Age classes : dsp Support

The definitions for different age groups are required to analyse the animal population, both at the cut-off date and for a selectable period.

The use of the age classes happens inAnalysis > Stock > Head count and Analysis > Stock > Development

With the installation of HERDEplus, the age-class definitions are delivered. The quickest and easiest way to update them is to download them via the internal program function

Age groups available for download are:

Rearing phase
BML | only Germany
Inventory development
Natura2000
Forecast ^*NEW (see Forecast)
Special | only Germany
Head count

Head count
Calves 0 – <6 months	f.
	m.
	∑
Young cattle 6 – <12 months	f.
	m.
	∑
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	f. breeding
	f. fattening
	m. fattening
	∑
dairy cows	cows PT+
	cows
	cows fattening
	∑
Foster cows and mother cows	cows
Bulls	Breeding/breeding bulls
	Ox
	∑

Stock development
Calves 0-1 months	f.
	m.
	∑
Calves 2-6 months	breeding f.
	breeding m.
	Fattening w.
	Fattening m.
	∑
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	breeding m.
	Fattening w.
	Fattening m.
	∑
cattle > 12 inseminated	Breeding
cattle > 12 inseminated	Fattening
male >18
male >18	Bulls
Cattle PT+	pregnant heifers
dairy cows	dry
	milking
	∑

Special \| only Germany
calves births	female
	male
	∑
Breeding bull	Breeding bull
dairy cows	dairy cows
dairy cows	fattening cows
female	calves up to 6 month
	young cattle 6 month – 1 year
	young cattle 1 -2 years
	Young cattle >1 years fattening
	∑
heifers	> 2 years
Wet nurses	Wet nurses
male	calves up to 6 month
	young cattle 6 month – 1 year
	young cattle 1 -2 years
	Mating bull
	∑
cattle for fattening	> 2 years

BML \| only Germany
fattening calves 0 to 0.5 years	fattening calves f.
	fattening calves m.
	∑
calves f. 0 to 0.5 years	calves f. 0 to <6 months
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dairy cows	cows
Foster cows and mother cows	Foster cows and mother cows
Slaughtering and fattening cows	Slaughtering and fattening cows
calves m. to 0.5 years	Calves from 0 to <6 months
young cattle m. 0.5 to <1 year	young cattle m. 6 to <12 months
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∑

Natura2000
1 dairy cows	L>0, breeding, fattening
2 mother cows and foster cows	L>0, dairy cows
3 breeding bulls	>2years, male, breeding bull, insemination bull
4 fattening bulls	>2years, male, fattening
5 ox	>2years, male, ox
6 other bovine cattle	>2years, male
7 bulls	6Mon-2yr, male
8 oxen	6month-2yr, male, ox
9 other bovine cattle	6month-2yr
10 small-framed cattle	6month-2yr
11 small-framed cattle	>2years
12 calves (except fattening)	up to 6month, breeding
13 fattening calves	up to 6month, fattening

new animal class | 1.Level is usually used to describe the animal class with text, adding the first entry for a filter

Name | Name / Name of the class
LU | Livestock unit
Value | e.g. in Euros
Accounting | Account

new animal filter | in the active animal class an entry is added to filter animals

Name | free choice
Exclude animals in class | these animals are not counted
Gender | male / female
Lactation | larger / smaller / equal
| Yes / No / without definition
Pregnant | Yes / No / without definition
Dry| Yes / No / without definition
Age of… up to… | Days / Months / Years
Utilization | Breeding / Fattening / Ox / Suckler Cow / Sire / Stock Bull
Display subtotals | if active, the filter displays the animals in brackets, otherwise the number of animals is only displayed at the class

Class / Delete Filter

Class of early | moves the active class / filter up by 1

Class later | shifts the active class / filter down by 1

Inventory development | Drop-down list of different age classes

New definition | creates a new definition

Rename definition | own definitions can be renamed

Load default values | Age classes of delivery can be reset to the default values

Delete definition | Deleting definitions

Get a list(s) online | Age classes of delivery can be taken over or corrected here

Import list(s) | Age classes can be imported

Export list | Age classes can be exported

The age classes work like a sieve. Everything that comes in from “above” will stick to a class (screening stage).

The filters act in such a way that if all the conditions that are set are true, these animals are counted.

Animals that remain at the end and have not been assigned in any class are displayed as unassigned at the end of the list. In this case, the age classes definition needs to be revisited.

There are 100 cows in one herd. Of these, 50 are pregnant, 12 dry and 10 inseminated, the remaining 28 animals are not inseminated.

Download the following two age-class definitions for a better understanding of your livestock. The lists can be imported in the program by clicking on followed by .

Demo Ascending

Demo descending

In the case of an ascending sorting of the criteria (fromnot inseminated > inseminated > pregnant> dry),the definition of the filters must always be set with NO parameters.
All not inseminated animals are not inseminated, if they are counted, only inseminated animals remain.
All inseminated animals that are not bearing are counted, carrying and dry animals remain.
All carrying animals that are not dry are counted, dry animals remain.
All dry animals are counted.

class	100		Conditions
cows	Number of animals	Inseminated	Pregnant	Dry
Inseminated	28	No
Inseminated	10	Yes	No
Pregnant	50		Yes	No
Dry	12			Yes

In the case of a descending sorting of the criteria (from dry > pregnat > inseminated > not inseminated),the definition of the filters can logically only be set with YES.
All dry are pregnant and inseminated, since the dry ones have been counted, only not dry ones remain for the following classes.
All pregnant are inseminated, since the pregnant have been counted, only non-pregnant remains for the other classes.
All inseminated ones are counted and for the last class only the not inseminated remain.

Age classes

Set up and edit age classes

Function

The following example: