Recording animal weights

Adding weights to animals in Stockbook:

Step 1. Select the animals.

From the  Current Animals  screen, select the animals for which you wish to record a weight.

Select the animal(s) for the event either by:

1. Clicking Select All to select all animals currently displayed. Use Deselect All, if you want to start from scratch, OR
2. You may select animals in a continuous group by clicking on the first animal in the group, holding down the Shift key and then clicking on the last animal in the group, OR
3. You may select, or deselect, animals at random by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the animal, OR
4. If you only want to select one animal, then just click on that animal.
   

Once selected the animals will be highlighted in Dark Green.

Step 2.  Click on the Events button at the bottom of the screen.

Step 3.  Click on the Weighing event

• Click on the  OK  button

 

Step 4.  Enter all the relevant information

• For a more detailed Help in regards to this screen, click on the on the bottom right section of this screen
• Click on the OK button.
  

Instructions for entering weights on a single animal :

Find the required animal on current animal listing. Click on the  Weight   blue  tab. Click on  Add . Enter the following details: Weighing date in dd/mm/yyy format. Weight Type : every weight must be associated with a type for reporting and analysis purposes. Select a type from the dropdown list. You may add a new type via the  +  button. Weight in kg. A management group for any animal that received special treatment prior to weighing. Herd Identifier if required. A shrinkage factor, if required, so that the entered weight is reduced by the entered percentage when it is stored in the database. Click on the  OK  button   to accept data, or click Cancel/Exit to abort the procedure. Article ID 1183

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