Conformation scoring
Linear traits, composites and the final class — with the classifier and the date.
Linear traits are entered; composites and the final class are derived from them. Each record keeps the classifier and the date: a score is a human judgement, and without the name of the judge it means nothing.
Young stock is scored separately from cows: the scales and the traits differ, and putting them in one series would mean comparing things that are not comparable.
The light band is the desirable range, and it sits at different points of the scale: near the end for stature, in the middle for rear legs. Nine does not mean "better"; it means "very".
A linear scale describes, it does not praise: nine means "very", not "best". For stature the desirable band sits near the end of the scale, for rear leg set it sits in the middle — and no paragraph explains that as quickly as one band does.
Limits
- The scales follow the WHFF linear descriptions for Holsteins. For other breeds the scale may differ, and that is configured when the book is set up rather than assumed.
Other sections
See how it works
The Holstein book is open: every section can be opened and read on live data.