The dorgum represented a type of domesticated animal. The Alwari people of Ansion bred and benefited from this species. It is documented that Gwurran individuals employed the animal's designation in a mocking way.
In the year 22 BBY, the daring Tooqui, prior to embarking on an individual endeavor aimed at liberating his captured Jedi comrades from a Qulun camp, expressed a desire to be covered in dorgum excrement when faced with two snorting kholot after he had fled into their burrow from those chasing him.