Reproductn- Pigs
Reproduction (Pigs)
The Reproduction tab is used to enter data about an animal's reproduction.
Reproduction Cycle
| Anticipated Date of birth |
The date when the animal is expected to give birth. Date is calculated automatically based on insemination date and setting in Administration panel. This date is also written to calendar. |
| Insemination Date |
Date of animal insemination. |
| Insemination Type |
Type of insemination. User has different options:
- Insemination (AS)
- Repeated Insemination (AR)
- Natural Insemination (NS)
- Repeated Natural Insemination (NR)
|
| Veterinarian |
Farmer inserts veterinarian, who performed an insemination.
|
| Price |
Price (or cost) of insemination. |
| Sire ID |
ID of sire that inseminated this animal. |
| Sire Name |
Name of sire that inseminated this animal. |
| Checked on |
The date when animal has been checked for pregnancy. |
| Is Pregnant |
Information if animal is pregnant. |
| Date of Outcome |
Date of outcome of individual reproduction cycle. |
| Outcome |
The outcome of the insemination. Options are:
- Calving (CL)
- Abortus (AB)
- Unsuccessful insemination (US)
|
| Live Births |
Number of live born calves.
|
| Stillbirths |
Number of stillbirth calves. |
| Sucklings |
Suckling animals, that were added to this mother. |
| Weaning date |
Date of weaning of live born animals. |
| Weanings |
Number of weaned animals. |
| Note |
Note (free-entry). |
| Insemination document |
ID of insemination document (added manually). |
| Doc. No. of insemination costs |
This field is filled automatically when farmer creates an invoice for the cost. |
Live Births
| Breed |
The breed of the calf. |
| Sex |
The sex of the newborn calf. |
| Internal Mark |
Internal mark of a specific animal. |
| Animal ID |
At birth, AUTOID number is allocated to specific animal. |
| Sire ID |
The sire ID is filled in automatically from reproduction cycle. |
| Mass at Birth |
Mass of animal at birth. |
| Color |
Color of animal at birth |
| Purpose |
Production purpose of newborn. |
| Estimated value |
Estimated value at birth. User has to fill this in order to create document. |
When number of inserted live births exceeds number stated on reproduction cycle, software will issue a warning.
Entered animal can be deleted by pressing Ctrl-Delete on keyboard. A warning below will show up.
Suckler
Pig reproduction enables reallocation of offsprings to another mother (suckler pigs). This can be inserted through animal register. Information about reallocated pigs are stored in tab Suckler
| Sex |
The sex of the calf. |
| Internal Mark |
Internal mark of the newborn calf. |
| Animal ID |
ID of newborn. |
| Date of Birth |
Date of Birth of newborn. |
| Dam ID |
ID of dam of newborn. |
| Dam Name |
Name of dam of newborn. |
| Sire ID |
ID of sire of newborn. |
| Color |
Color of newborn. |
| Purpose |
Purpose of newborn. |
| Estim. Value |
Estimated value of newborn. |
| Suckler |
Original mother of newborn. |