Keuring / Selection Standard of Excellence This is the minimum standard for selection according to appearance and performance. The particular value of the Standard of Excellence in the development of the breed is easily recognised in the uniformity and general appearance of the Drakensberger. 1
Die Bou Van n Bul / Build of a Bull Stertwortel / Tailhead Sitbeen / Pin Bone Draaibeen / Thrul - Hip joint Buite Dye / Outer Thigh Knie / Siftle Stert / Tail Waai van die been / Second Thigh Binneboud & Spieël / Topside & Twist Stertkwas / Brush / Switch Hakskeen / Hock Agterkwart / Hindquarter Kruisstuk / Rump Lende / Lion Buik / Belly Bolyn / Topline Middelstuk / Barrel Rug / Back Duiwelskloutjies / Dew claws Ribbes / Ribs Heupbeen / Hook Bone Skede / Sheath Onderlyn / Underline Lies / Flank Skrotum / Scrotum Koot / Coronet Kambene / Chine Hasellêer / Crops Hoef / Hoof Voorkwart / Forequarter Skof / Hump / crest Bopunt van skouer-blaaie / Top of shoulder Horing / Horn Kruin / Poll Voorkop / Forehead Oogbank / Eyebrow Oor / Ear Oog / Eye Gesig / Face Neusgate / Nostril Neusspieël / Muzzle Bek / Mouth Onderkaak / Lower Jaw Keelvel / Dewlap Kakebeen / Jaw Nekstuk / Neck Skouerknop / Piont of shoulder Borsstuk / Brisket Elmboog / Elbow Knie / Knee Skeenbeen / Cannon Bone Kootgewrig / Pastern
STANDARD of EXCELLENCE Grading points Bull Cow GENERAL APPEARANCE 20 20 MASS AND SIZE FOR AGE 3 3 HEAD AND HORNS 10 10 NECK, HUMP AND DEWLAP 6 6 SHOULDERS, BRISKET, CHEST, RIBS AND BARREL 12 12 TOPLINE, BACK, LOIN, HIPS, RUMP AND TAIL 16 16 THIGHS, BREECH AND BUTTOCKS 12 10 LEGS, HOOVES AND BONE STRUCTURE 10 10 REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 8 10 SKIN AND HAIR 3 3 TOTAL 100 100 GENERAL APPEARANCE 20 POINTS BULL A black coloured, well-adapted meat animal with a strikingly long and deep body Elegant, masculine head, form of eyes and head, curve and diameter of horns, placement of neck, shape of hump and shoulders, length of back and rump, coat colour and texture. Long body, deep, wide with attractive top and underline. As is evident from a flexible, thick skin, hair coat and texture, strong flat bone and full, uniform meat coating. 1
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GENERAL APPEARANCE 20 POINTS Female A black coloured, well-adapted meat animal with a strikingly long body. Elegant, feminine head, form of eyes and head, curve and diameter of horns, lean, refined neck and neat attachment and placement of shoulders, length of back and rump, coat colour and texture. Long body, relatively deep, large barrel with attractive top and underline. A flexible, thick skin, hair coat and texture, strong flat bone and full, uniform meat coating. 3
MASS AND SIZE FOR AGE - 3 POINTS Sufficient size and mass for age based on performance test data HEAD AND HORNS - 10 POINTS BULL Strong and masculine head Eyes large, alert and set wide apart, eye arches fairly prominent. Muzzle broad with large black nostrils, well developed jaw. DEHORNED ANIMALS AND NATURALLY HORNLESS ANIMALS ARE ALLOWED 4
HEAD AND HORNS - 10 POINTS Female Feminine DEHORNED ANIMALS AND NATURALLY HORNLESS ANIMALS ARE ALLOWED - UNDER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS NECK, HUMP AND DEWLAP 6 POINTS BULL NECK Fairly short and strong, broad and well fleshed above, deep, blending well with head and shoulders. HUMP Large, flat and properly attached to shoulders. DEWLAP Uniformly and well developed. Stretching from jaw to brisket. 5
NECK, HUMP AND DEWLAP 6 POINTS Female NECK Fine, lean and feminine although strong and deep, blending well with head and shoulders. HUMP Almost no hump. DEWLAP Uniformly and well developed. Stretching from jaw to brisket. 6
SHOULDERS, BRISKET, CHEST, RIBS AND BARREL - 12 POINTS SHOULDER Deep, well covered and evenly fleshed. Smoothly attached to chine and ribs, not loose. Chine not prominent. BRISKET and CHEST Wide and fairly deep, not prominent. Deep, wide and full in crops and well filled behind elbow. RIBS and BARREL Well sprung, rounded and deep with a well developed barrel. Kambene / Chine Ribbes / Ribs Buik / Belly 7
TOPLINE, BACK, LOIN, HIPS, RUMP AND TAIL - 16 POINTS TOPLINE Good length, straight from chine to hips. BACK Strikingly long, wide and evenly fleshed. LOIN Broad, full and thickly fleshed, blending smoothly into back and rump. HIPS Wide and well-covered but not too prominent. 8
TOPLINE, BACK, LOIN, HIPS, RUMP AND TAIL - 16 POINTS Rump Well filled without fat accumulation, noticeably long, wide between thurls, wide between pin bones. Good length between hip and pin bone, drooping slightly from hip to pin bone therefore slightly roof-like. Pelvic vertebrae not too prominent. Tail Setting rather high but not too prominent. Medium thickness, course switch, long (reaching below hocks). 9
Kruis lengte / Length of rump Effense val in kruis Draaibeen / Thrul - Hip joint Sitbeen / Pin Bone Breed / Wide Smal / Narrow THIGHS, BREECH AND BUTTOCKS BULL 12 POINTS COW 10 POINTS THIGHS Broad, deep and long, stretching well down to hocks. Not excessively rounded. BREECH Broad, deep and long, stretching well down to hocks. Not excessively rounded. BUTTOCKS Deep and full. Only for the bulls 10
BROEK LAAG AF TOT BY HAKKE LEGS, HOOVES AND BONE STRUCTURE - 10 POINTS LEGS Strong, straight and squarely placed. Bottom shanks fairly short. Knees and hocks big and strong. Well muscled. HOOVES Large, hard, black and well rounded. BONE STRUCTURE Quality shown by strong, hard flat bone. 11
MALE ORGANS 8 POINTS TESTICLES Equally shaped, well developed and equally sized testicles with minimum scrotum circumference according to minimum standards. SHEATH Not excessively developed. Not Fleshy, Small opening to the front, little skin preferable FEMALE ORGANS 10 POINTS UDDER Large, flexible, long udder carried well forward and well up behind. Not fleshy or pendulous. Large, branched milk veins. TEATS Of medium length, placed squarely, far apart. White teats allowed. 12
SKIN AND HAIR - 3 POINTS SKIN Thick, loose and pliable. HAIR Blue-black hair of medium length and fineness. Straight and shiny, coarser on neck and head. STANDARD of EXCELLENCE Grading points Bull Cow GENERAL APPEARANCE 20 20 MASS AND SIZE FOR AGE 3 3 HEAD AND HORNS 10 10 NECK, HUMP AND DEWLAP 6 6 SHOULDERS, BRISKET, CHEST, RIBS AND BARREL 12 12 TOPLINE, BACK, LOIN, HIPS, RUMP AND TAIL 16 16 THIGHS, BREECH AND BUTTOCKS 12 10 LEGS, HOOVES AND BONE STRUCTURE 10 10 REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS 8 10 SKIN AND HAIR 3 3 TOTAL 100 100 13
MINIMUM STANDARDS At least 50% in all sub-sections of the standard of Excellence BULLS At Least 70% of total points achieved Female At least 60% of total points achieved Disqualifications Disqualification reasons independent of the degree should not be selected Emphasis is placed on the function of the animal, and the type. Animals with hereditary defects or with shortcomings significantly impairing the function (in the opinion of the inspector) will be rejected. 14
Disqualifications General Appearance: A4 Dwarfism 15
General Appearance : A15 Defective Skin Disqualifications 16
Performance: B2 Average of indices below 90 Performance Standard Average of available indices should at least be 90 Wean and/or year weight and 18 Month Phase C and D Wean, ADG and FCR Exception rule may be excecuted for exceptional muscling. For visually exceptional animals that does not make the required indices must achieve at least 2- for females and 2+ for bulls. Colour: C1 White above belly line 17
Colour: C1 White above belly line or on legs Colour: C2 Whole white switch Disqualifications 18
Head and Horns: G2 Skew face Head and Horns: G3 Skew muzzle 19
Head and Horns: G5 Overshot jaw Head and Horns: G4 Undershot jaw Fore-quarter: H1 Loose shoulders 20
Fore-quarter : H2 Falls away behind crops (pinched) Fore-quarter : H4 Roofy shoulders 21
Disqualifications Centre: I3 Hunched back 22
Centre: I4 Devils grip Disqualifications 23
Legs and Hooves: Front legs K6 Knees bent backward Legs and Hooves: Front legs K4 Stag knees Hind legs KORREK KO-HAKKIG KROMBENIG 24
Legs and hooves: hind legs L3 Too cow hocked KORREK KO-HAKKIG KROMBENIG Legs and Hooves: Pastern joints M1 Pasterns tread through KORREK REGOP SLAP TRAP DEUR Legs and Hooves: Pastern joints M2 Slack pasterns 25
Disqualifications Legs and hooves: Claws N1 Outgrowing claws 26
Legs and hooves: Claws N2 Claws curling inwards Legs and hooves: Claws N3 Lack of depth in heel Legs and hooves: Claws N6 Absence of by-claws (one or both) 27
Tail O3 Congenital kink in upper third of tail Male Reproductive Organs: Scrotum and Testes P1 Size (refer to schedules) Weight Circumf. 300-349 28cm 350-399 30cm 400-449 31cm 450-499 32cm 500-549 33cm 550-599 34cm 600+ 35cm 28
Male Reproductive Organs: Scrotum and Testes P3 Testicles twisted excessively Male Reproductive Organs: Scrotum and Testes P3 Absence of epididymis 29
Male Reproductive Organs: Scrotum and Testes P5 Hypoplastic NORMAAL HIPOPLASIE Disqualification 30
Male reproductive organs: Sheath Q1 - Perpetual prolapse PROLAPS. DISKWALIFIKASIE Discrimination Errors of different grades Points are deducted Can lead to disqualification 31
Discrimination Masculinity / Femininity: E1 Ox-like 32
Masculinity / Femininity: E1 Ox-like Manlikheid / Vroulikheid: E1 - Osagtig 33
Discriminations Head Non-characteristic head Not enough masculinity / Femininity Neck, Hump and Dewlap Lack of Neck muscles - Bulls Not enough Dewlap 34
Discriminations SHOULDERS, BRISKET, CHEST, RIBS AND BARREL Lack of Depth Too narrow brisket Flat / Lack of capacity Centre: I1 - Hollow back 35
Discriminations THIGHS, BREECH AND BUTTOCKS Excessively rounded rump Flat rump (from sides and back) Hindquarter: J1 - Hanging rump KORREK HANG PLAT 36
Hindquarter : J2 Roofy rump KORREK DAKKIG Hindquarter: J3 Flat rump KORREK HANG PLAT 37
Hindquarter: Flat rump / short rump BREED SMAL Discrimination TOPLINE, BACK, LOIN, HIPS, RUMP AND TAIL Flat / roofy back Poor blending /connection (Back, Loin, Rump) Poorly developed loin Flat rump Short rump 38
Poor blending /connection (Back, Loin, Rump) Discriminations 39
Legs and hooves: Front legs K2 Pigeon toed Legs and hooves: Front legs K1 X-Legged Legs and hooves: Front legs K3 Bandy legs VOORBENE KORREK KROMBENIG / BAK BENIG X-BENIG Legs and hooves: Hind legs L4 Bandy legs Legs and hooves: Hind legs L1 Too sickle-hocked Legs and hooves: Hind legs L2 Too upright-hocked HAKKE KORREK REGOP SEKEL 40
Legs and Hooves: Pastern Joints M3 Pasterns too upright Legs and hooves: Claws N4 Claws differ in size 41
Discriminations Tail O1 Prominent tail setting 42
Male reproductive organs: Scrotum and Testes P2 Long, pendulous scrotum Male reproductive organs: Scrotum and Testes P3 Twisted strings Male reproductive organs: Sheath Q2 Long sheath above sheath opening Male reproductive organs: Sheath Q3 Fleshy sheath 43
Male reproductive organs: Sheath Q2 Long sheath above sheath opening Male reproductive organs: Sheath Q3 Fleshy sheath NIE VLESIG, KLEIN OPENING NA VOOR, BAIE VEL. DISKRIMINASIE VLESIG, GROOT OPENING NA VOOR, BAIE VEL. DISKRIMINASIE VLESIG, GROOT OPENING NA VOOR, MIN VEL. DISKRIMINASIE Discriminations Male reproductive organ Split scrotum 44
Female Reproductive Organs: Udder and teats S2- Small teats Normaal / ideaal Female Reproductive Organs: Udder and teats Deformed teats Female Reproductive Organs: Udder and teats S3- Hereditary unbalanced udder 45
Discriminations Female reproductive organs Sagging udder Long hair on the udder http://www.drakensbergers.co.za/ 46