Donkey body condition + fatty neck + dental scoring round — Denton, TX.

Donkeys were the one common US equid category still missing from this library entirely -- the existing `equine_body_condition` standard uses the Henneke 9-point horse scale, which misreads donkeys because they carry fat differently (a cresty neck, uneven neck/hindquarter deposits) and a horse-calibrated eye or scale doesn't transfer. Denton, TX is home to the American Donkey and Mule Society (ADMS), established 1967, the world's oldest resource for donkey and mule information and registry services, still active today. A palpation-plus-tape-measurement round gives a donkey keeper an honest set of numbers a horse-trained eye would miss.

Where

On-farm / Denton, TX (donkey and mule operations) · Open the map

Pay

$165 proposed

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Proof

A dated round scoring Body Condition Score (1-5, palpation over neck/shoulders, withers, back, ribs, belly, hindquarters), Fatty Neck Score (1-5, tape-measured neck thickness), and Dental Condition Score (0-2, incisor/chewing check) per animal, trend kept against the prior round, and any animal at the extremes of either score or with a poor dental score flagged for a donkey-experienced or equine veterinarian

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Level

skilled

Open until

2026-11-30

Posted by

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How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

• A calm handling setup (catch pen or haltered animal accustomed to hands-on contact)
• A soft measuring tape for the Fatty Neck Score's neck-thickness component
• A herd/keeper recording sheet or app with animal ID and BCS/FNS/DCS + prior-round fields

Steps

1. 1. Approach and restrain the animal calmly; use a second handler if the animal is not accustomed to hands-on palpation.
2. 2. Palpate the six Body Condition Score sites -- neck/shoulders, withers, back, ribs, belly, hindquarters -- and assign a whole or half-point BCS from 1 (poor/emaciated) to 5 (obese), per the published scale.
3. 3. Measure neck thickness with a soft tape at the mid-neck point and combine with palpation of the crest to assign a Fatty Neck Score (FNS) 1-5 -- do NOT skip the tape measurement, since FNS by palpation alone is less reliable and the published study found FNS the strongest driver of dorsal-profile shape/size.
4. 4. Assess the incisors and chewing ability and assign a Dental Condition Score (DCS) 0 (normal) to 2 (poor).
5. 5. Record all three scores per animal, dated, with animal ID.
6. 6. Compare against the animal's prior round to track a trend, not just a snapshot.
7. 7. Flag any animal scoring 1-2 or 5 on BCS or FNS, or 2 on DCS, for a donkey-experienced or equine veterinarian.
8. 8. Log the full round (all scored animals, dated) and route flagged animals per the decision rules.

What counts as done

• Body Condition Score (1-5) assigned by palpation over all six sites (neck/shoulders, withers, back, ribs, belly, hindquarters), never by visual assessment alone
• Fatty Neck Score (1-5) assigned with a tape-measured neck-thickness component, not palpation alone
• Dental Condition Score (0-2) assessed from incisor appearance and chewing ability
• Comparison against the prior round's scores recorded as a trend, never a diagnosis
• Any animal scoring 1-2 (thin) or 5 (obese) on BCS or FNS, or scoring 2 (poor) on DCS, flagged for a donkey-experienced or equine veterinarian

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