View a CowCard

Use these methods to search for an animal: 

• Start typing in the Search for an Animal field at the top left of the page.
• Press F2 to jump to the search field.
• If you are on the Dairy Profile page, click the Search for an Animal shortcut button on the right side of the page.

Once you begin typing your search criteria, all matches are displayed in a list below the search field. You can find an animal by its ID Identifier, BNAME Barn name, CNTL Computer number, VISID Visual ID or ear tag number, REG Animal registration number, or EID 15-digit electronic ID number associated with the animal eartag, though not all of these items may be available in your dairy. To control how animals are searched and which animals are included in your results, click the expand icon and set the search Identifier and Status filters:  

Click on any match to view the animal's CowCard.

Learn more about Search Results

For dairies that identify animals by source farm or barn name, the search results will display the respective FNAME (source farm name) or BNAME (barn name) for each match. The system displays both the FNAME and BNAME up to their first 7 characters:

Likewise, the CowCard header identifies the source farm name/ID and barn name:

https://vasdev.atlassian.net/browse/MOR-6567, https://vasdev.atlassian.net/browse/MM-2023For dairies that use source farms, the PULSE Platform displays the source farm ID as it is configured in DairyComp. This feature allows you to use a dot when you want to search for animals by source farm. For example, if the source farm ID is 11, you can start typing 11. or .11, depending on whether DairyComp is configured to display the source farm extension before or after the animal ID. As shown in the example below, this dairy configures its source farm ID at the end of the animal ID:

Tell me more about the Source Farm Name and ID Number

In both the search results and the CowCard header, animals with source farms are displayed with a source farm extension on their animal IDs. As illustrated here, the source farm number is displayed after a dot at the end of the ID and indicates the farm from which the animal came: 

In the example below, the combined DC305 DairyComp305 - VAS Dairy Management Software FNAME and animal ID is 1109123. It can be interpreted as:

• The Source Farm ID number 11 is at the beginning, followed by an extra zero (i.e., 110) as part of the DairyComp FNAME ID coding.
• The animal ID 9123 is at the end:

Tell me more about the Barn Name

The Barn Name (BNAME) is a distinct name assigned to an animal, separate from the animal ID. The BNAME is displayed in PULSE as a 7‑character-max letter/number combo, such as an assigned name, the color of the ear tag, or any other distinct name that helps identify each specific animal. A BNAME could look like this: Daisy, Sammie, or Janie when they are only names, or combos such as GRE1234, BL1234, OR909, R909, Daisy123, 123Daisy, etc.

When searching for an animal at a dairy with BNAMEs, you can search by numbers and letters. The search then returns all animal ID numbers and BNAMEs that contain those numbers and letters. For example, if you type 123, the results could show an animal ID 12344 as well as BNAMEs such as 123Daisy or Daisy123.

Additionally, you can open any animal's CowCard from the Animals List. See Animals to learn more.

VAS PULSE Platform CowCards provide a single, highly customizable location for you to monitor your herd. With the ability to view an animal's Items, Events, Testdays, and Lactations, as well as switch easily between data view and graph view, any dairy member can find what they need, whether it's an animal's current status and pen location or its recent milk weights and lactation cycles: 

When your dairy is first set up on PULSE Platform, each individual animal receives its own PULSE CowCard. You can then customize these CowCards to better support on‑the‑go use while out on the dairy. For DairyComp Unlimited subscribers, your PULSE CowCards are built directly from your DC305 data, and it remains synchronized when you make changes on-premise or in PULSE Platform.