Manage Animals

use the animals tab in dc on mobile to quickly see all animals in your herd tap on an animal to view its detailed cowcard 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 herd write permissions can use this feature if your account only has herd read permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ gw6zx7tfc4ihsbrtozc v and manage dairy roles docid 9yjukdzfab0kko1hw0mxj for more information to add a new animal to the herd, open the animals 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 herd 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 herd 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 pulse select a pen you must choose a for the new animal if you selected a default pen for new animals on the web version of pulse, the app will not automatically assign the animal to that default pen 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 cowcard screen, you'll see the animal's id, milk and meat withholds, and animal details, such as pen number, lactation, rpro status, etc directly below the animal details, you'll see a row of cowcard tabs tasks items events lactations daily milk edit items from a cowcard required permissions only users who are assigned to a role with herd write permissions can use this feature if your account only has herd read permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ gw6zx7tfc4ihsbrtozc v and manage dairy roles docid 9yjukdzfab0kko1hw0mxj for more information follow the steps below to continue navigate to the cowcard 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 docid\ f26zcmya ykvzwijoiown tip don't see the edit items button? this option is only available when your device is online see online & offline mode docid\ eeyglstgtwmlozg5ajbks 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 pulse or dairycomp add events from a cowcard required permissions only users who are assigned to a role with herd write permissions can use this feature if your account only has herd read permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ gw6zx7tfc4ihsbrtozc v and manage dairy roles docid 9yjukdzfab0kko1hw0mxj for more information navigate to the cowcard 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 events tab of the cowcard note saved events display on the cowcard after a brief delay if you have if you have dcu, saved events display after the system synchronizes with the on premise dairycomp if you do not have an active internet connection or are using the app in offline mode docid\ eeyglstgtwmlozg5ajbks , added events will sync to pulse as soon as your device is back online switch to another animal's cowcard when you're viewing an animal's cowcard, 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 cowcard tab (like tasks, items, etc ) won't change when you switch animals check an animal's milk and meat withholds animals with active withholds are flagged with a \<font color="#ef4444">red background\</font> at the top of the cowcard animals with no withholds have a \<font color="#67854e">green background\</font> 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 herd write permissions can use this feature if your account only has herd read permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ gw6zx7tfc4ihsbrtozc v and manage dairy roles docid 9yjukdzfab0kko1hw0mxj for more information the items tab in the cowcard 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 web version of pulse to customize your cowcard items see items docid\ py6aocx1mnasvtznl1rcy 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 tasks tab on the animal's cowcard be sure to scroll up and down to see all of the animal's tasks tip you can also add tasks to an animal from the tasks tab if you have an active data connection this option is not available in offline mode docid\ eeyglstgtwmlozg5ajbks 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 tasks 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 web version of pulse view daily milk herds with a meter configured for daily milk readings can view an animal's daily milk production on the daily tab in the cowcard 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