​​​ You must be 21 years of age or older to join as an Adult Member. You may add up to two Authorized Agents ​​​​​​​​​​​​​ on your application. If you need to add more in the future, please contact the ABGA office. ​Please choose up to three unique Herd Prefixes ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ on your application​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​, as you first choice may be in use by an existing member. We will choose the first available prefix. Your prefix cannot be changed once it's approved. You may also choose an optional Herd Name ​​​​​​​​​​​​​ for an additional one-time $20 fee. Once chosen, your herd name may be removed but not changed. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Junior American Boer Goat Association The annual Junior Membership fee is $30. ​JABGA Memberships run from January 1 through December 31 of each year​​​​​​​​​​ JABGA Members must be under 21 years of age. JAB​GA ​​​​​Members must have an active Adult ABGA member as an Authorized Agent. ​​​​​​​​​​ ​Ad​ult​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​m​em​bers may add up to three new Junior Memberships on your application. If you need to add more, please contact the ABGA office for further assistance. Junior Members may use the same ​​​Herd Prefix ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ as their adult Authorized Agent, or their own unique Herd Prefix. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Discounted iCompete rates do not apply when work is submitted via the form below or mail@abga.org . (325) 486-2242 mail@abga.org 9 am - 5 pm (CST) Monday - Friday Submitting a Certificate of Registration? To ensure authenticity, the ABGA will only accept color PHOTOS of Registration Certificates. We will not accept scanned certificates. All other forms may be scanned. Follow the steps below to before submitting a Certificate of Registration. 1. Write VOID in large letters, in blue or black ink, on both sides of the certificate. To ensure authenticity, the ABGA will only accept PHOTOS of Registration Certificates. We will not accept scanned certificates. Follow the steps below before submitting a Certificate of Registration. 2. Write the goat's registration number on the back of the certificate. To keep track of multiple certificates being submitted, we require the registration number to be written on the back of the certificate. We don't want to mix up your certificates! 3. Take a color photo of the front and back of the certificate. Be sure all four sides and corners, and the background are shown in both photos. Scanned copies are not permitted. 4. Upload and Submit! If you are using your mobile device, save your photos to your photo album, and submit all at once. If you don't feel comfortable voiding your certificates, you can always mail your certificates to the office. CONTACT US

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Class Birth Range Start Date End Date 0 to Under 3 Months 3 to under 6 months 6 to under 9 months 9 to under 12 months 12 to under 16 months 16 to under 20 months 20 to under 24 months 24 to under 36 months 36 plus months startDate startDate startDate startDate startDate startDate startDate startDate startDate endDate endDate endDate endDate endDate endDate endDate endDate endDate The Show Class Calculator tells you which class to enter each age of goat in. All you need to do choose the show date on the calendar, and the calculator will calculate the age break of your goats at selected show date. Show Class Calculator Determine the birth date range of a goat required to enter a show class based on the date of the show.