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Welcome to the Zoo Diet NaviGator documentation wiki! It is a work in progress.

Translations

I'm working hard to ensure that both the documentation and the program itself are usable in other languages.

However, I need volunteers (like YOU!) to help translate into your local languages.

If you would like to help translate, learn more here:

• Help Translate this Documentation
• Help Translate the Software

History and Uses

• Past, Present and Future of ZDN 🦜
• Use Cases
• Philosophical Notes
• Development roadmap

Setting up Zoo Diet NaviGator

• Installation
• Upgrading older datafiles
• Common installation issues

Configuring your zoo

• Setting up your zoo: Parks, Areas, & Delivery Locations
• Setup Tips: What to change and what NOT to change
• Importing animals from ZIMS
• Setting up your feeds and feed data
• Recipes
• Importing feed data from DairyOne
• Deleting records

Setting up your diets

• The Edit Diets screen
• Grouping animals and diets together: Herd Diets and Group Diets
• Bins
• Rotations
• Feeding vs. prep schedules
• Shortcuts
• Report types
• Special orders
• Copying diets to another animal & Sharing Diets
• Prep notes and line notes

Analyzing diets

• What data is used?
• Interactive analysis spreadsheet

Preparing animal feed

• Prepping from paper books
• Prepping from labels
• Prepping from touchscreen
• Assembly line vs. bulk prep
• Emergency diets

Rolling the software out at your institution

• Software and Hardware Requirements
• Data Security
• Backups and Emergencies
• Distribution to other users
• Logistics and use cases