FAMACHA anemia scoring round, sheep/goat herd — Onderstepoort, South Africa.

FAMACHA was developed and first validated by South African researchers Francois Malan, Gareth Bath, and Jan van Wyk, published 2002 after local testing in South Africa. Onderstepoort, Pretoria is home to the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science -- established 1920, the second-oldest veterinary school in Africa and the only veterinary school in South Africa -- confirmed via WebFetch to Wikipedia. HONESTY LIMIT stated directly: Wikipedia confirmed the institution's real, unique standing as South Africa's only veterinary school, but did not independently confirm Malan, Bath, or van Wyk's personal appointment there, so this connects to the country's own veterinary academic institution in the same country FAMACHA was developed and first validated, not a confirmed personal affiliation. Distinct from the existing Hill Country TX and Sonoma CA tiles, which are built on real US small-ruminant operation density rather than the method's country of origin. Anthelmintic resistance is now documented on most small-ruminant operations worldwide, and every unnecessary blanket treatment makes it worse -- a trained FAMACHA round treats only the animals whose eyelid color says they need it, offered in the country where the card itself was built and first proven.

Where

On-farm / Onderstepoort, Pretoria, South Africa (sheep and goat operations, warm-season pasture) · Open the map

Pay

$200 proposed

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Proof

A dated whole-group FAMACHA scoring record using the official card by a trained scorer, with 4-5 scores (and risk-flagged 3s) listed for veterinary-guided treatment and the herd trend kept

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Level

skilled

Open until

2026-12-01

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How this work is done

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

Bring

• Official FAMACHA card (obtained with certified training)
• Handling system or helpers to restrain each animal briefly
• Herd log with animal IDs and prior scores
• Natural daylight (scores are unreliable under artificial light)

Steps

1. 1. Verify the scorer holds FAMACHA training/certification and the official card; record both. Without them, stop — the round cannot be recorded as FAMACHA.
2. 2. Work in natural light. Restrain each animal briefly; cover the eye momentarily, then roll the lower eyelid down with the thumb to expose the conjunctiva.
3. 3. Match the conjunctival color to the card's five categories immediately (colors fade from memory); score BOTH eyes and take the worse score.
4. 4. Record every animal's score 1-5 with its ID in the dated herd log.
5. 5. Check each animal for bottle jaw (submandibular edema), weakness, and body condition while in hand; flag findings.
6. 6. List animals scoring 4-5 — and 3s carrying risk factors (bottle jaw, poor condition, lambs/kids, late-pregnancy or heavy-lactation females) — for treatment under the herd's veterinary guidance (VCPR). Drug, dose, and withdrawal are the veterinarian's call.
7. 7. Compare the round to prior rounds; a rising share of 3+ scores is a pasture/management flag to raise with the veterinarian, not a prompt to blanket-treat.

What counts as done

• Scorer's FAMACHA certification/training noted and the official card used in natural light
• Every animal's score 1-5 recorded with ID, in a dated herd log kept against prior rounds
• Animals scoring 4-5 (and 3 with risk factors) listed and routed for treatment under a licensed veterinarian's guidance -- drug and dose never chosen from this packet
• Any weak, down, or bottle-jawed animal flagged for urgent veterinary attention

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