FRESH Event

the fresh event records that an animal gave birth to one or more calves and started a new lactation expand the sections below to learn more event guidelines use the mobile app or the web version of pulse to enter events! tap events in the mobile app docid\ w6rldb6lbqk8jyouni2lo to get started, or see add events docid\ ybkt2kztr5izivgv0jz2t to learn more about adding events from web pulse supports adding events that have occurred within the last year when you add a fresh event, the system limits animals to those that are pregnant it will not allow you to add fresh events to the following animals an animal that is not pregnant a male animal a pregnant animal whose is less than or greater than the configured minimum and maximum limits for a fresh event in if you receive an error message about the dcc, consider entering a prev docid\ cxnj1zo xc eg h4hlkvr event instead of the fresh event likewise, the system will display a warning before allowing you to add an animal that meets any of the other conditions listed below the app will not restrict you from adding these animals; it simply warns you of their status so that you can determine whether to continue the animal has a value between 1 and the configured maximum dim limit in dairycomp for a fresh event the animal has been dry for less than the configured minimum number of days in dairycomp for a fresh event (important for drug warnings) the animal is less than the configured minimum in dairycomp for a fresh event expand the topics below to learn more about fresh event details height the animal's height (in the units set in your pulse user account docid\ adcj5yzybengyc6xqqec3 ) to enable height for this event, select the event from event definitions docid\ z txhd56q4ypynjqpvogn and expand optional details docid\ z txhd56q4ypynjqpvogn weight the animal's weight (in the units set in your pulse user account docid\ adcj5yzybengyc6xqqec3 ) to enable weight for this event, select the event from event definitions docid\ z txhd56q4ypynjqpvogn and expand optional details docid\ z txhd56q4ypynjqpvogn bcs value body condition score, which is used to evaluate an animal's energy balance based on being extremely thin (1 00) or having excessive fat deposits (5 00) the value can be a whole number or decimal, and you can include additional notes using the field for the event (up to 16 alpha numeric characters) to enable bcs value for this event, select the event from event definitions docid\ z txhd56q4ypynjqpvogn and expand optional details docid\ z txhd56q4ypynjqpvogn note when including height, weight, or bcs value for fresh events enter the bcs for the dam, not the calf enter the total weight and height of the dam and calf defining calf details you can define details for up to 3 calves that were born during a fresh event and, if necessary, enter additional details for each new calf, such as calf , barn name, vaccination date, and any other information required in the event command expand the sections below to learn more define calf gender and status if you know the calf's gender and status , then you can select the appropriate options for both you must define both options so that the app can determine whether to prompt you for additional calf details if you are not prompted for more calf details after choosing the gender and status, you can tap the green done button at the top right of the screen to save your updates and return to the fresh event if you are prompted for additional calf details, see enter additional calf details docid\ u gam41kkl2zxodibi1vc below the app displays your gender and status selections for the respective calf note that if you choose a status of alive and sold , the app displays sold enter additional calf details if you choose alive for the status, the app requires you to define calf details to add this new animal to the herd for each additional calf detail, the app adds a new field below the status field at a minimum, a new calf id is required, but other details, such as number, vaccination date, ear tag, etc , may be required based on the event command when you finish entering all of the required calf details, you can tap the green done button at the top right of the screen to save your updates and return to the fresh event the calf id you entered is displayed for the calf calf gender and status are unknown you can select the unknown option if you do not know the calf's gender and status if you select this option, it hides all other selections, and no further input is required you can tap the green done button at the top right of the screen to save your selection and return to the fresh event ease this field indicates the of birth choose an option from 1–5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most difficult tip you know you can automatically prompt for specific calf items to add while entering a fresh event? for example, maybe you’d like your technician to record the breed of the newborn calf to prompt for this automatically when entering calf details for a fresh event, add the item to the items to be prompted for new calves section of the lactation configuration docid ksmv2xb5uwikoemt01kr screen in pulse process changes when you add events from web or the mobile app, your updates are sent to pulse and then on to dairycomp for dcu dairies (wifi or data connection required) pulse (and dairycomp 305 for dcu dairies) then process the following changes for each animal in the event archives the dam's current lactation record begins a new lactation cycle for the dam and creates a new lactation record for her ( +1) records the fresh event on the dam's new lactation record, with the as the date the event was completed in the mobile app completes automatic item updates on the dam's new lactation record, based on the lactation configuration docid ksmv2xb5uwikoemt01kr settings in pulse, or the information in dairycomp ( > fresh table) for dc unlimited dairies creates 0, 1, 2, or 3 calf records, depending on the details provided for each calf no records are added for calves that are dead or sold copies the dam's stored items to each calf, based on the lactation configuration docid ksmv2xb5uwikoemt01kr settings in pulse, or the information in dairycomp (alter > fresh table) for dc unlimited dairies completes automatic item updates on each calf record