Sericea lespedeza has been shown to reduce barber pole worm infections in small ruminants.
Hair sheep tend to be more resistant to gastro-intestinal parasites than wooled sheep or goats.
Teaching the next generation about worms.
Sericea lespedeza has been shown to reduce barber pole worm infections in small ruminants.
Certified FAMACHA© Instructors
The FAMACHA© eye anemia system was developed by South African scientists and veterinarians. In order to teach FAMACHA© to farmers, students, and others (and purchase more than one FAMACHA© card), you must be a certified FAMACHA© instructor. The American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control has developed a process for becoming a certified FAMACHA© instructor. It includes an application and quiz. The application will be reviewed by a panel of consortium members to determine qualifications for teaching FAMACHA© and integrated parasite management. A passing grade on the quiz is 80 percent. The quiz reflects the information that should be taught in workshops. You may take the quiz more than once. Once approved you will receive a certificate. Certification will last for two years, after which time, you will need to pass an updated quiz.
The following people have met the requirements for certification. They are listed by state. You may contact them to teach a FAMACHA© workshop.
Alabama
Uma Karki, PhD, PAS
Tuskegee University
ukarki@tuskegee.edu
(334) 727-8336
Arizona
Samantha Cubbage, DVM
scubbage.herdhealth@gmail.com
(480) 772-3300
Arkansas
Dr. Joan M. Burke
Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center
joan.burke@ars.usda.gov
(479) 675-3834 x 325
Delaware
Dr. Kwame Matthews
Delaware State University
kmatthews@desu.edu
(302) 857-6540
Florida
Martha Mallicote, DVM, DACVIM
University of Florida Large Animal Hospital
mallicotem@ufl.edu
(352) 294-4325
Georgia
Kim Post
University of Georgia
kimberly.post@uga.edu
(229) 482-3895
Dr. Niki Whitley
Fort Valley State University
whitleyn@fvsu.edu
(478) 825-6577
Indiana
Sara Dzimianski
Purdue University
sdzimian@purdue.edu
(812) 547-7084
Iowa
Paul J. Plummer, DVM
Iowa State University
Pplummer@iastate.edu
(515) 294-8522
Maryland
Susan Schoenian
University of Maryland Extension
sschoen@umd.edu
(301) 432-2767 x343
Mississippi
Kip Brown
Mississippi State University
kipp.brown@outlook.com
(662) 417-4393
Michael Pesato
Mississippi State University
mep323@msstate.edu
(440) 669-3517
Leyla Rios
Mississippi State University
leyla.rios@msstate.edu
(662) 435-4514
Missouri
Linda Coffey
NCAT ATTRA
lindac@ncat.org
(479) 442-9824
(479) 445-2063 (cell)
New York
Betsy Hodge
Northern New York Cooperative Extension
bmf9@cornell.edu
(315) 379-9192
Dr. tatiana Stanton
Cornell University
tls7@cornell.edu
(607) 254-6024
Richard Toebe
Cornell Cooperative Extension
(607) 865-7090
North Carolina
Fred Brown, DVM
Traphill, North Carolina
banimaldoc@wilkes.net
(336) 957-5054
Taylor Chavis
North Carolina State University
tbhunt@ncsu.edu
(910) 671-3276
Randy Collins
North Carolina State University
randy_collins@ncsu.edu
(828) 479-7979
Emily Cope
North Carolina State University
emily_cope@ncsu.edu
(336) 593-8179
Kinsey Everhart
North Carolina State University
kmeverha@ncsu.edu
(919) 475-3619
Anthony Growe
North Carolina State University
(910) 206-2772
Liz Joseph
North Carolina State University
liz_joseph@ncsu.edu
(910) 321-6862
Lauren Langley
North Carolina State University
lauren_langley@ncsu.edu
(336) 570-6740
Adam Lawing
North Carolina State University
aclawing@ncsu.edu
(828) 289-9910
Rachel Owens
North Carolina State University
reowens2@ncsu.edu
(704) 283-3739
Becky Spearman
North Carolina State University
becky_spearman@ncsu.edu
(910) 877-3623
Pennsylvania
Melanie Barkley
Penn State University - Bedford County
meh7@psu.edu
(814) 623-4800
William Fritz, Ph.D.
Delaware Valley University
william.fritz@delval.edu
(215) 489-2325
Camren Maierle
Penn State University
clm6630@psu.edu
(724) 662-3141
South Carolina
Patty B. Scharko, DVM
Field & Extension Veterinarian
Clemson University
pschark@clemson.edu
(803) 726-7803
Texas
Ashley Steuer
Texas Tech University
ashley_steuer@ttu.edu
Virginia
James Hilleary
Virginia Tech - Loudoun County
james58@vt.edu
(703) 777-0373
Roger Ramirez-Barrios
VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
raramirez@vt.edu
(754) 610-5408
Last updated 09.17.21 by Susan Schoenian