Individual animal data

The Individual Animal Form displays all of the data relating to a specific animal. The animal is selected from the values available in the Animal Selection dropdown box.

The top part of the Individual animal data Form contains four bars of menu items, tools and labels:

1. - the menu items which contain a range of additional commands

2. - displays details of the herd and lots/groups that the displayed animals come from. In the above example the current herd is AGRIS Agrisoft Beef Herd), the lot/group/locations displayed (currently All, so all animals in the herd), and the total animals in the currently defined herd/lot/group (129 animals in this example). To change the selection of herd/lot/group  click the menu bar to display Select herds, lots and groups.

3. - Determines the format of the animal id, whether filters are applied and if animals that are no longer in the herd should be included. The    Animal ID Format dropdown box determines how the animal is referred to (the Animal ID). Option include name, number and official eartag, all of which appear on the  Identity details page. Select the option that is most appropriate to your herd. 
- the Filter dropdown box allows the application of an existing filter to reduce the total records displayed by the form. The button allows the definition of a new filter. See How do I design and apply filters? 
- Determines if animals that have left the herd should be included in the list of available animals.

4. Describes the currently displayed animal. The yellow animal selection dropdown box contains all animal IDs within the criteria defined in the other menu bars (herd/lots/groups selected, any filter set and whether animals that have exited are included).  To the right are a number of labels describing the herd / lot / group / eartag and other items relating to the animal. The range of labels displayed is determined via the Animal status bar display reached via the Specify menu item. The last label gives a brief summary of the current status of the animal. Parts of this are abbreviated to facilitate display.  indicates a  breeding female (as opposed to Fe:Ot which indicates other or non-breeding female). She is over 12 years of age in parity 9 which began 53 days ago. Her current fertility status is  NH/Su which is no heat observed, suckling. Other possible status values include Se = served awaiting pregnancy diagnosis; PD- = pregnancy diagnosed but negative; He=heat observed but not served, NB = not to be bred from anymore) .

Selecting an animal record for display: An animal record is best selected by typing the required ID in to the Animal Selection dropdown box. As you type in the ID the entered characters appear in red. The program anticipates the full ID by displaying the first ID that satisfies the letters/numbers already entered. When the required animal ID is displayed press the {Enter} key. The program then displays that animal's record and moves automatically to the first scheduled event in the Parity data and events page of the animal record.

Note that the Animal Selection dropdown box changes from yellow to white as soon as it loses "focus". Pressing the F12 key will always return focus to the Animal Selector box from where another animal ID can be chosen.

There are six pages of data in an animal record. These can be displayed by clicking the tab containing the page heading:

Identity details
Parity data and events
Origins and movements
Parents and offspring
Performance statistics
Exit details