[AccessD] Looking for easy form solution

[Rocky Smolin]

How do you identify individuals?  Are they tagged?

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From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of FW
Salato Center
Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2015 10:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Looking for easy form solution

I really botched that up -- the phone rang and I forgot where I was --
sorry. What I was trying to say in the first paragraph regarding
terminology... 

For instance, the vet might collect a single fecal sample for testing -- no
way to tell which deer it's from. All testing and results are applied to all
the stock. If she finds worms, they're all treated. However, an individual
might sustain an injury and need treatment or surgery. They're all still
individuals. 

Susan H. 



The use of flocks and herds is strictly livestock terminology for the
discussion. They're all individuals. However, when a species is all housed
together in the same exhibit, such as the deer, bison, elk, box turtles,
quail, turkey... most procedures will be performed on all at the same time.
For instance, the vet might collect a single fecal sample for testing -- no
way to tell which deer it's from, and They're still all individuals and a
parent, not a child to the flock or herd. But,  I'm not sure I understood
your question, so maybe I didn't answer it either. :) 

However, I have considered breaking the rules a bit where the quail are
concerned. Right not they're not banded and we probably won't do so. The
problem with some animals -- like the quail -- they are too timid for the
banding process. It will cause them more stress than it's worth to track
them. However, we do want to keep some kind of info on them, even if it's
just to say, "Removed two dead; added two females, current stock is now 14"
or "One female appears in poor health; will keep an eye on her and remove if
no improvement" in a comments field.  

So, I am considering adding the term flock as a name, ided by species and
then updating the entire flock that way, since we won't be iding them as
individuals. It's not exactly "right" but would work because in this case,
we would never be tracking a treatment to an individual because we can't id
them as individuals to track! :) 

Susan h. 
Do Flocks and Herds vis a vis their individual animal constituents act like
parent and children in the sense that a parent has many children but the
children will only ever have one parent (you know what I mean, all Access
children are raised by single parents).


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