Diseño y aplicación de un sistema computarizado para el manejo de registros en bovinos de leche en la estación experimental Tunshi.

Abstract

The objective of this research was to design and apply a computer system for the efficient management of milk cattle in the Tunshi Experimental Station at ESPOCH, with the purpose of providing an effective tool for the management of the information collected daily. Three main registers were considered to this effect: productive, reproductive and sanitary, based on the need of the state, in relation to the milk gathering, insemination, mating, abortion, deliveries, diagnostics, vaccines and deworms. The platform Figma was used for the project design, which allowed the modelling of the system that together with the theories of expertise and user’s exchanges allowed the creation of a complex system, although easy to handle for the final user. In that respect, systematic flows were created in order to register each and every activity or event that occurs inside the cattle herd. Besides, the more important parameters were evaluated, registering a total of 13 variables for the calculus of reproductive efficiency and 9 variables for production. As a result, the system allowed entering 59 animals amongst the following categories: calves, heifers, cows, breeding bulls and straws for insemination, as it was easy to identify the productive and reproductive state, whether the female was on a productive or dry state, or if it was in gestation or empty respectively. Moreover, the medicine stock was also part of the system, in order to have a precise control of it, generating automatic reports. It is concluded that the program allows keeping data organised and safe, providing monthly reports for the execution of activities and decision-making. It is recommended that regular report audits can take place in order to evaluate the parameters for selection and genetics improvement, so the females which do not reflect the optimal scores for its breed can be discarded.