ABSTRACT
Swine enterprise is one of the best options to choose when investing in livestock production, but has been suffering a big neglect due to lack of awareness and ignorance on the part of investors in most developing countries including Nigeria. Everything about swine enterprise depends on how they are managed as they do not demand much financially for their labour, feeding, housing and equipment selection and for other basic needs as compared to other livestock enterprise.
Therefore, due to the many good attributes of swine over other livestocks, especially being highly prolific and returns yielding almost immediately after establishment, the enormous benefit from investing in swine enterprise can not be over-emphasized, hence, the software development was necessitated. This project focuses on the development of an enterprise planning and management software for swine production.
The computer program needs a number of factors such as the umber of sows gestations period, farrowing period, average weaning and conception intervals etc. for its execution to obtain varying results. It is worth noting that as the number of weeks woaning is practiced was decreased the farrowing interval obtained was decreased and the number of farrowings per sow per year was increased and vice versa, also as the sow herd was increased the number of farrowing pens required was also increased, and vice-versa, assuming all other parameters were kept constant for either case.
Thus, with good selection of all the factors required in the execution of the software, effective farm planning and management for swine enterprise can be achieved with less drudgery and time waste, and as such deserves a full attention and support from both the Government and patriotic individuals of good will.
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