Manage Animals (v2)

use the tab in to quickly see all animals in your tap on an animal to view its detailed expand the sections below to learn more view the animals list by identification type in the show field, select one of the identification types to list the animals by that identifier barnname, controlnum, registration, or electronicid if an animal doesn’t have that identification type, the animal won’t show up in the list add a new animal required permissions only users who are assigned to a role with permissions can use this feature if your account only has permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ dgkijjmfdmpdvwgygh p2 and manage dairy roles docid\ tklz3 romklipe8l rfi6 for more information to add a new animal to the , open the tab and tap the add animal button at the top right side of the screen enter and save its identification details, including birth date and breed, to see it in your follow the guidelines below when you add a new animal assign an animal id the app automatically assigns the next available to the animal you can also manually enter a new animal id tap on the id field, delete the default id, and enter the new id avoid duplicate animal ids the app works best when you select a unique, numeric identifier for each animal record make sure you refresh your data before you add a new animal if you are in offline , you could accidentally add a duplicate id if your data is not up to date with select a pen you must choose a for the new animal if you selected a default for new animals on the web version of , the app will not automatically assign the animal to that default different animal types require different details to add a new cow, you need to enter reproduction details if you switch the animal type from a cow to a heifer or bull, the system won't show the reproduction fields however, if you switch the animal type back to a cow, the system will retain the reproduction details you entered filter the animals tab tap filters to limit the animals shown by reproductive code ( ) view cowcard tabs at the top of the screen, you'll see the animal's id, milk and meat withholds, and animal details, such as number, lactation, rpro status, etc directly below the animal details, you'll see a row of tabs items s lactations daily milk edit items from a cowcard required permissions only users who are assigned to a role with permissions can use this feature if your account only has permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ dgkijjmfdmpdvwgygh p2 and manage dairy roles docid\ tklz3 romklipe8l rfi6 for more information follow the steps below to continue navigate to the for an animal tap edit items at the bottom left of the screen select items become editable adjust items as needed and tap save changes made are recorded in the transaction log (v2) docid 7gofl21giww szxrefk51 tip don't see the edit items button? this option is only available when your device is online see online & offline mode (v2) docid\ xzkmybe7xmhpoipbrqerz to learn more expand for a full list of items you can update in dc on mobile cbrd cattle breed dbrd dam breed pstrg permanent string or pen coda wildcard 1 byte item (any character) cod1 wildcard 1 byte item (0 255) cod2 wildcard 2 byte item (0 32000) xdat wildcard date item note permanent note gsamp genomic sample id gsdat genomic sample collection date vatag velos activity responder ndprs2 nedap responder 2 cut cut field for sort gates httag allflex scr tag for pcc trans transponder number resp responder number bname barn name mtag calf vaccination usda usda number visid visual id other items must be updated from or add events from a cowcard required permissions only users who are assigned to a role with permissions can use this feature if your account only has permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ dgkijjmfdmpdvwgygh p2 and manage dairy roles docid\ tklz3 romklipe8l rfi6 for more information follow the steps below to continue navigate to the for an animal tap add event at the bottom right of the screen on the add event screen, scroll to the event you want to add and tap the event name the mobile app opens the event specific screen all required fields are marked with the (asterisk) symbol tap save once added, the event is displayed on the tab of the note saved events display on the after a brief delay if you have if you have , saved events display after the system synchronizes with the if you do not have an active internet connection or are using the app in offline mode docid\ xzkmybe7xmhpoipbrqerz , added events will sync to as soon as your device is back online switch to another animal's cowcard when you're viewing an animal's , you can swipe left or right on the animal's id number at the top of the screen to switch to the next or previous animal the selected tab (like , , etc ) won't change when you switch animals check an animal's milk and meat withholds animals with active withholds are flagged with a red background at the top of the animals with no withholds have a green background tap the milk or meat buttons to see whether the animal has a milk or meat withhold and the date the withhold began or was cleared see more items in the items tab in the cowcard required permissions only users who are assigned to a role with permissions can use this feature if your account only has permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ dgkijjmfdmpdvwgygh p2 and manage dairy roles docid\ tklz3 romklipe8l rfi6 for more information the tab in the may contain a lot of data inside multiple items cards scroll up and down to see all items to expand and collapse an item card, tap the and icons to the far right of the title card you can also add, edit, or hide the items shown in the mobile app go to the of to customize your items see items docid\ pdghk62rrxgrurnqb 895 for more information complete tasks directly from the tasks tab in the cowcard if an animal is included in one or more tasks lists, the app displays them on the tab on the animal's be sure to scroll up and down to see all of the animal's tasks tip you can also add to an animal from the tab if you have an active data connection this option is not available in offline mode docid\ xzkmybe7xmhpoipbrqerz add custom tasks directly from the tasks tab in the cowcard if you are working in online mode, you can add a custom task for your animal by tapping add task at the bottom of the tab screen enter your custom task name, which can't exceed 30 characters, and custom task's date the system warns you if the date you selected is more than a year away from the current date check the animal's most recent lactation history the tab in the mobile app only displays the most recent lactation scroll left and right to view all items you can view the animal's full lactation history in the of view daily milk with a meter configured for daily milk readings can view an animal's daily milk production on the daily tab in the each shift is color coded if the animal is identified while entering the parlor, but its actual milk weight for a shift is not captured by the parlor equipment, the shift average is added as an estimated milk weight on the bar graph, estimated milk weights are represented by diagonal stripes if an animal fails to be identified in the parlor for a shift, no data is included for that shift < return to dc on mobile (v2) home docid\ b8ixok2bgdbdgsowzeuat