KraalBook: Livestock Records

KraalBook is an independent livestock record-keeping app for South African farmers running cattle, sheep, goats and pigs. It helps you keep your own animal records in the field — even with no signal — and organise the information you need for the State Vet, the auction house and Stock Theft Act processes.

IMPORTANT — PLEASE READ
KraalBook is an independent, privately owned app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or representing the South African government or any government department or entity. Anything it shows about Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) rules or §6/§8 stock-removal certificates is general guidance to help you keep your own farm records — it does not replace official requirements. Always confirm the current rules from the official source listed at the end of this description.

WORKS OFFLINE, EVERY TIME
The kraal has no signal — so KraalBook saves every record to your phone instantly and syncs automatically when you are back in coverage. Capture for days offline. Browsing your herd and reviewing past stock counts work offline too.

SCAN OR SEARCH ANY ANIMAL
Works with standard RFID ear-tag readers (ISO 11784/11785, USB or Bluetooth keyboard mode) — or find any animal by typing part of its tag, breed, colour or camp. No special hardware required.

CAPTURE EVERY EVENT IN THE FIELD
Record births, purchases, vaccinations, medicine treatments, weigh-ins, movements between camps, sick reports, pregnancy checks, RFID re-tagging, sales and deaths. Each event lands on the animal's fact sheet — its full life history on one screen.

VACCINATION RECORDS
Record each dose with batch number, fridge temperature, vaccine expiry and the vet's name. A vaccination register and cold-chain summary keeps it all in one place, and the herd overview shows, at a glance, how many head are current, due soon, or overdue on your own schedule.

TREATMENT & WITHDRAWAL TRACKING
Log medicine given to one or many animals with the withdrawal period. KraalBook then reminds you before you sell or slaughter an animal that may still be inside a withdrawal period, and lists each one with its clear date.

SALE & REMOVAL DOCUMENTS
Produce a branded PDF in the standard Section 6 / Section 8 removal-certificate layout for auction and private sales — with your own farm brand, GLN and buyer details you enter — and share it straight to WhatsApp or email.

THEFT & SHRINKAGE
Run a stock count (full muster or quick headcount) on any camp to see which animals are missing. The theft & shrinkage report flags stock that should be in a camp but was not found.

HERD RECORDS & REPORTS
Browse your whole herd by species and category. Filter by sex, category and camp to answer "how many of each do I have?". The Reports tab is built automatically from what you capture — no extra data entry — and includes:
- Farm health scorecard (your whole farm in one 0–100 score)
- A one-tap record pack you can share with your own vet
- Herd growth, herd structure and animal passport
- Reproductive scorecard and top breeders
- Growth (average daily gain)
- Mortality & health
- Grazing & stocking rate
- Medicine use & withdrawal calendar
- Vaccination overview by camp

WORK AS A TEAM
Invite stockmen by phone number to capture events on their own phones. See who is active and review everything they have recorded.

BULK IMPORT
Load your whole herd at once from a spreadsheet, linking calves to their mothers as you go.

AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, AFRIKAANS AND ISIZULU.

KraalBook is free during the current pilot. Data is hosted in South Africa (Azure South Africa North) for POPIA data residency. You can export or delete your data at any time.

OFFICIAL SOURCE
The laws this app helps you keep records for — including the Animal Diseases Act (under which §6/§8 removal certificates are issued) and the Stock Theft Act — are published by the South African Government at:
https://www.gov.za/documents/acts