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A record you can see
Nearly every screen that records an event — a birth, a sick beast, a stray, a loss, the morning walkthrough — can attach photos or video on the spot. Each file is tagged to the animal and the event, and lands in the Media library, where you can search and filter the lot.
Why bother?
- Proof. A dated photo of a branded hide, a newborn calf, or a carcass settles arguments that memory can’t — with family, buyers, insurers, or the police.
- Distance. The owner in town sees what the herder at the kraal sees, the same day.
- History. Two years from now, “which cow was that?” has an answer with a face.
Make it a habit
- Photograph every newborn with its dam on the day it drops.
- Photograph anything unusual — injury, sickness, a broken fence, a stray in your kraal.
- Film the morning walkthrough when something needs the owner’s eyes.
Storage is handled for you: files upload when there’s signal, are compressed on the server, and originals are cleared off the phone once safely delivered.
Keep these records without the paperwork
Thuo Tech keeps every animal on record — photos, brands and BAITS tag numbers, treatments and withdrawal periods, weights, breeding, movements and sales — on your computer instead of in a book in a drawer. Built in Botswana, from P100 a month per farm.
Try the whole system free for 14 days — no joining fee. Questions? Email info@thuotech.co.bw or call 72114791.
