Rating systems For Fainting goats,

Myotonic Goat Registry:

The Myotonic condition this breed carries relates to its myotonia congenita, which is an essential portion of the breed type. The myotonic condition varies by degree; use the following guide to fill in the Degree of Myotonia line using the numbers 1 through 6:

1. Never observed to stiffen, but other type traits are consistent as is pedigree.

2. Very rarely stiffens, never falls.

3. Stiffens only occasionally, and rarely falls.

4. Walks normally with no swivel. The rear limbs lock up readily, the forelimbs less so, and goats with this degree of stiffness rarely fall to the ground.

5. Animal walks relatively normally, although somewhat stiff in rear and with a swivel at the hip. Readily stiffens when startled or stepping over a barrier.

6. Animal always moves stiffly to some degree, and readily becomes "locked up" when startled or stepping over a low barrier.

International Fainting Goat Assoc.

Categories of registration:

PREMIUM:Goats that readily faint.

REGULAR:Goats that become woodenlegged but do not fall over.

BREEDING STOCK:FEMALES ONLY.Limber,(do not stiffen or fall) but born to Reg. Premium or Regular fainters,the offspring carry the genes and can produce fainting goat kids.