What is the Monitored Risk level and how do I set it?

Monitored Risk Level is the AHLU level that represents the highest risk animals in your care, or the AHLU level you wish to monitor. Most sites will have many different cattle populations that they are monitoring.

We recommend setting the Monitored Risk level to represent the Highest Risk Animals. The Monitored Risk Level is displayed on your dashboard, drives the colours of the cards and sets the SMS alert level. The easiest way to determine your Monitored Risk Level is by using the RAP (or use the HLI Threshold Calculator located on your Cattle Heat Risk Dashboard) to assess all the cattle populations at your feedlot.

Remember, the risk level of your cattle will change depending on various factors, and it is important to understand these to ensure you are looking at the correct AHLU level to assess your risk. We recommend using the HLI threshold calculator (or noting the HLI threshold calculated when recording a cattle observation) to keep an eye on how the risk might change.

For example, production cattle that are usually monitored at AHLU89 will be at a higher risk if the pens are wet. We recommend looking at AHLU83 if your pens are wet.

The Monitored Risk Level is a setting for the feedlot site and is set by the site Admin. Users without Admin privileges will see the Monitored Risk Level but will NOT be able to change it.

You can change your Monitored Risk Level as follows:

1. Navigate to the Settings page

2. Select the Global Settings tab

3. Select the AHLU level you wish to monitor from the drop-down list

4. Press SAVE

For more about the AHLU levels and HLI Thresholds see the table below.