6.2 Lying behaviour for the group or herd CowAlert allows the user to monitor the lying times of the group or herd and drill down to individual cow level. From the Navigation bar select Reports: Lying Time. This will show 2 graphs. The left hand graph shows 7 day average lying time and the right hand graph shows herd average lying time over the last few weeks. The horizontal axis of the graph shows the average hours of lying time and the vertical axis shows the number of cows lying within that period.
6.3 Lying behaviour graphs for an individual cow Selecting Behaviour from the activity graph page accesses a comprehensive individual graphs for each cow showing trend analysis over a 90 day moving window © IceRobotics Ltd 2012 Page 21 V0.
7 Managing Cows and IceQubes 7.1 Getting started – creating the initial association between Cows and IceQubes When IceQubes are attached for the first time to cows the best method to organise your data is to create a manual list of which cows (freeze brand numbers) have been given which IceQubes. Many farmers fill out a spreadsheet with this information. The date and time of attachment should be included.
Enter a cow number here to identify a specific animal Search feature is common to all pages Click on cow number to go to the detailed graphs for this animal © IceRobotics Ltd 2012 Page 23 Click here to scroll through the pages of data (it is not presented as one long page for ease of use) Click up or down arrow to sort the column by either lowest or highest number. This is common feature on all pages V0.
7.3 Generating a list of IceQubes Select Manage from the main menu at the top of the HomePage, and then select IceQubes. This list shows all IceQubes on site and the associated Cow to which they are attached. Various reports are accessible via the pull down menu. Click here to see list of IceQubes last seen (drop down menu provides options for the time period) Click here to see list of unattached IceQubes Date and time the IceQube was last seen © IceRobotics Ltd 2012 Page 24 V0.
7.4 Attaching an IceQube to a Cow within CowAlert Select Manage in the main menu, and then select Attach IceQubes. Dairy Farm A form will open that allows you to select the IceQube number, the cow that it is to be attached to and the date and time of attachment. Please be as accurate as possible with attach and detach times to avoid any data overlaps or gaps.
List of all available unattached IceQubes is shown in the pull down menu. 7.5 Adding new cows to CowAlert To add a new cow number to CowAlert, click on the add Cow button from within the Attach IceQubes form. Farm Enter the new cow number. If adding more than one cow, enter the numbers on separate lines. A group description can also be added for the cow(s) © IceRobotics Ltd 2012 Page 26 V0.
7.6 Detaching an IceQube from a cow number If you remove an IceQube from a cow, then the change should also be made in CowAlert. To remove the association between a cow and an IceQube: Select Manage in the main menu, and then select Remove IceQubes Dairy Farm . To remove associations, select the Cow Number or the IceQube number.
7.7 Deleting a Cow and its record from CowAlert It is possible to delete a Cow completely from CowAlert. Note that this will delete all the data associated with that cow. Once the Cow has been deleted, the data can not be recovered. This function should be used with caution. To delete a cow, select the cow from the cow list to open the activity and behaviour information for that cow. In the table to the left of the graph is a Delete option. Delete a cow by clicking here.
This display shows the lying distribution for your herd. Each portion of the graph (each bar) equals the number of cows that are lying for XX hrs per day. For example on the graph above, 83 cows in this herd lay for 1012hrs per day. This graph shows the total herd average lying time for each day over a 60 day period. Click on the bar to display a list of the cows within that group. © IceRobotics Ltd 2012 Page 29 V0.
8.2 IceScore Mobility IceScore Mobility is automated mobility scoring. IceScore Mobility indicates where a cow has a mobility issue that may indicate a health condition such as lameness. Note that it is not specifically lameness detection. Scores are generated on a scale of 0-4. The animals are grouped visually on the systems as follows: - Red (score of 3 plus): animal with very poor mobility. Animal should be investigated as high priority Amber (score of 2-3): animal’s mobility is impaired.
8.3 IceScore Mobility Historic Performance IceScore Mobility Historic Performance shows the IceScores of the herd over time, allowing trends to be identified. This can be viewed by selecting the historic performance link. A graph similar to the one below will be shown. 8.4 IceQube Population The IceQube Population chart shows the entire population of the IceQubes registered to the farm. Each segment of the pie chart shows the number of IceQubes seen over the indicated time period.
9 Site Information The Site option from the main menu bar provides: - 9.
10 Help and Support If you require assistance or have questions on CowAlert, the Support team can be contacted in 3 ways: 1. Select the Help option from the main menu. This will open up a web form which is shown below. Fill in the required details and follow the on screen instructions. An email will be set to support@icerobotics.com Note that the email address can be edited 2. Email: support@cowalert.com 3.
12 Attaching an IceQube to a cow’s leg © IceRobotics Ltd 2012 Page 34 V0.
13 Removing an IceQube from a cow’s leg The IceQube should be removed from the cows leg by cutting off the Velcro strap. FCC Compliance Statement This device complies with part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
