Duplicate Eartags
Background:
In BoviSync, it is possible to have multiple animals with the same eartag (main identifier). This may be found useful when raising animals for somebody else, but wanting to manage them in the same file. These animals must physically be different animals, if they are the same animal and having duplicate eartags is a mistake, please refer to this article to merge them into one: Merging Duplicate Animals
When searching for animals on the mobile app using the keypad, you will be prompted to select which of the animals with the same eartag you are looking for.
BoviSync will search for the first unique combination in this order: owner, animal type, then birthdate. The first piece of unique information would be displayed as the option to select the animal.
Examples:
2 animals with Eartag 78124 with different owners are searched on the mobile app:
- 78124 owner1 in pen 3
- 78124 owner7 in pen 0
2 animals with Eartag 98653 with same owner but different animal types are searched on the mobile app:
- 98653 dairy in pen 0
- 98653 bull in pen 5
2 animals with Eartag 45128 of same owner and animal type, but different birthdates are searched on the mobile app:
- 45128 born 2022-01-01 in pen 2
- 45128 born 2023-06-06 in pen 1