Affiliation: | a Dina (Danish Informatics Network in the Agricultural Sciences), Foulum, DK-8830, Tjele, Denmark b National Institute of Animal Science, Foulum, DK-8830, Tjele, Denmark |
Abstract: | Two complementary approaches to produce visual information from reproduction records are described and exemplified. The Event Display shows all reproductive events, over a year, for all cows in a herd, by symbols placed in an array with columns representing calendar weeks and rows representing individual cows. The Reproduction Monitor consists of graphs of insemination and pregnancy rates evaluated weekly with a Bayesian technique. These visual monitoring tools are well suited to explore temporal variation in reproductive performance, they provide a quick overview of herd performance, and they provide information about individual animals. |