This list is for viewing animals that are linked to an entity for moves, cohorts, etc. It is similar to the Animal list but with most columns off by default.
| Field | Display Speed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Current Lot | Normal | Animals can belong to more than one lot during the time they are in your feedlot. Any time you look at an animal's history, Fusion will show the entire history, but a lot will only be billed for products given an animal during the time it is in the lot. This field shows the lot the animal is currently it (or was last in if no longer current). |
| Lot Count | Normal | The number of lots this animal has been in while in your feedlot. Note that it is possible for an animal to not belong to any lot for a period of time. |
| Current Location | Normal | If an animal is moved to a different lot, Fusion allows this move to be to a lot in a different location. This field shows the current location the animal is in (or was last in if not current). |
| Home Pen | Normal | If the animal is current, this will show the home pen for the animal. Remember that if you are not linking animals during moves and cohorts properly, this field may not be correct. When you make a pen move and link animals, you have the option to make the new pen the home pen as well. If you use that option, this field will update. |
| Current Pen | Normal | If the animal is current, this will show the pen the animal is currently in. Remember that if you are not linking animals during moves and cohorts properly, this field may not be correct. If you link an animal during a pen move, this field will show the new pen. |
| RFID | Normal | This field is used to store the RFID or EID of the animal. Generally, Fusion is designed to expect one RFID tag per animal. RFID tags can be in different formats and Fusion will always normalize the number into a 15 digit number. |
| Lot Sick Tag | Normal | There is provision in Fusion to store up to five identifications per animal (besides the RFID) called "custom IDs". You can change the label for each custom ID anytime you like in the Preferences window. This is the first custom ID field. |
| Weight Tag | Normal | This is the second custom ID field. |
| Color Tag | Normal | This is the third custom ID field. |
| Set Aside Tag | Normal | This is the fourth custom ID field. |
| Buyer | Normal | This is the fifth custom ID field. |
| Previous RFID | Normal | If an animal gets a new RFID tag during a chuteside job, the old RFID tag will be placed in this field in case it needs to be looked up later. (If this happens multiple times, only the last tag is remembered here.) |
| Is Current | Normal | This field lets us know if the animal is current. The animal is automatically current when it first enters the system. It will become non-current when it is linked to an out cohort. When a lot closes, Fusion checks for any animals that belong to the lot that are still current and automatically sets them to be non-current. |
| Sex | Normal | The sex of the animal which can be Male, Female, or Unknown. When an animal first enters the system Fusion tries to set this field the best it can based on the lot the animal is from and/or the Change Attributes subjob in the first chuteside job it is in. |
| Breed | Normal | The breed of the animal. When an animal first enters the system Fusion tries to set this field the best it can based on the lot the animal is from and/or the Change Attributes subjob in the first chuteside job it is in. The list of possible breeds is something you can define when setting Fusion up. |
| Color | Normal | The color of the animal. When an animal first enters the system Fusion tries to set this field the best it can based on the lot the animal is from and/or the Change Attributes subjob in the first chuteside job it is in. The list of possible colors is something you can define when setting Fusion up. |
| Cattle Type | Normal | The cattle type of the animal. When an animal first enters the system Fusion tries to set this field the best it can based on the lot the animal is from and/or the Change Attributes subjob in the first chuteside job it is in. The list of possible cattle types is something you can define when setting Fusion up. |
| Source | Normal | The source of the animal. When an animal first enters the system Fusion tries to set this field the best it can based on the following: (1) If the Change Attributes subjob is present, this field will be set based on that. (2) If the animal belongs to a lot, it will be be set on the lot's Cattle Buyer. (3) If the Cattle Buyer is blank, is will use the Lot's Originating Herd. |
| Birthdate | Normal | The date the animal was born. Normally filled in during a CCIA age verification. |
| Age (Normal) | Normal | If Fusion knows the animal's birthdate, this will show the animal's current age as in this example: 1y 2m 13d meaning 1 year, 2 months, 13 days old. |
| Hip Height (in) | Normal | The animal's hip height. Usually entered with the Change Attributes subjob. |
| Frame Score | Normal | The animal's frame score. Usually entered with the Change Attributes subjob. There is no defined upper limit, but the score must be a positive integer. For example, 1-5 or 1-10. Normally zero will mean no score was given, but you can use it differently if you like. |
| Thriftiness Score | Normal | The animal's thriftiness score. Usually entered with the Change Attributes subjob. There is no defined upper limit, but the score must be a positive integer. For example, 1-5 or 1-10. Normally zero will mean no score was given, but you can use it differently if you like. |
| Temperament Score | Normal | The animal's temperament score. Usually entered with the Change Attributes subjob. There is no defined upper limit, but the score must be a positive integer. For example, 1-5 or 1-10. Normally zero will mean no score was given, but you can use it differently if you like. |
| Estimated Current Weight (lb) | Normal | Fusion recalculates this weight each night in a very simplistic way. It simply looks at the first known weight for the animal (from a chuteside job) and the last know weight to figure out the average daily gain. It then uses that value to linearly predict what the animal would weigh today. If there are not at least two known weights, this field will remain zero. Of course, if the animal's weight recordings are not accurate, this will be wrong. Even if they are accurate, it is just a rough prediction. |
| Estimated Slaughter Date | Normal | This field is where you can enter an estimated slaughter date for animals for later sorting or planning. It can be entered manually using the Animal History window or the Grid Edit window, but will more likely be set during a chuteside job based on a calculation you set up. |
| Avg Pen Density (sq ft) | Normal | This field is calculated nightly. Fusion looks at the pens this animal has been in and figures out the average pen density while the animal has been in the feedlot. (This is based on the pen movements as known in the Animal History window.) |
| Pen Density Standard Deviation | Normal | This field is calculated nightly. Fusion looks at the pens this animal has been in and figures out the standard deviation for the average pen density while the animal has been in the feedlot. (This is based on the pen movements as known in the Animal History window.) |
| Avg Bunk Density (in) | Normal | This field is calculated nightly. Fusion looks at the pens this animal has been in and figures out the average bunk density while the animal has been in the feedlot. (This is based on the pen movements as known in the Animal History window.) |
| Bunk Density Standard Deviation | Normal | This field is calculated nightly. Fusion looks at the pens this animal has been in and figures out the standard deviation for the average bunk density while the animal has been in the feedlot. (This is based on the pen movements as known in the Animal History window.) |
| In Treatment | Normal | Tells us whether an animal is still in a treatment protocol. |
| Last Treat | Normal | The date of the last treatment given. |
| Current Diagnosis | Normal | If the animal is currently in treatment, this will be the diagnosis it is being treated for. |
| Diagnosis Count | Normal | This will show how many times the animal has been diagnosed with something while in the feedlot. |
| Treatment Count | Normal | This will be the total number of times the animal has been treated across any diagnoses it has been part of. |
| Withdrawal (Drugs) | Normal | This is the animal's withdrawal date based only on drugs it has received. |
| Withdrawal (Feed) | Normal | This is the animal's withdrawal date based only on feed. Note that this will only be accurate if you always link animals during moves because it uses the pen history in the Animal History window to determine which pens an animal has been in and, from there, what feed it might have eaten. This field is recalculated every night for current animals. |
| Withdrawal (Overall) | Normal | If you know that the feed based withdrawals are accurate in your system, you will probably only care about this field which combines the drug and feed withdrawal dates together for one overall withdrawal. This is also recalculated every night. |
| Pre-Fusion Withdrawal Date | Normal | The withdrawal date for an animal from before it arrived on your feedlot or from when it was in a previous system can be stored in this field and will be evaluated when Fusion calculates the animal's drug and overall based withdrawals. Sometimes this information is imported from another system. |
| Age (CCIA Months) | Normal | This is the age of the animal (if the birthdate is known) in months according to the way CCIA wants this calculated. |
| Age Verified Status | Normal | The age verification status of the animal. It will be "Unchecked" Fusion hasn't checked with CCIA or CCIA didn't know about the animal. Otherwise it will be "Yes" if age verified or "No" if not age verified. |
| CCIA Move In Date | Normal | If a move in event has been submitted to the CCIA, this will show the submission date. It is not possible for Fusion to know if the event caused an error. You will need to check online at the CLTS website periodically for errors. |
| CCIA Move Out Date | Normal | If a move out event has been submitted to the CCIA, this will show the submission date. It is not possible for Fusion to know if the event caused an error. You will need to check online at the CLTS website periodically for errors. |
| CCIA Retired Date | Normal | If a retire event has been submitted to the CCIA, this will show the submission date. It is not possible for Fusion to know if the event caused an error. You will need to check online at the CLTS website periodically for errors. |
| CCIA Import Date | Normal | If an import event has been submitted to the CCIA, this will show the submission date. It is not possible for Fusion to know if the event caused an error. You will need to check online at the CLTS website periodically for errors. |
| CCIA Export Date | Normal | If an export event has been submitted to the CCIA, this will show the submission date. It is not possible for Fusion to know if the event caused an error. You will need to check online at the CLTS website periodically for errors. |
| Total Feed | Normal | Fusion tries to estimate the amount of dollars of feed an animal has consumed. It does this based on the pen history of the animal, so if linking isn't always done this will not be useful at all. Fusion then looks at the feed deliveries to each pen and calculates the dollar value of the portion fed to the pen. It then simply divides that number by the number of animals in the pen and the result becomes the value in this field. This field is recalculated each night for current animals. |
| Total Treat Drugs | Normal | The total dollars for all drugs given the animal during treatment subjobs. This field is recalculated each night for current animals. |
| Total Other Drugs | Normal | The total dollars for all drugs given the animal except during treatment subjobs. This field is recalculated each night for current animals. |
| Total Inputs | Normal | The total dollars for all inputs given the animal during chuteside jobs. (Fusion does not try to include inputs given to whole pens or lots the animal may have been part of.) This field is recalculated each night for current animals. |
| Total Yardage | Normal | The total yardage dollars starting with the animal's in date. This field is recalculated each night for current animals. |
| Total Dry Matter (lb) | Normal | This field is calculated in exactly the same way as the Total Feed field, so it is Fusion best estimate given what it knows about the animal. This field is recalculated each night for current animals. |
| Days On Feed | Normal | The number of days the animal has been in the feedlot starting with the animal's In Date. |
| Last ADG (lb) | Normal | This calculation looks at the last two weights for an animal during chuteside jobs and calculates the average daily gain based on those weights. It is only as accurate as those weights are. If less than two weights are known, this will be zero. This field is recalculated each night for current animals. |
| In Date | Normal | This is the date Fusion first knew about the animal, normally the day of the first chuteside job where the animal record was created. |
| In Weight (lb) | Normal | This is the weight of the animal during its first chuteside job. |
| Weight 1 (Date) | Normal | Besides the in weight, last known weight, and the weight at each implant, you can choose to save the weight of an animal at five custom times. The date the weight was taken will also be remembered. This makes it easy to compare weights for individual animals and across animals during a similar time period or event. You can set the label of each custom weight in the Preferences window. You can set the desired custom weight during a chuteside job or manually with the Animal History or Grid Edit windows. You can also import the weight from a file. This is the date of the first custom weight. |
| Weight 1 (Weight) | Normal | The first custom weight. |
| Weight 2 (Date) | Normal | This is the date of the second custom weight. |
| Weight 2 (Weight) | Normal | The second custom weight. |
| Weight 3 (Date) | Normal | This is the date of the third custom weight. |
| Weight 3 (Weight) | Normal | The third custom weight. |
| Weight 4 (Date) | Normal | This is the date of the fourth custom weight. |
| Weight 4 (Weight) | Normal | The fourth custom weight. |
| Weight 5 (Date) | Normal | This is the date of the fifth custom weight. |
| Weight 5 (Weight) | Normal | The fifth custom weight. |
| Last Seen Date | Normal | The date the animal was last seen in a chuteside job. |
| Last Seen Weight (lb) | Normal | The weight of the animal during the last chuteside job. |
| First Implant Date | Normal | Fusion will keep track of up to five implant events for each animal in these fields. (If you give more than five implants, all will be remembered in the normal animal history, but only the first five in these fields.) This makes it easy to see what implants an animal has received and to change an implant strategy based on the last implant given, growth since the last implant, etc. At each implant event Fusion records the date, weight, and implant product. Any time a drug defined with "Implant" for the unit is given during a chuteside job, Fusion fills in the next set of fields. This is the first implant date. |
| First Implant Weight (lb) | Normal | The animal's weight at the first implant. |
| First Implant Product | Normal | The first implant product. |
| Second Implant Date | Normal | This is the second implant date. |
| Second Implant Weight (lb) | Normal | The animal's weight at the second implant. |
| Second Implant Product | Slow | The second implant product. |
| Third Implant Date | Normal | This is the third implant date. |
| Third Implant Weight (lb) | Normal | The animal's weight at the third implant. |
| Third Implant Product | Slow | The third implant product. |
| Fourth Implant Date | Normal | This is the fourth implant date. |
| Fourth Implant Weight (lb) | Normal | The animal's weight at the fourth implant. |
| Fourth Implant Product | Slow | The fourth implant product. |
| Fifth Implant Date | Normal | This is the fifth implant date. |
| Fifth Implant Weight (lb) | Normal | The animal's weight at the fifth implant. |
| Fifth Implant Product | Slow | The fifth implant product. |
| Genetic Test 1 | Normal | Fusion has five fields dedicated to recording the results of genetic tests. This is the first of those. You can customize the field labels in the Preferences window. Data for these fields can be entered during a chuteside job or manually with the Animal History or Grid Edit windows. You could also import the information from a file. |
| Genetic Test 2 | Normal | The second genetic test field. |
| Genetic Test 3 | Normal | The third genetic test field. |
| Genetic Test 4 | Normal | The fourth genetic test field. |
| Genetic Test 5 | Normal | The fifth genetic test field. |
| Field 1 | Normal | If you want to record information about an animal that doesn't fit into any existing fields, Fusion provides five custom fields to be used any way you like. This is the first of these. You can customize the labels of these fields in the Preferences window. Custom fields can be changed during a chuteside job or manually with the Animal History or Grid Edit windows. You can also import from a file. If you feel you are storing information that other people might also want to store, please let us know so we can consider adding a dedicated field it in a future version of Fusion. |
| Field 2 | Normal | The second custom field. |
| Field 3 | Normal | The third custom field. |
| Study Animal | Slow | The fourth custom field. |
| Field 5 | Normal | The fifth custom field. |
| Ultrasound Backfat Thickness (in) | Normal | You can store ultrasound information in these fields. This is the backfat thickness field. These can be filled in during a chuteside job or manually with the Animal History or Grid Edit windows. You can also import from a file. |
| Ultrasound Ribeye Area (sq in) | Normal | The ribeye area from an ultrasound test. |
| Ultrasound Projected Yield Grade | Normal | The projected yield grade from an ultrasound test. |
| Ultrasound Marbling Score | Normal | The marbling score from an ultrasound test. |
| Ultrasound Projected Quality Grade | Normal | The projected quality grade from an ultrasound test. |
| Out Date | Normal | The date the animal left the feedlot. Normally this will come from an out cohort the animal was linked to. However, when a lot closes it checks for any animals that are still current and automatically sets them to be non-current and sets the current date as the out date. |
| Carcass Kill Date | Normal | The following fields can be used to store carcass data for each animal. This data can be entered manually with the Animal History and Grid Edit windows. It can also be filled in from a file import or automatically if using BIXS. This field is the kill date. |
| Kill Plant | Normal | The kill plant. |
| Carcass ID | Normal | If the kill plant gives a carcass ID other than the RFID number, it can go here. |
| Carcass Hot Weight (lb) | Normal | The carcass hot weight. |
| Carcass Dollars | Normal | The dollars received for this animal. |
| Carcass Dollars Per lb | Normal | Fusion will calculate the dollars per weight unit in this field. |
| Carcass Yield Grade | Normal | The yield grade. |
| Carcass Lean Yield Percent | Slow | The lean yield percent. |
| Carcass Rib Eye Area (sq in) | Slow | The ribeye area. |
| Carcass Fat Thickness (in) | Normal | The fat thickness. |
| Carcass Marbling Score | Normal | The marbling score. |
| Carcass Quality Grade | Normal | The quality grade. |
| Carcass Fat Color Score | Normal | The fat color score. |
| Carcass Meat Color Score | Normal | The meat color score. |
| Last Job Name | Normal | This field will show the name of the last chuteside job the animal was part of. |
| Last Sort Group Name | Normal | If the last chuteside job had a sort protocol in it, this field will show the sort group of the primary sort protocol the animal ended up in. |
| Note | Slow | A note for the animal. This can be added to during a chuteside job or manually with the Animal History window. |
| Pre Fusion History | Normal | General information about an animal before it arrived on your feedlot or when it was in a previous system can be stored in this field. Sometimes this information is imported from another system. |
The following can be child windows (or inlined reports) for this list:
