Add a New Animal

required permissions only users who are assigned to a role with herd write permissions can use this feature if your account only has herd read permissions, you will not be able to use this feature see edit dairy user permissions docid\ gw6zx7tfc4ihsbrtozc v and manage dairy roles docid 9yjukdzfab0kko1hw0mxj for more information to add a new animal to the herd, open the animals tab and tap the add animal button at the top right side of the screen enter and save its identification details, including birth date and breed, to see it in your herd follow the guidelines below when you add a new animal assign an animal id the app automatically assigns the next available to the animal you can also manually enter a new animal id tap on the id field, delete the default id, and enter the new id avoid duplicate animal ids the app works best when you select a unique, numeric identifier for each animal record make sure you refresh your herd data before you add a new animal if you are in offline , you could accidentally add a duplicate id if your data is not up to date with pulse select a pen you must choose a for the new animal if you selected a default pen for new animals on the web version of pulse, the app will not automatically assign the animal to that default pen different animal types require different details to add a new cow, you need to enter reproduction details if you switch the animal type from a cow to a heifer or bull, the system won't show the reproduction fields however, if you switch the animal type back to a cow, the system will retain the reproduction details you entered logging transactions animals added on the animals tab for the last 14 days are recorded on the transaction log see transaction log docid\ f26zcmya ykvzwijoiown for more information