Animals for Insemination Report - Thresholds

Animals that have recently experienced an event may display activities that are like heat symptoms. As a result, they are incorrectly identified for insemination. Use the Design settings to determine when animals should be excluded from the Animals for Insemination report based on various events.

To set exclusions and inclusions:

  1. On the Toolbar, click Design .

    The Breeding Application Settings dialog box opens.

  2. Select the relevant check boxes to include/exclude animals according to events.

  3. For excluding animals from the insemination report: Set the number of days following the event during which the animal is not included in the report.

  4. Select the associated check box to enable the selection, then click OK.

Option

Description

Exclude - Days After Group change

Set the number of days following a group change, during which the animal is not included in the report. Select the check box to exclude these animals.

Exclude - Days After Hoof Trimming

Set the number of days following a hoof trimming, during which the animal is not included in the report. Select the check box to exclude these animals.

Exclude - Days After Vaccination

Set the number of days following a vaccination, during which the animal is not included in the report. Select the check box to exclude these animals.

Exclude at the day of pregnancy check (Y/N)

Select the check box to exclude all animals that underwent a pregnancy check that day.

Include Suspected Abortion (Y/N)

Select the check box to include animals suspected of abortion in the Animals for Insemination report. Animals suspected of abortion are highlighted red in the report.

Include 5 days before VWP Expires (Y/N)

Select the check box to include animals in the Insemination report who show signs of heat, and are withing their last five days before their Voluntary Waiting Period finishes.

Standard Breeding (Default)

Select the standard breeding procedure to inseminate animals multiple times during the same heat event, if they continue to demonstrate signs of heat. When this option is selected:

  • Animals remain on the Animals for Insemination report after a heat or insemination event was added. She remains on the report for 18 hours after her heat signs have ended (heat indication drops below the threshold).  She is not removed from the report when her heat signs have ended.

Single Breeding

Select single breeding to inseminate animals once per heat event. When this option is selected:

  • Animals are removed from the report if a heat or insemination event is added.  If no event is added, they remain on the report for 18 hours after their heat signs have ended.

  • Animals with insemination events do not return to the report for 5 days, even if heat signs return.

Shift Fertility Window Center

Sets the number of hours after first signs of heat, where the center of the optimal fertility window is defined (default = 12 hours after first signs of heat).

Animal will appear in the report

 

Sets the number of hours that animals will remain in the Animals for Insemination report if they were not inseminated (default = 18 hours) after which they are sent to the Animals After Heat report.