Name: conformation_weight Description: Body Weight collected on a walk-over scale placed at the exit of the Milking Parlour. Data collection normally happens after milkings (AM or PM), after foot bath (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons) or at another time when animals are individually brought to the walk-over scale. Classification: RDF402 Author: Michelle Edwards Author Email: edwardsm@uoguelph.ca
Moment the body weight was measured (Heifer Scale, during milking time or another time between 8AM and 4PM, including foot bath)
date
Date the animal’s RFID was read when passing through the BCS camera
dim
Number of days in milk when measure was taken
lact_n
Lactation number when measure was taken
session_n
Session number. 1 = AM, 2 = PM
source
Source/Location of the walk-over full-body scale (Parlour or Heifer Barn)
source_id
Source ID. 1 = Parlour, 2 = Foot bath or other, 3 = Heifer barn
time
Time the animal’s RFID was read when passing through the BCS camera
weight
Weight of the animal measured while it walks over a the scale
International schema information
Language
Name
Description
English
conformation_weight
Body Weight collected on a walk-over scale placed at the exit of the Milking Parlour. Data collection normally happens after milkings (AM or PM), after foot bath (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons) or at another time when animals are individually brought to the walk-over scale.
Language-independent schema details
Attribute
Sensitive
Unit
Type
Character encoding
animal_id
false
Numeric
utf-8
collection_moment
false
Text
utf-8
date
false
DateTime
utf-8
dim
false
Numeric
utf-8
lact_n
false
Numeric
utf-8
session_n
false
Numeric
utf-8
source
false
Text
utf-8
source_id
false
Numeric
utf-8
time
false
DateTime
utf-8
weight
false
Numeric
utf-8
Language-specific schema details
English
Attribute
Label
Description
List
animal_id
Farm-level unique animal ID
Not a list
collection_moment
Moment the body weight was measured (Heifer Scale, during milking time or another time between 8AM and 4PM, including foot bath)
Not a list
date
Date the animal’s RFID was read when passing through the BCS camera
Not a list
dim
Number of days in milk when measure was taken
Not a list
lact_n
Lactation number when measure was taken
Not a list
session_n
Session number. 1 = AM, 2 = PM
Not a list
source
Source/Location of the walk-over full-body scale (Parlour or Heifer Barn)
Not a list
source_id
Source ID. 1 = Parlour, 2 = Foot bath or other, 3 = Heifer barn
Not a list
time
Time the animal’s RFID was read when passing through the BCS camera
Not a list
weight
Weight of the animal measured while it walks over a the scale