Navigate the Cow Card

The cow card holds a record of important information for each animal entered into the farm, as follows:

  1. Locate the animal in AfiFarm: In the Search bar, enter the cow number, then click Enter.

The Card ID opens with the animal's details:

Note: Yellow fields are mandatory, white fields are optional, gray fields are automatically calculated.

Note: We recommend adding as much detail as possible about each animal

Parameter

Description

Cow

Displays the cow number.

Name

Displays the animal's name. Click to edit.

Registration no.

Displays the country-specific registration number. Click to edit.

Herd book no.

Displays the herd book number, if required. Click to edit.

Grp.

Displays the group to which the animal is assigned. Click to edit.

Group name

Displays the group name to which the animal is assigned. Click to edit.

Herd

Displays the herd number to which the animal is assigned. Click and type a number.

Tag

Displays the Afimilk tag number. Click and type the number.

Passive tag

Displays the passive tag number. Click the ellipse to open and edit.

Birth date

Displays the animal's date of birth.

Age (years)

Displays the animal's age, in years.

Sex

Displays the animal's sex.

Breed

Records the animal's breed. Click the drop-down arrow to edit.

Colour

Records the animal's color. Click the drop-down arrow to edit.

Old ID

Records the animal's old ID number if she received a new one.

Origin

Displays the animal's origin.

Last BCS

Displays the animal's last BCS, if available.

Average weight

Displays the average weight for

Current Fertility Data

Gyn. status

Displays her current gynecological status.

Lact. no.

Displays her current lactation number.

Calving date

Displays her last calving date.

DIM

Displays the number of Days in Milk.

Type insem.

Records the insemination method.

Calving, exp. date

Displays the date of her next calving, once she is confirmed pregnant.

Days to calving

Displays the number of days until her next calving date.

Insem. date

Displays the date of her last insemination.

Ins. no.

Displays the number of types she was inseminated during the current lactation.

Bull name

Displays the bull's name used for the last insemination.

After insem.

Displays the number of days since the last insemination.

Days pregnant

Displays the number of days since her last insemination, if she is confirmed pregnant.

Dry off, exp. date

Displays the expected dry off date.

Days to dry off

Displays the number of days left before she is sent to dry off.