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The Miniature Goat Registry
PO Box 310, Ione CA 95640
(619) 417-0989
TMGRoffice@gmail.com | TMGRonline.com
Milk Program Chair: Norm Geiser, 775-727-7399, backpacker2@outlook.com
MILK PRODUCTION PROGRAM
DHIA GENERAL RULES
1.
Fees and forms must be sent to The Miniature Goat Registry (TMGR), milk test coordinator
prior to beginning DHIA testing whether it is for a One-Day Test or for 305-day Test.
Notification of their state or chosen DHI Association and laboratory to be used is required at
that time.
2.
Upon receipt by TMGR office of an application to test, doe list (see milk forms) and payment
of the required fees, a herd will receive permission to test and be enrolled in TMGR DHIR
Program. Herds may begin testing any month of the year as soon as fees are paid and
permission to test is received. Does must be within 90 days fresh. Renewal fees are due
January 1 regardless of the month testing began the prior year.
3.
Cost is $5.00 for herd application plus $2.00 per doe.
4.
All DHIA (Dairy Herd Improvement Association) regulations will be followed. Each mini
breed may be tested separately.
5.
All persons recording test day data must be current, certified official DHI technicians.
6.
Herd owner’s scales must be certified by an official technician annually when used by
owners to collect data. Seal on scale must represent date certified.
7.
The suggested testing interval or days between tests is 30. Herd owners should be sure their
testing intervals will fit into the definition of a DHIR year. The test year is 10 or more
consecutive tests within a 12-month period.
8.
A test year is 305 days or less.
9.
Final test day data must be sent to TMGR, milk test coordinator within 2weeks following
the One-Day Test or by March 31 for the 305-day Test. Those herds that are enrolled in the
305-day Test must have their final paperwork submitted and received by March 31 to be
eligible or Top 10 or (Top 5) awards. Sheets do not need to be sent each month. A copy of
your monthly barn sheet prior to a verification test must be sent.
10. No products or devices designed to enhance production or butterfat may be used, except
those that are part of normal daily care. (Example: Adding sunflower seeds to the diet on a
regular basis to raise butterfat is normal daily care. Adding a hormone before the test is not
normal daily care.)
11. All TMGR registered does will need to be measured for height during each lactation with an
approved measuring devise. The measurement must be included on the form sent to TMGR,