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**Please take note that Traditional Purebred and Canadian Purebred and Percentage are the terms used in Canada to officially distinguish the difference in Boer goat pedigrees.

However, some breeders (including myself) have adopted the use of the term 'Fullblood'  when referring to Traditional Purebred Does and Bucks here in Canada. Fullblood is a U.S. term and means the same thing as Traditional Purebred here in Canada. (I find it easier to use Fullblood to differentiate since it's an entirely different word, with no confusion between Purebred used twice, nor about the word Traditional, since we also have a Traditional coloring designation. One can have a Traditional colored Canadian purebred or a Traditional colored Traditional purebred or an Non Traditional color for either. I find that can be confusing. So I use the terms Traditional colored Fullblood [TR FB], Traditional colored Canadian Purebred [TR CP], Colored FB or Colored CP.

A Fullblood (or Traditional Purebred in Canada) is a goat whose ancestors are all 100% Boer, which trace their lineage on both dam and sire lines back to Foundation Stock from South Africa (sourced through New Zealand, France, Germany, Australia, or wherever), and which conform to the breed standards as set out by the Canadian Meat Goat Association (ie. convex profile, Roman nose, pendulous ears, reddish-brown head and white body). These are give a 'TR' code in their pedigree.

Further, there are Fullbloods (Traditional Purebreds) that are not Traditionally colored (ie. Dappled, Spotted, Paint, Black, Solid, Red, etc). Fullbloods with non-traditional colors are given the designation 'R' in their pedigree to show they do not conform to the Traditional Coloring of the Boer breed.
 

The U.S. term Purebred means the same as our Canadian Purebred (which is a goat that was bred up to purebred at some point, so the ancestors of this goat include at least one animal that is not 100% Boer.) The offspring of this animal will never become Fullblood (Traditional Purebred), but will always be Canadian Purebred, even when it has reached 100% on its pedigree. Does must be at least 15/16 Boer (94%) to be considered Canadian Purebred, and Bucks must be at least 31/32 (97%) boer to be considered Canadian Purebred (CP). Traditional colored Canadian Purebreds are given a "CR" code in their pedigree. Colored Canadian Purebreds are designated as "RCR".

The term Percentage is used to define any doe that is below 94%.These are given a "GR' code in their pedigree. A buck below 97% can't be registered. It takes 4 generations to breed a female goat up to Canadian Purebred, using a 100% registered buck each time, and it takes 5 generations before a male goat can be registered as a Canadian Purebred. When a Canadian Purebred reaches 100%, it still remains a Canadian purebred; neither it nor its offspring will ever become Fullblood.