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6 Identifying Possible Sick Cows

Identifying unwell cows is critical for quickly and effectively diagnosing and treating the issue and limiting its impact on the cow.

Healthy cows display stable eating and rumination behavior. Drastic changes to these aspects of a cow's behavior may indicate that she is unwell.

AfiFarm uses eating and rumination times measured by AfiCollar to indicate that such a change has occurred. These are reported in the Non-

Specific Health Report, which provides alerts to animals that may be sick with an undefined issue.

Unlike other dedicated health reports, the Non-Specific Health Report does not specify the health issue; rather, it provides a warning to changes in

an animal's normal eating/rumination routine, which may be caused by ill health.

Use the report as a prompt to investigate the cow's wellness, and to take steps if sickness is suspected.

To view the Non-specific health report:

1. On the ABC Dashboard, under Health click Non-specific health report.

The Non-Specific Health report opens.

2. Click a row to open the detailed graph view of the cow's rumination/eating behavior and