[Preliminary essays to the validation of FAMACHA© method in conditions of semi-arid Paraibano].

The gastrintestinal helmintiases occupy prominence place among factors that limit the farming goat in entire world, especially on tropical regions, where economical losses are more accentuated. The objective of this work was to evaluate FAMACHA© method utilization as an auxiliary strategy on the control of parasites of goats in semiarid paraibano. Moreover the clinical assistance, values of hematocrit and OPG were determinate to evaluate the relation between the exams. They were used 30 moxotó female goats, monthly evaluated for 90 days. The female goats that presented degree three of mucose in accordance to the FAMACHA© method do not need to be vermifuged in accordance with hematocrit and OPG values. The FAMACHA© method, although too indicated for use in goats, needs little adaptation to be best administered.