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title: Youngstock
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createdAt: 2026-02-23T07:45:20.269Z
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### Required Permissions

To use this feature, your VAS PULSE Platform user account must be assigned to a Role with User Management permissions. See [Edit Dairy User Permissions](docId\:dgKiJJMfdmpDvWGygh_P2) and [Manage Dairy Roles](docId\:tklz3_ROmKlipE8l-rFi6) for more information.
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Use the Youngstock tab to view health events for calves and heifers on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis.

Follow the guidelines below when analyzing your Youngstock health.

![](https://api.qa.archbee.co/api/optimize/zICxj0dnLereb6UUrBA3-/bH_ZqlALdhZCZX4Ocr58R_summary-trends-health-heifers.png)

1. Select **Filters** to open a side panel on the left of the page to filter cows by reporting frequency and age (in days). Once a filter is selected, the current filter applied is displayed next to the **Filters** option. Click the **X** on a specific filter to remove it.
2. Click the **Customize** button to edit your HealthVAL summaries for cow and heifer events and/or modify your HealthVAL benchmark settings.
3. **Reference** checkboxes allow you to control which lines are plotted on the graph. Each reference is color-coded to match a specific bar or line on the graph. Check a box to include a plot line on the graph. Uncheck a box to remove a plot line from the graph.
4. Click **Occurrence** to view the reference data in occurrence percentages and include threshold values on the graph, or click **Count** to view the reference data in total counts.
5. If the graph includes data for the current month, the bar is shaded to indicate that data for the month is incomplete.
6. Hover over a bar on the graph to view additional data.

[\< Return to View HealthVAL Reports](docId:35eTwyIDLVCVRU8kG-5zC)