Reproduction issues impact a cow's ability to get back in calf if not identified, costing you time and money. With Active Tag continuously monitoring your animals, we’ll notify you when these issues happen on your farm.
Animals identified as Anestrous, having Irregular Heats or having had a Pregnancy Loss are included in the Reproduction Issues report. When an animal no longer has an issue, they automatically leave the list. This ensures you always have a real-time view of your problem animals.
We recommend checking animals which are identified as having reproduction issues daily.
What are Reproduction Issues?
Anestrous
Anestrous animals have not had a heat after calving. Identifying them before starting breeding helps you intervene early to get them cycling. This can improve submission and in-calf rates.
Animals are detected as Anestrous (Early) 35 days after calving with no heat and are Anestrous (At Risk) 50 days after calving with no heat.
If an animal is scanned empty or has an abortion recorded, we also look for and alert Anestrous issues.
An anestrous event ends if:
A heat is identified
An insemination is recorded
A cow is scanned in-calf or,
A calving happens
An active ear tag or active collar must be fitted for a minimum of 24 days before a notification for an anestrous animal will be received.
Irregular heats
An animal with Irregular heats has 3 or more heats in 30 days. This can often indicate a reproductive issue, such as cystic ovaries.
If an animal has Irregular heats, we recommend you check her activity graph to ensure you are happy the heat is valid before breeding.
An irregular heats event ends if:
Heat cycle returns to normal, or
A calving happens
An active ear tag or active collar must be fitted for around 25-30 days before a notification for irregular heats will be received.
Pregnancy loss
An animal will be identified as having had a pregnancy loss if she has a heat 45 days or more after an insemination or a positive pregnancy scan has been recorded. Identifying animals which have had a pregnancy loss:
offers an opportunity to get the animal in-calf again, if the pregnancy loss is early and the animal is still within the breeding season OR
helps with decision-making when considering culling animals from the herd. This would typically be if the pregnancy loss occurs late in lactation.
A pregnancy loss event ends if:
the animal is inseminated again
the animal is pregnancy scanned and found to be in-calf
the animal is calving
30 days have elapsed without another heat being detected
An active ear tag or active collar must be fitted for a minimum of 45 days before a notification for a pregnancy loss will be received.
Using a reproduction issues action list
You can create and save a rule to select a subset of animals from the Repro Issues report for follow-up actions. The Repro Issues Action List can then be used as the basis to draft and check animals. See Using a reproduction issues action list.
Viewing animals with reproduction issues
To view a list of animals with reproduction issues using the mobile app:
On the Dashboard, tap Repro Issues.
On the Repro Issues screen, a list of all animals identified as having reproductive issues are displayed.
Tap on the Animal ID to see more details about the animal's behaviour.
To view animals with possible reproductive issues using the web app:
From the Home screen, click on Repro Issues,
The Repro Issues Action List will display a list of all animals identified as having reproduction issues.
View each animal's reproduction issue and see when it was detected.
Click on the Animal ID to see more details OR Click on a rule under the Repro Issues Action List if you have set up an extra filtering rule.
Animals can be drafted out and checked using the normal methods.
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Changing notifications to receive alerts when an animal is identified as anestrous, having irregular heats or has had a pregnancy loss.
Having trouble?
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