Understanding animal groups and subgroups

Your animals are automatically divided into six categories. These groups are also used for heat detection: the app compares each animal with the other animals in its group. A poorly formed group therefore directly impairs detection.

This article contains the following sections:

The six categories
Changes of category
Forming your groups correctly
Creating a subgroup

The six categories:

Animals are divided automatically, based on the information sent by your tools or entered by you:

dairy cows;
dry cows;
suckler cows;
dairy heifers;
suckler heifers;
males.

Changes of category:

Change	What triggers it
Heifer to cow	Receipt of a calving event, or exceeding the age at calving defined in your farm settings
Cow to dry cow	Receipt of a drying-off event, or exceeding the drying-off period defined in your farm settings

Forming your groups correctly:

For reliable detection, each group must:

reflect a real batch, i.e. animals that physically live together;
contain between 5 and 110 animals.

Outside these rules, detection becomes less reliable
The group effect is poorly estimated and heat detection becomes less reliable.

Creating a subgroup:

Subgroups are optional: create them if your herd management requires it.

To create a subgroup:

Open Groups.
Select the category in which to create the subgroup.
Tap +.
Give the subgroup a name, then confirm.

The subgroup is created, but it is still empty.

To add animals to a subgroup:

Open the subgroup folder.
Select the animals one by one.
Confirm.

Three limits to be aware of
A subgroup can only contain animals from the same category. It must contain at least one animal to exist. An empty subgroup does not appear in the Groups tab.

The six categories:

Changes of category:

Forming your groups correctly:

Creating a subgroup:

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