Your Daily Work with Kora
You have set up your account, locations, and animal records. Now it is time to use Kora for daily animal management. This chapter focuses on the four essential workflows you will use most often:
- Recording Observations - Document what you see when working with animals
- Managing Tasks - Track work that needs to be done
- Recording Movements - Document when animals change locations
- Basic Treatments - Log medical care and medications
These workflows represent the core of daily animal care. You will perform these activities regularly whether you manage a farm, zoo, wildlife reserve, or veterinary practice.
Why These Workflows Matter
Recording Observations captures what is happening with your animals in real-time. A limping cow, a lethargic elephant, unusual behaviour in a flock. These observations become part of the permanent animal record. They can trigger follow-up actions.
Managing Tasks ensures nothing falls through the cracks. Daily health checks, scheduled treatments, routine maintenance, follow-up appointments. All tracked and assigned to the right people.
Recording Movements creates an audit trail every time an animal relocates. This is not just good record-keeping. It is essential for biosecurity, traceability, and regulatory compliance.
Basic Treatments documents all medical interventions. Vaccinations, medications, wound care. Every treatment becomes part of the animal's permanent health history.
How These Workflows Connect
These four workflows do not exist in isolation. They work together:
- Observation → Task: You observe a health concern and create a task for veterinary follow-up
- Observation → Treatment: A veterinarian diagnoses an issue and records treatment
- Task → Treatment: A scheduled treatment task is completed and documented
- Movement → Observation: After moving animals, you record observations in the new location
- Treatment → Task: A treatment requires follow-up, creating a task for the next dose
This interconnection means your daily work naturally builds a complete picture of animal care over time.
Designed for Daily Use
These workflows are designed to be quick and efficient:
Observations can be recorded in 30 to 60 seconds. This is especially true on mobile with GPS auto-capture. You do not need extensive detail. Just enough to document what you saw.
Tasks are simple to create and assign. Set a due date, add a description, link to an animal if relevant. You are done.
Movements require minimal information. Which animal, from where to where, when, and why. Kora handles the rest automatically.
Treatments are straightforward. What medication, which animal, when administered, and batch details. The system tracks withdrawal periods and compliance automatically.
Desktop vs. Mobile for Daily Workflows
Desktop is ideal for:
- Reviewing and managing multiple tasks
- Detailed observation documentation with extensive notes
- Planning movements across multiple animals
- Treatment plan creation and scheduling
Mobile excels at:
- Field observations with GPS auto-capture
- Quick task completion while working
- Recording movements from the field
- Immediate treatment documentation at point of care
Many users work across both. Desktop for planning and review. Mobile for field execution.
Learning These Workflows
Each section in this chapter follows the same pattern:
- What it is - The purpose of the workflow
- When to use it - Scenarios across different contexts
- How to do it - Step-by-step instructions
- What happens next - How the information is used
- Examples - Real-world scenarios from farms, zoos, wildlife, conservation
You do not need to master all workflows at once. Start with the ones most relevant to your daily work. Then expand as needed.
Workflow Variations by User Type
Different users emphasise different workflows:
Farmers focus heavily on observations (health checks), tasks (daily routines), and treatments (routine care).
Veterinarians emphasise observations (clinical documentation), treatments (prescriptions and procedures), and follow-up tasks.
Wildlife managers prioritise observations (sightings, behaviour), movements (animal relocations), and minimal treatment documentation.
Zoo staff balance all four workflows. Observations (daily checks), tasks (enrichment, feeding), movements (exhibit transfers), and treatments (preventive care).
Conservation organisations emphasise observations (population monitoring), movements (translocation projects), and minimal routine tasks.
Use the workflows that match your management needs. There is no "right" amount of any workflow. Only what serves your animals best.
Building Good Habits
Consistent use of these workflows creates powerful outcomes:
Daily observations reveal health trends over weeks and months, not just isolated incidents.
Regular task management prevents forgotten responsibilities. It ensures routine care happens on schedule.
Movement documentation builds complete traceability. This is essential for biosecurity response and regulatory compliance.
Treatment records create accurate medical histories. This improves veterinary care and prevents medication errors.
The effort is minimal. A few minutes per animal per day. But the cumulative benefit is substantial.