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Sheep Records: FAMACHA, Keuring, DNA, Inbreeding, Sale Document

More records in the EkBoer app: FAMACHA and body condition scores, inspection (keuring) results, DNA parentage, the inbreeding check, your farm details, and a printable sale document.

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In this video

0:00 FAMACHA and body condition
0:10 Inspection (keuring)
0:21 DNA parentage
0:52 My farm details
1:04 Print a sale document

What you will learn

FAMACHA and body condition

Breeding tab
Score each animal from 1 to 5
See the last score next time

On the Breeding tab, you can score each animal from one to five for FAMACHA or body condition, and see the last score next time.

Inspection (keuring)

Type the class or grade
Points and inspector if you have them
The latest class shows on the animal

For an inspection, or keuring, type the class or grade each animal was given, the points if you have them, and the inspector. The latest class shows on the animal.

DNA parentage

Confirmed, excluded or waiting
The parent tested and the laboratory

Keep the result of a parentage test. Confirmed, excluded, or waiting, with the parent tested and the laboratory.

The inbreeding check

6.3% is like cousins
12.5% like half-siblings
25% like full brother and sister
Only counts relatives you have recorded

When you join ewes with a ram, any ewe that is closely related to him is marked with how related they are. 6.3 percent is like cousins. 12.5 percent is like half siblings. 25 percent is like a full brother and sister. Open Pedigree on any animal to see its own figure. This only counts relatives you have recorded.

My farm details

Setup, My farm details
Name, address, phone and identification mark

In Setup, fill in My farm details: your name, address, phone, and the identification mark registered for your farm. It is used on printed sale documents.

Print a sale document

Animals, Select several, tick the animals
Print sale document
Buyer, destination, driver and every animal's IDs
Not the official police Stock Removal Certificate

To print a sale document, go to Animals, tap Select several, tick the animals, and tap Print sale document. You get a printable list of the animals leaving, with the buyer, where they are going, the driver, and every animal's IDs. Print it or save it as a PDF. It is your own record. It is not the official police Stock Removal Certificate, so use the official forms wherever the law requires them.

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