Installation Instructions

Enter Herd’s Data into AfiFarm
Chapter
8
Oct 2013
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8 Enter Herd’s Data into AfiFarm
Animals to be tracked by the system must be entered into the AfiFarm application.
The interface for entering the data depends on your specific configuration as
follows:
x For standalone AfiAct II systems without any other afimilk components
(i.e. no
AfiFarm application is used) – the data is entered via AfiAct II report interface.
x For a comprehensive afimilk system (i.e. AfiFarm4 is installed) – the data is
entered via the existing AfiFarm4 screens, and AfiAct II interface is only used for
viewing reports.
To allow the system to perform an aggregated analysis that is based on activity and
events, the following animal data is mandatory for using the AfiAct II system:
x Tag Number
- AfiTag II has a unique number. This
data is written on the tag case.
x Cow Number
– The cow’s unique ID is entered
into the system manually.
x Group Number
x Date of Birth
x Lactation Number
x Last calving date
x Last Heat/Breed date (if the cow was in heat during the current lactation)
x Any other event that could be relevant
To enter the herd data via AfiAct II application, refer to AfiAct II user manual, see
referred documents on page vii.
After entering the animal data, the following events must be entered regularly:
x Heat
x Bred
x PD+
x PD-
x Synch injection (drugs)
x Change group
x Hoof trimming
x Diseases (mastitis, lameness, other)
For details on entering events refer to AfiAct II user manual, see referred documents
on page vii.