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Animal
Care I
Medical - Health
Animal Care II Breeding Records
Number one priority for every breeder, owner, or manager of a herd of animals, is to maintain and ensure the health of the animals in his or her care. All animal species are prone to some form of general sickness and injury. Herd health maintenance programs will depend on geographical region, number of animals, types of feed, housing, and contact with other types of livestock.
Maintaining
up-to-date records for each individual animal is important. The recording
of weight, vaccination and de-worming data, miscellaneous injuries or
illness, teeth and toenail (hoof) trimming is important, as is the breeding
history for reproductive animals. Because maintaining a healthy herd
is such an important part of Herd Management, HerdLogic™ provides
you with the ability to track the maximum amount of information.
HerdLogic™ allows you to record two types of medical data:
Routine "Medical/Health"
related maintenance tasks and "Special Medical" data.
Customizing routine "Medical/Health" tasks
| These records are designed to track tasks such as, de-worming, vaccinations, toenail (hoof) trimming and other health related issues, which are administered on a regular or routine basis. Since the type of treatment and the frequency depend on geographical location, you can specify the vaccine or treatment used at your farm, ranch, or stud. |  Click image for full size |
You can enter routine "Medical/Health" tasks for a single animal or for a group of animals at one time.
Enter routine "Medical/Health" data for a single animal
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For example when trimming toenails for a Llama you might enter the following comment: "She was very uncooperative today, and wanted to cush down every time."
The entry screen always shows the last recorded weight and the date that the animal was weighed. Weights can be recorded in kg or lb., and can be viewed in either unit.
Enter routine "Medical/Health" data for a group
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The group entry form makes it easy to enter "Medical/Health" procedures for a group of animals at once. HerdLogic™ presents you with the location tree to make it easy to select your entire herd, a single location, several locations, or a group of individually selected animals. The same procedure is used to enter group weights, body scores and height data. Click
this link to view a Flash movie on how to enter tests requiring
a follow up, such as |
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The worksheet also lists the breeding status for females. For pregnant females the worksheet will list:
- The expected due date,
- The number of days the female is pregnant,
- The number of days left till the expected due date,
- The number of days post partum are listed, for females that recently gave birth.
- The number of days past the expected due date, for females that are overdue.
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Enter "Special Medical" information
Special Medical
records are intended to record data for non-routine treatments. These
are cases, which often involve the attendance of a veterinarian.
HerdLogic™ provides you with three main memo fields, and allows
you to describe the:
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Weight, Height and Body Score records
Keeping track of the weight of your animals is an important function of managing your herd. HerdLogic™ makes this easy for you, through individual and group weight entries. The weights can be recorded in kg or lb. Weights entered in kg can be viewed in lb. at any time, and vice versa. HerdLogic™ also allows you to track body scores, if you do not have access to a scale to weigh your animals. In addition to weights and body scores you can also track the height of your animals in either inches or cm. You can switch between Imperial (English) units and metric units on the fly.
Enter weight, height and body score for a group
| One of the powerful features in HerdLogic™ is Group Entry. To our knowledge the approach used in HerdLogic™ is unique. You can print a worksheet with the last 7 weights, height measurements, or body scores on record. The worksheet is identical to the one produced for group entry of routine Medical/Health procedures. |  Click image for full size |
When you enter the information recorded on your worksheet in HerdLogic™ you have the option to provide a comment for the entire group, or you can select to override the group comment for each individual animal. Optionally you can enter the next date when you want to weigh, measure, or body score your animals again.
When you provide a "next" date, HerdLogic™ will place this task in the Herd Information Manager.
Enter weight, height and body score for a single animal
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The weight for a single animal can be recorded in kg or lb. Weights entered in kg can be viewed in lb. at any time, and vice versa. HerdLogic™ also allows you to track body scores, if you do not have access to a scale to weigh your animals. In addition to weights and body scores you can also track the height of your animals in either inches or cm. You can switch between Imperial (English) units and metric units on the fly. |
The worksheet also lists the breeding status for females. For pregnant females the worksheet will list:
- The expected due date,
- The number of days the female is pregnant,
- The number of days left till the expected due date,
- The number of days post partum are listed, for females that recently gave birth.
- The number
of days past the expected due date, for females that are overdue.
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