User's Guide

AfiFarm | AfiCollar User Guide
Table of Contents
About this Guide and Scope.............................................................................................................................................................................................1
Applicable Documents ....................................................................................................................................................................................................1
Safety .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 2
2 Attaching AfiCollars ................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
3 Assigning the AfiCollar to the Cow............................................................................................................................................................ 4
3.1 Assigning AfiCollars Using Afi2Go Pro ....................................................................................................................................................................4
3.2 Assigning AfiCollars by Manual Entry .....................................................................................................................................................................9
3.3 Importing Data from an External Source .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
4 Storing and Maintaining AfiCollars .......................................................................................................................................................... 11
4.1 Storage Location ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
4.2 Storage Position .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
5 AfiCollar Based Reports ........................................................................................................................................................................... 12
6 Identifying Possible Sick Cows ................................................................................................................................................................. 13
6.1 Understanding the Non-Specific Health Report .................................................................................................................................................... 13
Detailed Report ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Graph ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
6.2 Setting Non-Specific Health Report Alert Thresholds ............................................................................................................................................ 16
General ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Combined Rumination and Eating .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Only Rumination/Only Eating ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 19
7 Identifying Group Feeding Problems ........................................................................................................................................................ 20
7.1 Viewing Group Digestion Report .......................................................................................................................................................................... 21