# Journal Entries for Animals

The animal journal is a very useful tool for tracking medical work or or other information about animals. It's particularly helpful for routine veterinary work such as vaccines, spay/neuter, and vet visits because the journal allows you to create entry types and collect them into categories. Adding entries then creates a log that you can view, download, and organize.



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**Where do I find it?**

You can find the [**Animals Journal Entries**](https://manage.rescuegroups.org/animals_journals_entries) by going to **Animals > Journal Entries.**

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The Animal Journal is a tool to help you keep track of animal medical and related information. However, the Journal can store any kind of information that you might put in a log, with a date and comment. Your service allows you to:

* Use the journal templates to create the types of journal entries you use
* Use the defined categories to help focus the entries
* Define the types of entries you need
* Enter journal entries for medical and other tracking
* Export the information into a spreadsheet

## Video- Introduction to the Animal Journal Feature

We've prepared a short video that outlines this feature for you.

 

[https://youtu.be/aFupxCh0N68?si=IgeX2qYQXbqBZiIQ](https://youtu.be/aFupxCh0N68?si=IgeX2qYQXbqBZiIQ)

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**Documents**

- [Add an Animal Journal Entry](https://guides.rescuegroups.org/s/4a2c57ff-3678-4bc0-8cf0-d6d45df023da/doc/add-an-animal-journal-entry-DE8pZtLmm4)
- [Journal Entry Types](https://guides.rescuegroups.org/s/4a2c57ff-3678-4bc0-8cf0-d6d45df023da/doc/journal-entry-types-teWrtSOfXh)
- [Animal Journal Templates](https://guides.rescuegroups.org/s/4a2c57ff-3678-4bc0-8cf0-d6d45df023da/doc/animal-journal-templates-uvkbXVfpOZ)
- [Manage Journal Entries](https://guides.rescuegroups.org/s/4a2c57ff-3678-4bc0-8cf0-d6d45df023da/doc/manage-journal-entries-ORfitVSpir)