If you work with horses that are meant for human consumption, we display an icon that indicates a distinct difference between horses purposed for recreational use and horses that are ready for human consumption, or slaughter horses as we are calling them. This article will explain how you can add a new patient and mark it as a horse fr human consumption. If you are keen on learning how to identify a horse for slaughter, please see the related articles.
Before you start
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- If you work with horses that are meant for human consumption, contact our Customer Support team to have the module for slaughter horses enabled.
- Please note that if horses are meant for human consumption, you are required by law to keep a log of all the medication that these horses have been administered.
Step-by-step instructions
- Search for the owner.
- In the tab Animals, click the New Patient button.
- Select “horse” in the species field and fill in the rest of the details.
- Scroll down and click logbook to have it unfold.
- Change the “herd type” to horse.
- Click Save.
The red horse icon indicates that this patient is kept for human consumption.
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How do I change a horse from slaughter to recreational use?
- Click the Patient Data tab at the top right corner.
- Scroll down and click logbook to have it unfold.
- For “herd type” select the empty option.
- Click Save.
You will return to the patient file and will notice that the red horse icon has changed to the green horse icon in the patient panel on the left side:
