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    Study on management information system in institutional swine farm
    (Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2002) Bindu, P; KAU; Joseph Mathew
    A study on Management-Information System (MIS) was conducted in Centre for Pig Production and Research (CPPR), Mannuthy to analyse the merits and demerits of the MIS presently available in the farm and to formulate an MIS based on computer software which may improve managerial efficacy and decision making process in swine farm and to develop, refine and then recommend a management information system. The merits and demerits of the present MIS in the centre were studied by conducting a survey using separate and well-designed questionnaire among scientists technical staff and administrative staff and also by interview. The information obtained in the survey were analysed and meaningful conclusions were drawn on the efficiency of the present MIS. Observations were made on the present MIS prevailing in the Centre with regard to various production parameters such as animals, its production and reproduction details, feeding, breeding, weeding, human resource components, labour management administration, financial implications, research, teaching and extension activities, profit and loss account productivity of each element and all other related elements. A computerized MIS was developed using the data collected from the farm. The enterprise edition of Visual Basic 6.0 was used as front end, while MS Access-97 was used as back end for the package developed. The MIS developed under this study is structured under a main menuwith various sub-menus such as System, History, Administration, Research, Breed and Management. The System sub-menu has Change Password, Users and Exit options. The History sub-menu is segmented into Introduction, Units divisions, Lay out, Objectives, Head of Station and Teaching and Extension options. The Administration sub-menu is divided into Employee details, Pay Entry Staff, Pay Entry Labours, Enter Biodata and List Employees options. The Research sub-menu has Select Title and Add Title options. Breed sub menu is provided with Details, Breed pictures, Add Animal group, Add Animal, Birth Entry, Death Entry, Sales and Care and Management options. The sub-menu Management is segmented into Registers, Profit/loss, Weight Recordings, Feed Management and Profit Loss Entry options. The developed software was tested by an “on-farm trial run” in the Centre for a period of one month for'identifying the defects and the developed MIS has recommended as a model after rectifying the defect. The model can be recommended for other farms with necessary modifications.
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    Evaluation of husbandry practices in captive zoo mammals in Kerala
    (Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2002) Biju, S; KAU; Francis Xavier
    Husbandry practices adopted for captive zoo mammals, were studied in the Government owned zoological gardens located at Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur districts ofKerala State. The mammals in the zoos were classified into ten groups, based on the taxonomic position and food habits. In the feeding management studies, the different feed ingredients used to formulate the ration for these ten groups of mammals were recorded. The dry matter content of the ration was worked out. A comparative study was taken up between Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur Zoos, in the feed ingredients as well as in the dry matter content of the ration in all the above ten groups of mammals. The management practices with regard to housing of animals were also observed. Cages and enclosures were provided for the animals and in most of the cases the floor was made of cement concrete. A comparison between the two zoos with regard to the substrate and the type of cage for the ten groups of mammals were also made. The environment enrichment methods adopted as well as the provisions for wallowing and perching were also observed and compared in the two zoos among the ten groups of mammals. Under the captive breeding observations in Thiruvananthapuram Zoo it was found that 23 different mammalian species were kept in breeding pairs though successful breeding were noticed in 19 of them. The animals which do not breed in captivity even when kept in pairs, were the Indian Porcupine, the Himalayan Black Bear, the Sloth Bear and the Jungle Cat. Whereas in Thrissur Zoo" 11 mammalian species were in breeding pairs and out of that eight species were successfully breeding. The Indian Porcupine, Small Indian Civet and the Camels in the zoos were not breeding, eventhough they were in pairs. Disease prevalence was another management practice studied. Parasitic diseases (44.68 per cent), infectious diseases (35.11 per cent), non-specific conditions (17.02 per cent) and neoplastic conditions (3.19 per cent) were observed in captive mammals in Thiruvananthapuram Zoo; and infectious conditions (59.32 per cent), neoplastic conditions (15.25 per cent), parasitic diseases (13.56 per cent) and non-specific conditions (11.87 per cent) were observed in Thrissur Zoo. Vaccinations were regularly done only in felids in Thiruvananthapuram Zoo and no vaccinations were done in Thrissur Zoo. Regular dewormings were done for all mammals in Thiruvananthapuram Zoo, but only in carnivores and Camels in Thrissur Zoo. The frequency of deworming varied between the species and did not conform to any scientific suggestions. Hygiene and sanitation showed that the enclosures in the zoos were cleaned daily in the morning, before the feeding of the animals. Along with that the feed and water troughs were also cleaned. The water pools were emptied, cleaned and refilled twice in a week. 'Benzalkonium chloride' solution was the disinfectant used in the zoos, and were occasionally used only in the carnivore and primate cages.
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    Computerized data management system for goat farm
    (Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2002) Rajendran, S; KAU; Saseendran, P C
    Realizing the undeniable significance of computerization in farming operations and recognizing the potential popularity and growth of goat farming in India, every attempt has to be made to introduce computerized management into goat fanning. The present study was carried out in Kerala Agricultural University sheep and goat farm to introduce computerized data management system. The study involved the evaluation of the existing system, identification of the input requirement for developing computer program, development of computerized data management system (CDMS) evaluation of the CDMS, and comparison of the existing system with CDMS. Average time required for entering a set of data in livestock, birth, medicine stock, miscellaneous articles, stock, feed, milk recording and disposal, disposal and mortality and breeding registers in the existing system were found to be 21.36 ± 1.13,34.58 ± 0.81, 30.86 ± 1.13,32.06 ± 1.01,32.94 ±1 .07, 18.39 ± 1.08,31.47 ± 1.21 and 15.28 ± 1.03 seconds respectively. Average time required for recording a set of entries in kidding, mortality, sale of animals, breeding and milking events were found to be 47.47 ± 1.52,67.83 ± 1.69,57.36 ± 1.48, 15.28 ± 1.03 and 18.39 ± 1.08 seconds respectively in the existing system. Time taken to get data on population status, feed ingredients, total quantity of feed fed to animals, number of animal bred, kidding, total milk production, milk disposal, mortality and sale, transfer, and culling In the existing system was calculated. / Input requirements were determined based upon the data to be stored and the data to be obtained from the proposed computerized data management system (CDMS). Based on the information collected and anticipated reports required for an efficient goat farm management, a combination of Visual Basic 6.0 as front end tool and Microsoft Access 97 as back end tool were used. Computerised data management system for goat farms is structured under a main menu with various menus such as status, feed, production, reproduction, health, view reminder, reports and exit. The status menu under the main menu allows the user to record and retrieve various categories of animals. It is further divided into kids, young stock, adult stock, total stock, daily stock, medicine stock and miscellaneous article stock options. The feed menus has feeds and feed requirement submenus. Feeds sub menu allows the user to record purchase and issue details of feeds and feed requirement submenu gives details about nutritional requirement of various categories of animals. The production submenu is divided into weighing, growth chart, milk recording, milk chart and weaning for recording weighing measurement, calculating average daily weight gain, growth trend of an animal, milk yield, milk production trend of an animal and weaning details respectively. • Reproductive menu is segmented into oestrous, service and kidding. Date of heat and expected date of next heat can be recorded and obtained from / . oestrous option. Service option allows the user to get details about date of service, pregnancy diagnosis and expected date of kidding. Kidding details can be stored in the kidding option. Kidding interval, parity details and dry off date can be obtained from this submenu. Reminder menu is designed to obtain the checklists of animals due for vaccination, treatment, deworming, dipping, heat, service, kidding, weaning and dry off. View menu can display all the recorded information under various tables. Report menu is designed for obtaining animal strength, disposal details, feed details, production and reproduction performance, service report, breeding efficiency and farm income. Average time requirement to enter a set of entries in kids, medicine stock, miscellaneous articles, feed, milk recording, service, milk disposal, mortality and sales, transfer and culling records in the computerized data management system were 19.17 ± 0.81, 20.75 ± 0.69, 21.81 ± 0.71, 26.19 ± 0.79, 11.67 ± 0.84, 22.67 ± 0.99, 24.00 ± 0.68, 25.64 ± 0.08 and 27.50 ± 0.61 seconds respectively. Average time required for recording a set of entries in kidding, mortality, sale of animals, breeding and milking events were found to be 44.08 ± 0.94, 25.64 ± 0.80, 27.50 ± 0.61, 22.67 ± 0.99 and 32.92 ± l.38 seconds respectively in the computerized data management system. Time taken to get data on population status, feed ingredients, total quantity offeed, number of animals bred, kidding, total milk production milk disposal, mortality and sales, transfer and culling was calculated. Average time required for entering a set of entries in the computerized data management system was significantly (Pexisting system except breeding register which required more time in the computerized data management system than existing system. Average time required to record a set of entries in each event in the existing system was significantly differed (Pthat there was a significant difference (Pcomputerized data management system in case of time required to retrieve data.
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    Computerized data management for dairy farms
    (Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, 2002) Paul Princely Rajkumar, C; KAU; Francis Xavier
    Dairy farms play an anchor role in the development of dairy sector and in turn sustainable milk production. Efficient farm management inevitably requires proper data management. As the traditional recording system seems to be disadvantageous, computerized data management system is gaining importance for efficient record management. So, the present study was planned to analyze the existing system of record management and to develop a computerized record management system for dairy farms. The study was conducted in the University Livestock Farm, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy. The existing system of data recording was analyzed. The input requirement in both manual and computerized recordings were observed. The time required for recording data, both in manual and computerized recording system were measured. Based on the results obtained by the assessment of existing recording system, the input requirement for computerized recording was identified. By incorporating these inputs, the computerized data management system 'DAIRYSOFT' was developed using visual basic 6.0 as front end and MS Access as back end program. From the study, it was found out that manual recording system consisted of many unnecessary entries and duplication of entries. The number of entries to be made for a single recording in the manual recording system was considerably more than that of computerized recording system. The time taken for retrieval of information required screening of two to three registers whereas, computerized recording system required a single worksheet. The man hour requirement for entering data in manual recording system for treatment, breeding, growth, milk recording, milk distribution, birth, artificial insemination (AI) and mortality registers were 3.13 ± 1.10, 4.47 ± 1.81,1.19 ± 0.25, 22.]8 ± 1.13,3.70 ± 0.31,1.81 ± 0.]8,1.95 ± 0.19,1.46 ± 0.40 and 2.55 ± 0.30 minutes respectively; whereas the man-hour requirement for entering data by computerised recording system for treatment, breeding, growth, milk recording register, milk distribution, birth, AI and mortality registers were 2.63 ± 1.10,2.98 ± 1.32,0.67 ± 0.10,17.37 ± 1.35,2.88 ± 0.19, 0.96 ± 0.07 and 1.18 ± 0.21 minutes respectively. The variation in the man-hour requirement between manual and computerised data management system was found to be significant (pThe computerized data management system IS a user-friendly programme. It is based on menu system, which is protected with a password. The programme consists of main menu and several submenus namely stock position, registers, reports, health and data entry. Each submenu is provided with several options. Submenu stock position describes the present day stock position of different categories of animals and other details such as total milk production and number of pregnant animals available presently. Submenu 'registers' allow the user to view all the registers of the farm. The user can retrieve any information from different registers using the options available, which displays the concerned register. Submenu 'reports' allow the user to obtain various reports required for analyzing the efficiency of the farm. The user can directly take hard copy of the report. The submenu 'help' gives information about the software and the last submenu was exclusively formatted for data entry. From the study, it may be concluded that the developed computerized data management system may ensure effective recording in dairy farms, timely retrieval of needed information, generate important reports that are useful for managing and evaluating the efficiency of the farm.