New pedigree viewing feature in X'Aim

The X'Aim on-line animal tracking and mating software tool now lets you view the details of an individual animal, simply by clicking on its ident or name tag on the animal listing page. A smaller window with the following three tabs will appear:

• Animal Details
• Pedigree
• Progeny

Animal Details contains information about the animal, including birthdate, sire, dam and inbreeding coefficient.

The Pedigree tab shows a 3-generation pedigree tree for the animal. Each parent in the pedigree tree can be clicked to change the view of the pedigree to be for that new animal/parent. This makes surfing up the pedigree quick and easy. When a parent is a common ancestor in the pedigree, leading to inbreeding of the animal in question, it is highlighted to draw attention to the source of inbreeding.

The Progeny tab lists all progeny for the animal, each progeny being "clickable" to change the focus of the view to be for that new animal. This changes the pedigree and details views as well. This allows surfing "down" a pedigree in addition to surfing up the pedigree using the pedigree tab.

For a quick view of the pedigree tree, see http://www.xaim.com.au/tour.html