What does the electronic animal record contain?
The electronic animal record gathers in one place everything the vet needs to know at the next visit: who the animal is, who the owner is, what happened at previous consultations and which documents exist.
Short answer
- Identification details: name, species, breed, date of birth, sex, microchip number, allergies and notes.
- The owner's details: name, phone and e-mail, linked to the animal.
- Consultations, written in free text, with diagnosis, treatment and the date of the next check-up.
- The documents in the register (title, type, date, reference) and the prescriptions issued as documents.
What it does not contain
- Lab result files or X-ray images: the register keeps only the title, type, date and a reference.
- A coded list of diagnoses: the consultation is free text.
- A link to official microchip or passport registers.
Practical example
Example: Rex, a Labrador, comes in for his rabies booster. Reception finds him by the owner's name, the vet opens the record, sees the previous consultations, writes today's consultation, prints the prescription and enters the check-up date in the recall list.
Common mistakes
- Keeping the owner's details apart from the animal, so you duplicate them for every animal.
- Writing consultations in notebooks, not in the record, and losing the history.
- Expecting the platform to store lab results — the register keeps only references.
How 4softvet helps
- The animal record linked to the owner, with a reference number and search by name, owner or microchip.
- Consultations and prescriptions as documents, in the same record.