Events with Protocols
2 min
some events allow you to select a treatment , such as drugs to be administered or treatments that should be applied to the animal's hooves or udder for dairycomp unlimited dairies, pulse works together with dairycomp and cowcare to include all of your dairy's configured protocols when entering these events in the mobile app follow these guidelines when entering events with protocols if you are entering an event that includes protocols, you will see the protocol field as an option for each animal in the event tap the protocol field to view the available protocols note that the mobile app filters the list of protocols based on the event you are entering, as well as the type of animal you selected (heifer or adult) some protocols are available only for heifers, some for adults, and some are available for both for each protocol, the app displays the corresponding milk and meat withholdings it also displays the remark that will be auto filled for this animal when you choose this protocol, as well as the to which animals on this protocol should be moved if you select a protocol that requires you to choose which hoof or quarter of the udder is affected, the app opens a screen where you can choose the quarter(s) select which quarter(s) the protocol affects note that the options you see on this screen may vary based on dairycomp's configured character limit for the remark field the labels you see here may also be different from those listed below, but the typical ones are all selects all quarters/quadrants lf l eft f ront hoof or teat rf r ight f ront hoof or teat lh l eft h ind hoof or teat rh r ight h ind hoof or teat note the labels for quarters/quadrants can be customized in pulse animal configuration docid\ awuo0jkoazteyvnjma473 settings or in for dc unlimited dairies click here to learn more about rem field length and quarter/quadrant selection! the length of the remark field may be 16 or 8 characters, depending on your dairy type/item table configuration dairies support 16 character remarks dc unlimited dairies can support 16 character remarks if they have adequate item table storage space if a dc unlimited dairy has limited item table storage space, it can only support 8 character remarks follow the guidelines below and learn how quarter/quadrant selection works for specific events mast and events 16 character choose 1, 2, 3, or all quarters/quadrants for mast and lame events 8 character rem choose 1 or all quarters/quadrants for mast and lame events events choose either 1 or all quarters to follow best practices for this event type, irrespective of the rem field length after you select the quarter(s), tap the continue button at the bottom of the screen after you tap continue , the app returns you to the event screen, where you will see the following updates the event protocol field displays your chosen protocol the remark field is auto populated based on the protocol you selected you can edit the remark further after the app inserts it if the protocol you selected defined a go to pen number, the app automatically inserts that pen number in the event's pen field in this case, you cannot edit the new pen assignment for this animal because the protocol defines the required pen important when you are adding animals in bulk to an event that allows protocols, the information in the protocol and remark fields will not carry forward to other animals as you add them because protocol treatments are specific to each animal, the app requires you to define them individually for each animal you add to the event see save time when adding animals in bulk docid\ t2idizwsv zyc3bn1ga7u for more information to learn more about a specific protocol, you can log into the web version of pulse and view the protocols docid\ xfrakgle7apm xwixzfbj list related topics user defined events (for dcu dairies) docid\ ctwhssghkta bvulv9qgu protocols docid\ xfrakgle7apm xwixzfbj