Final Pig Feeding Guide System Capstone

SOUTH EAST ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

National Highway, Crossing Rubber, Tupi, 9505
South Cotabato, Philippines
Mobile-Based Pig Feeding Guide and Monitoring System
A Project Presented to the Faculty of College of Information and

Communication Technology
South East Asian Institute of Technology Inc.
In Fulfillment of the Requirement in

IT-228 System Analysis and Design
By:
NAME OF STUDENT
NAME OF STUDENT
NAME OF STUDENT
June 2022
ABSTRACT
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Mobile-based Pig Feeding Guide and Monitoring System is a system that monitor the
scheduling of feeding time in every tangkal/piggery using of notification reminder. Mobile-based
pig feeding guide and monitoring system is a user-friend system that helps to reduction human
errors in monitoring the schedule of every deceased guideline for feeding. This system will
monitor the income and expenses of also.
The ESP Marketing they are using of manual totaling the income and expense of records
that leads to the losing of some important piece of list of paper that can affects the business of
the company: thus, AGILE methodology helps the building of Mobile-Based Pig Feeding Guide
and Monitoring System that resolves this problem.
MPFGMS gives pleasure of every user and also easy to monitor the guidelines and
schedule for feedings with receiving the notification. Therefore, the Mobile-based pig feeding
guide monitoring system is helpful to the users that needs this apps to guide them and allows a
fast and effectively helps of guidelines and schedule way of notifications on the owner/users. By
using the system of list of records that using piece of paper where reduced and avoid
owner/user errors where prevented. Thus, this system must be implemented.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The researchers wish to express their deep gratitude to the Almighty God, to the all-
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knowing source of wisdom who bestowed upon them determination, strength, self-
confidence, and inspiration, which strongly motivated them to continue this challenging
endeavor.
Mr. Reginald S. Prudente, MIT Dean of the College of Information Communication
Technology, for his encouraging words that pushed us to conduct and finish this study.
Mr. Hernie Deduro, our project adviser, for his kindness and his patience to us. He
was giving his time, effort, and pushing us to finish this study. And also, for giving his idea to
add to our study and for checking out to make it right.
DEDICATION
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The Researchers would like to dedicate this study to Mr. Reginald S. Prudente ESP
Marketing owner for letting to conduct this research. To the project team who exerted their
time and efforts to make this project possible, to the parents, Mr. & Mrs. Peligro, Mr. & Mrs.
Peligro, Mr.& Mrs. Gabuat, to their family members, friends and relatives for their continuous
support, for believing that we can achieve this work, for not giving up on us, moral support
and financial aspect.
To our teachers for their guidance, patience and encouragement to fulfill this work; To
our classmates and friends who inspired us in making this work possible and meaningful.
And above all, we dedicate this to our Almighty God, who is showering the blessings and
guidance in our daily life activity.
“We found ourselves saying, thank you for everything
.”
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGES
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TITLE PAGE.................................................................................................. i
ABSTRACT...................................................................................................ii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT...............................................................................iii
DEDICATION...............................................................................................iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS................................................................................v
LIST OF TABLES.........................................................................................ix
LIST OF FIGURES.......................................................................................x
CHAPTER I:................................................................................................. 1
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................1
Rationale of the Study...............................................................................1
Objectives of the Study.............................................................................4
General Objectives.......................................................................................4
Specific Objectives.......................................................................................4
Scope and Limitation of the Study............................................................5

Scope of the Study.......................................................................................5
Limitation of the Study..................................................................................5
Significance of the Study..........................................................................6

The Flow of the Study...............................................................................8
Definition of Terms....................................................................................9
CHAPTER II:...............................................................................................11
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES..............................11
Foreign Literature....................................................................................11
Local Literature.......................................................................................13
Foreign Study..........................................................................................15
Local Study.............................................................................................18
CHAPTER III:............................................................................................. 21
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY..................................................................21
ENVIRONMENT..................................................................................... 21
Setting of the study.....................................................................................21
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY....................................22

PLANNING/CONCEPTION-INITIATION PHASE....................................26
Business Model Canvas.............................................................................26
Gantt Chart.................................................................................................27
Functional Decomposition Diagram............................................................28
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ANALYSIS DESIGN PHASE...................................................................29
Use Case Diagram.....................................................................................29
Use Case Matrix.........................................................................................30
Class Diagram............................................................................................31
Sequence Diagram-Admin.........................................................................32
Sequence Diagram- Employee...................................................................33
Activity Diagram..........................................................................................34
User Interface Designs...............................................................................36
Storyboard..................................................................................................40
Forms......................................................................................................... 44
Reports.......................................................................................................47
Database Design........................................................................................50
Entity Relationship Diagram.......................................................................51
Data Dictionary...........................................................................................52
Network Design..........................................................................................55
Network Model...............................................................................55
Network Topology..........................................................................56
DEVELOPMENT/CONSTRUCTION/BUILD PHASE..............................57
Technology Stack (Development)...............................................................57
Software Specification................................................................................57
Hardware Specification...............................................................................58
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Program Specification................................................................................59
List of Modules........................................................................................... 60
TESTING/QUALITY ASSURANCE PHASE............................................61

Unit Testing.................................................................................................61
Integration Testing......................................................................................61
Alpha Testing..............................................................................................62
Acceptance Testing.................................................................................... 62
IMPLEMENTATION/ DEPLOYMENT PHASE.........................................63

Deployment Diagram..................................................................................63
Implementation Budget/Cost Specification.................................................64
Technology Stack Deployment...................................................................65
Software Specification................................................................................65
Hardware Specification...............................................................................66
Program Specification................................................................................66
Human Resource Specification..................................................................66
Risk Management Plan/Framework............................................................67
User-guide..................................................................................................69
Installation Guide........................................................................................70
CHAPTER IV:.............................................................................................72
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS...........................................72
CONCLUSION........................................................................................72
RECOMMENDATION.................................................................................75
CURRICULUM VITAE.............................................................................78
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APPENDICES.........................................................................................82
APPENDIX A: THESIS PROPOSAL...........................................................83
APPENDIX B: QUESTIONNAIRES............................................................90
APPENDIX C: MAP OF THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT......................91
APPENDIX D: APPROVAL LETTER..........................................................92
REFERENCES...........................................................................................95
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LIST OF TABLES
List of Table
Table No. Table Name Page
1.0 Gantt Chart 40
1.1 Use Case Matrix 48
1.2 Use Case Activity Goal List 49
1.3 Data Dictionary- Admin Table 58
1.4 Data Dictionary of Guidelines Table 58
1.5 Data Dictionary of Expense Table 59

1.6 Data Dictionary of Item Table 59
1.7 Data Dictionary of Schedule Table 60
1.8 Data Dictionary of Disinfection Table 60
1.9 Data Dictionary of Feeding Table 61
2.0 Data Dictionary of Boosting Table 61
2.1 Data Dictionary of Slaught Table 62
2.2 Data Dictionary of Consumption Table 62
2.3. Data Dictionary of Pigpen Table 63
2.4 Implementation Budget/Cost Specification 71
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LIST OF FIGURES
List of Figures
Figure No. Figure Name Page
1.0 The Flow of the Study 16
1.1 Feature Driven Development-Agile Methodology 33
1.2 Business Model Canvass 38
1.3 Functional Decomposition Diagram 40
1.4 Use Case Diagram 41
1.5 Class Diagram 42
1.6 Sequence Diagram-Admin 43
1.7 Activity Diagram- Admin 44
1.8 Admin-User Interface 45
1.9 Storyboard – Login Page 49
2.0 Storyboard – Dashboard Page 49
2.1 Storyboard – Tutorial Page 50
2.2 Storyboard – Inventory Page 50
2.3 Storyboard – Setting Page 51
2.4 Storyboard – Feeding Guide Page 51
2.5 Storyboard – Health Guide 52
2.6 Storyboard – Type of Page 52
2.7 Storyboard – Disinfection Page 53
2.8 Forms – Admin Login 54
2.9 Reports – Admin Summary 54

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3.0 Database Design 55
3.1 Entity Relationship Diagram 56
3.2 Star Topology Model 62
3.3 Technology Stack (Development) 63
3.4 Deployment Diagram 68
3.5 Risk Management Processes 71
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
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Rationale of the study
Mobile-based Pig Feeding Guide and Monitoring System is a system that will provide
modules for proper feeding guidelines, and will be able to monitor the production and growth
of every pigs. This system can also monitor the monthly expense of the farm. It will also
provide breeding time guidelines, and notify the farrowing period. Feeding guide and
monitoring system will notify the in-charge for the disinfection schedule. This system will help
the farm owner to assure a healthy production by following the feeding guidelines
recommendation. This system will produce time frame for harvesting period. It will also
monitor the slaughtering schedule. It is a user-friendly system that will require less effort and
time consumption in monitoring the production of the pigs.
ESP Agri Marketing is a homegrown intensive pigs farming company located at Tupi,
South Cotabato. ESP Agri Marketing is an affiliated company of ESP Agri Marketing Inc.
(ESP AM), PhilFresh Corporation (PhilFresh), Experienced Agri Construction Services, Inc.
(EXACON), Mommy Gina Tuna Resources Inc. (MGTRI), Gensan Perfect Choice, Inc.
(GPCI) and many more. But later on, with the aim of making it a cost-efficient swine
production company in the Philippines, it focused on bringing to the breeders and
customers. From weaning until finishing, pigs must be fed the proper food and a balanced
diet to produce, maintain a healthy stock, or maximize. Good pig feed contains sufficient
energy, protein, minerals, and vitamins. Rice bran, broken rice, maize, soya beans, cassava,
vegetables, and distillers' residues are often used in pig feed. ESP Agri Marketing is
currently using manual method in monitoring the pig production. The company currently
manages 15 pens containing 7- 12 pigs per pen and 6 pens for Sow. Pigs in general are
normally fed twice a day. The amount of feed depends on the age and the reproductive state
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of the pig. Every after feeding, the personnel record the intake of the pigs in a Bluebook and
stores it small area above each Pen.
Below is the sample feeding chart the Feeder follows:
Due to increasing number
of pigs, (1) the feeder is having a hard time to monitor and maintain a good livestock, proper
diet and vitamins aren’t record properly. (2) Pigs are sometimes not fed on time and
disinfection schedule are not followed caused by the amount of task the Feeder needs to
accomplish. (3) During the harvest period, the personnel are having a hard time providing
expense report for each of the pens due to in effective manual recording and human error.
(4) Female pig’s farrowing period aren’t monitored properly since the personnel follows the
estimation process which leads to unprepared birthing of sow. (5) The feeder can provide
the date of slaughter for each pig because of ineffective recording that will lead to over aging
Feeding Guide and Monitoring System aims to automate the feeding guide and
monitoring of pig production of ESP Agri Marketing. This system helps to lessen the burden
in raising the pig production. With this system, ESP Agri Marketing will get notified and
updated on the schedule of slaughtering. Through this system, ESP Agri Marketing will be
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able to sustain a good quality production. This will also help to maximize the profit. This will
help to monitor and provide a proper guide for the development of the production. This
system provides reliable module of pig feeding guide. This system is less hassle, less
burden and provides more accurate guide for feeding. This system has an integrated
process that can perform much faster and more accurately than the manual process. The
system will also provide a user-friendly interface to make the system easy to use.
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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
General Objectives
The researchers aim to study and develop a Feeding Guide and Monitoring System
for ESP Agri Marketing located at Tupi, South Cotabato.
Specific Objectives
 To be able to develop a system that creates a feeding guide system for proper diet to
maintain the quality of pig production.
 To be able to develop a system that will notify the user/workers about the feeding time
schedules and for pig disinfection schedule.
 To be able to develop a system that will provide monthly expenses report of the farm.
 To be able to develop a system that will provide a breeding time guideline for female
pig, and notify the users of the farrowing period.
 To create a module that will also monitor and provide slaughtering schedule for each
pig pen.
SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
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Scope of the study
The Mobile-Based Pig Feeding Guide and Monitoring System is capable of the
following:
 Daily Feeding Guide Module
 Notify daily feeding and disinfection schedules.
 Printed monthly expenses report of the farm.
 Provide guidelines for breeding schedule and farrowing period .
 Monitoring the time frames for harvesting period and slaughtering Schedule.
Limitation of the Study
This study is only intended for the ESP Marketing. This study focuses on monitoring
the feeding and disinfection schedules. The system will be used and notify on the
users/owner by using this app.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This proposed system will benefit the following:
ESP AGRI MARKETING
To provide raiser to identify and guide what intended proper care should be
tended to the pigs.
OWNER
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This system will be useful and helpful for the users/owner to monitor cost
control of feeds to be taken by the pig, keep tracks with the schedules of meat
harvest.
RESEARCHERS
To develop our programming skills and situational problems. This project,
motivates us to improve and enhance our abilities and capabilities, and fulfill our
academic requirements.
FUTURE RESEARCHER
This system will serve as a guide for the future researchers, an addition to their
knowledge in the advancement of technology and a contribution for educational
purposes.
 Daily Feeding Guide Module
 Notify daily feeding and disinfection schedules.
 Printed monthly expenses report of the farm.
 Provide guidelines for proper breeding time schedule.
 Monitoring the time frames for harvesting period and slaughtering Schedule.
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South East Asian Institute of Technology, Inc.
National Highway, Crossing Rubber, Tupi 9505
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FLOW OF THE STUDY
INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT
 Data per pig pen  Initialize the Pig Peg  Daily feeding guide of
Schedule pig pen (vitamins, feed
and water intake)
 Set daily feeding
and disinfection  Save and Adjust pig  Pop-up reminder of
schedule of the pen pen schedules daily disinfection and
feeding schedule
 Pig pen expenses  Calculate Monthly  Printed monthly

(feeds, vitamins, expenses of the expense of the farm
utilities expense) farm
 Sow breeding date  Calculate Sow  Notify user on

breeding date and Farrowing Period
Farrowing Period
 Data per pig pen  Calculate harvesting  Display the schedule

(date of birth) period and of harvesting
slaughtering
Schedule
Figure 1.1. Mobile-Based Pig Feeding Guide and Monitoring System Flow of the study
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
 Automating – Convert (a process or facility) to largely automatic operation.
 Disinfection – the process of cleaning something, especially with a chemical in order
to destroy bacteria.
 Feeding Guide – A graphic representation of all dietary guide, typically represent the
recommend feeding suggestion for good diet.
 Farrowing – the term used for a female pig whose giving birth.
 ESP Agri Marketing – company that raises pig for meat farming industry.
 Implication – the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not
explicitly stated.
 Monitoring - Observing and keeping track expenses and activity schedule of ESP
Agri Marketing.
 Slaughter – a process where animals become meat.
 Sow – An adult female swine.
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CHAPTER II
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES
The review of related literature and studies is developed to tackle different concept,
ideas and understanding that involves local and foreign literature of the studies. This study
helps to analyze and give information from past up to present, which serves as the
researcher's guide in developing project proposal. The review focuses on the different
literature and studies that are related to the Monitoring and management services.
Foreign Literature
MamaDos- Feeding sows
According to SCHAUER Agrotronic GmbH(2023) MamaDos- Feeding sows increases feed
intake and improves the Productivity of the sows for greater profitability. With increasing
numbers of sows per litter, one of the biggest challenges is to provide the mother with
enough energy. Deficits have an effect on milk yield, sow condition and piglet growth.
The MamaDos sow feeding system is a feed dispenser, which is mounted directly
underneath a commercially available volumetric feeder and supplies the sow with food
individually. With the MamaDos feeding system, a higher feed intake can be achieved.
MamaDos Pro Due to the additional controller on the dosing device, MamaDos Pro offers
the option of operating directly at the level of the individual sow. thus, animal-specific data
can be displayed or changed, and well as individual portions can be dosed. In addition, the
food can also be moistened using an optional water valve. As with MamaDos, the
smartphone and NFC technology make it possible to view animal data and adjust settings
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Feeding Systems for Pigs
The main goal of diet formulation and feeding strategy in commercial pig production is
to maximize profits, which does not necessarily imply maximal animal performance. In
recent years, management of wastes and odours associated with intensive animal
production has become a major issue facing animal agriculture. The pig industry is
especially vulnerable to the environmental criticism because of its impact on the air, land
and water. Therefore, exploring all possible avenues and implementing effective methods to
reduce potential pollutants, as well as maximizing the economic efficiency, can have a
significant impact on ensuring successful pig production in the future. Offering diets
containing just enough nutrients to meet, but not exceed, the needs of the pig would be
beneficial in: (i) maximizing the economic efficiency; (ii) optimizing the utilization of quality
sources of nutrients, for which pigs compete with humans; and (iii) alleviating public
environmental concerns by reducing the excretion of unutilized nutrients. Such optimum
feeding strategies involve consideration of a multitude of factors such as genetic potential,
nutritional history and voluntary feed intake of the pig, variability, bioavailability and stability
of nutrients in feed ingredients, various types of stress, the physical and social environment
and possible interactions among those factors. Considering the effects of those factors,
estimating the nutrient requirements with accuracy and precision, or satisfying the needs of
a population(s) of pigs, rather than individual animals, is a challenging task. This contention
implies that no single set of estimates is likely to satisfy the requirements of all animals.
Nutritional management and/or recommendations should take into account various factors
known to influence nutrition of the pig, and appropriate adjustments must be made to
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achieve overall productivity and efficiency of pig production. A modelling approach,
therefore, might be the only defensible means of incorporating all the information necessary
to establish the nutrient requirements and/or to formulate efficient, practical, economical and
environmentally friendly diets. Such an approach would provide the direction and magnitude
of the response and sensitivity of the production system to a tactical or strategic change so
that more effective financial and management decisions can be made. Because of its
flexibility, modelling would be useful in defining nutrient requirements and satisfying the
needs of pigs in terms of the profitability and environmental accountability; this is essential
for a sustainable pig industry, as opposed to simply achieving biological production targets
(Lee I, C., 2000).
Antimicrobial Usage in Animal Production
Antimicrobial use (AMU) in animal production is a key contributor to antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) worldwide. As consumption of animal protein and associated animal
production is forecast to increase markedly over coming years in low- and middle-income
countries (LMICs), accurate monitoring of AMU has become imperative. We summarized
data from 89 scientific studies reporting AMU data in animal production published in English
since 1998, identified through the ‘ISI Web of Knowledge’ search engine. The aims were as
follows: (a) to describe methodologies and metrics used to quantify AMU; (b) to summarize
qualitative (on-farm prevalence of use) and quantitative (amounts of antimicrobial active
principle) data, in order to identify food animal species at the highest risk of AMU; and (c) to
highlight data gaps from LMICs. Only 17/89 (19.1%) studies were conducted in LMICs. Sixty
(67.3%) reported quantitative data use, with ‘daily doses per animal-time’ being the most
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common metric. AMU was greatest in chickens (138 doses/1000 animals-days [inter quartile
range (IQR) 91.1–438.3]), followed by swine (40.2 [IQR 8.5–120.4]), and dairy cattle (10.0
[IQR 5.5–13.6]). However, per kg of meat produced, AMU was highest in swine, followed by
chickens and cattle. Our review highlights a large deficit of data from LMICs, and provides a
reference for comparison with further surveillance and research initiatives aiming to reduce
AMU in animal production globally (Cuong, N., 2018).
Local Literature
Automatic Feeds Dispenser for Sow and Milk Feeding of Piglets with SMS Notification
This design project created an automatic feeding system for a sow which can be
applied to backyard piggeries or large-scale commercial pig breeders. Additionally, it
provided an alternative milk supply for piglets, equipped with a pH sensor to monitor the pH
level of the milk. The feeding system included a scheduling system that allows owners to set
the time and amount, to eliminate the problems encountered in manual feeding of pigs and
to save on labor costs. The automated feeder can be remotely accessed through messages
and the SMS notifications will be sent after the system has dispensed the pellet feeds or
milk. The researchers concluded that the system can dispense pre-determined amount of
feeds at the scheduled time to allow owners to control feeds cost easily with less labor cost.
Furthermore, the remote access of the system will greatly help the owners when the pig
housing is far from their home or when they are needed somewhere else. The remote
access function is one of the advantages of the Automatic Feeds Dispenser compared to the
manually operated feeding system. Moreover, the system delivers SMS notification to the
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owner after every feeding time. Lastly, an alternative milk supply decreases the pre-weaning
mortality of the piglets as it provides them with equal opportunities to feed and potentially
avoid crushing of disadvantaged piglets. The researchers recommended that future
researchers improve the accuracy of dispensing the feeds by using a load cell or level
sensor on the cup to measure actual weight before dispensing. Secondly, future researchers
can use other models of the GSM module and a SIM card with better network reception and
cheaper services. Also, they can use other modes of notifications such as push notifications
or develop an Android application. Additionally, surveillance cameras can be used to provide
real-time monitoring that can be added as a feature on an Android application. Thirdly, for
further improvement of the alternative milk supply, more bottles can be added and a heater
can be attached to the milk solution to ensure that more piglets can be fed and that the milk
lasts longer. Lastly, the future researchers can use an uninterruptible power supply or solar
panels to ensure that the system will continue to run during a power outage ( Buenaflor G.,
2019).
Pig production systems according to the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
Global pork production has increased fourfold over the last 50 years and is expected
to continue growing during the next three decades. This may have considerable implications
for feed use, land requirements, and nitrogen emissions. To analyze the development of the
pig production sector at the scale of world regions, we developed the IMAGE-Pig model to
describe changes in feed demand, feed conversion ratios (FCRs), nitrogen use efficiency
(NUE) and nitrogen excretion for backyard, intermediate and intensive systems during the
past few decades as a basis to explore future scenarios. For each region and production
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system, total production, productive characteristics and dietary compositions were defined
for the 1970–2005 period. The results show that due to the growing pork production total
feed demand has increased by a factor of two (from 229 to 471Tg DM). This is despite the
improvement of FCRs during the 1970–2005 period, which has reduced the feed use per kg
of product. The increase of nitrogen use efficiency was slower than the improvement of
FCRs due to increasing protein content in the feed rations. As a result, total N excretion
increased by more than a factor of two in the 1970–2005 period (from 4.6 to 11.1 Tg N/year).
For the period up to 2050, the Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSPs) provide information
on levels of human consumption, technical development and environmental awareness.
The sustainability of pig production systems for the coming decades will be based not only
on the expected efficiency improvements at the level of animal breeds, but also on four
additional pillars: (i) use of alternative feed sources not competing with human food, (ii)
reduction of the crude protein content in rations, (iii) the proper use of slurries
as fertilizers through coupling of crop and livestock production and (iv) moderation of the
human pork consumption (Lassaletta, 2019).
Animal Production Challenges Associated with Pasture Pig Systems.
Pasture pig production system features that pose risks to animal welfare, and to
develop recommendations aimed at improving the wellbeing of the animals managed in
those systems. Pasture pig production systems present specific challenges to animal
welfare that are inherent to the nature of these systems where producers have little room to
make improvements. However, these systems present other challenges that could be
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reduced with a carefully designed system, by adopting appropriate management strategies
and by avoiding management practices that are likely to negatively affect animal wellbeing.
In pasture pig production systems, exposure to extreme temperatures, potential contact with
wildlife and pathogens (especially parasites), vulnerability to predators, risk of malnutrition,
pre-weaning piglet mortality, complexity of processes for monitoring and treating sick
animals, and for cleaning and disinfection of facilities and equipment are among the main
threats to animal welfare (Pietrosemoli, S., 2020).
Local Studies
Pig Farming in Alternative Systems
The widespread conventional indoor system with a slatted floor currently dominates.
However, this production system is becoming less socially acceptable. In addition to general
environmental protection issues, animal welfare, the absence of suffering and distress, and
the management of pain also constitute societal concerns. In alternative production systems
are gaining ground. Although they are popular with consumers and other citizens, these
alternative systems have their critical points. Here, we reviewed the international scientific
literature to establish the state of the art of current knowledge regarding welfare, biosecurity,
animal health and pork safety in this type of farming system. In general, alternative farms
give pigs the opportunity to express a broader range of behaviours than conventional farms.
However, the management of feeding, watering, temperature and predators is often more
complicated in these outdoor systems. In addition, biosecurity measures seem to be applied
less strictly in alternative farms than in conventional farms, especially in free-range systems,
where they are more difficult to implement. On the other hand, pigs kept in these farming
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systems seem to be less affected by respiratory diseases, but parasitism and piglet crushing
(in farrowing units) both remain a real challenge. Furthermore, the higher prevalence of
many zoonotic pathogens in these farms may represent a risk for human health (Delsart, M.,
2020).
Pig ear skin temperature and feed efficiency
Mammalian skin temperature is often used as an indicator of health status but has
also been used in animal production as a proxy measure for thermoregulatory effort
or energy wastage. An animal with a higher skin temperature may also have a lower feed
efficiency. With advances in technology it is now feasible to continuously record
temperatures of livestock over protracted periods of time. In this study, the ear skin pig
temperature was related to feed efficiency using phase space diagram methodology.
Fourteen Landrace finishers (all male) housed in one pen over a week at relatively high
temperatures (average temperature throughout the experiment 27 °C) were supervised. The
date, time and amount of feed consumed per individual animals was monitored via an
electronic feeding station. The number of visits to the feeding station was used as an
indicator of physical locomotor activity. Each animal was weighed at the beginning and at the
end of the experiment to calculate their feed efficiency. The areas of the phase space
diagrams of skin temperatures were used to quantify the variability of the time temperature
series. Two areas in the phase space were correlated with feed efficiency (r = 0.77) and
physical locomotor activity (r = 0.53). An index was developed that includes both areas,
which increased the correlation between the variability of ear skin temperature and feed
efficiency to r = 0.85. This methodology could be used to help categorise pigs in terms of
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feed efficiency for rapid phenotyping (Requejo, J., 2018).
Foreign Studies
Automated tracking to measure behavioural changes in pigs for health and welfare
monitoring
Since animals express their internal state through behavior, changes in said behavior
may be used to detect early signs of problems, such as in animal health. Continuous
observation of livestock by farm staff is impractical in a commercial setting to the degree
required to detect behavioral changes relevant for early intervention. An automated
monitoring system is developed; it automatically tracks pig movement with depth video
cameras, and automatically measures standing, feeding, drinking, and locomotor activities
from 3D trajectories. Predictions of standing, feeding, and drinking were validated, but not
locomotor activities. An artificial, disruptive challenge; i.e., introduction of a novel object, is
used to cause reproducible behavioral changes to enable development of a system to detect
the changes automatically. Validation of the automated monitoring system with the controlled
challenge study provides a reproducible framework for further development of robust early
warning systems for pigs. The automated system is practical in commercial settings because
it provides continuous monitoring of multiple behaviors, with metrics of behaviors that may
be considered more intuitive and have diagnostic validity. The method has the potential to
transform how livestock are monitored, directly impact their health and welfare, and address
issues in livestock farming, such as antimicrobial use (Matthews et al.,2017).
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Provimi creates age-based swine feeding system

The animal nutrition and Services Company announced the launch of the new
feeding system, Nurture, as a way to address the wean-to finish dearth rate in piglets. That
rate can be up to 10%. Provimi is a subsidiary of Cargill and provides customized products
and services for producers globally, supported by Cargill’s research and portfolio. The focus
of the nutritional strategy is to help producers raise more live pigs through the nursery stage,
according to information from Provimi. The system was developed based on research
looking at piglet diet and age. As an industry we have focused on feeding young pigs based
on their weight – however, a 19-day-old pig has a 10-day-old digestive tract, no matter its
weight. With the digestive tract still developing at weaning, working to feed the right profile of
ingredients and nutrients to help pig’s transaction from sow’s milk to feed is crucial to
stimulating gut development and supporting beneficial bacteria. Looking at young pig
nutrition in this way has allowed our team to bring livability to the forefront of our nutrition,
helping customers get more live pigs through the nursery stage and set up for future
success all the way to market.
The Nurture program seeks to match the nutrition being provided to the pig with the animal’s
physiological maturity rather than its eating habits before weaning. The development of the
new complete feeding program and its related technologies came from the our team
researched ways to combat these challenges, finding that age played a huge role in
developing the right nutrition to accomplish these goals. During several trials conducted at
our research facility, result showed that pigs of different ages, but similar weight (with one
pound) will have over a four-pound different in weight at the end of the nursery period if fed
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the same way. A pig digestive ability changes drastically as the piglet age from seven to 35
days, according to company information (Curtis, A., 2019).
Android-Based Mobile Application for Swine Traceability and Management System.
The widespread use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in day-to-
day life of the people has become common. In recent years, the rapid emergence of Internet
and mobile-based technologies were observed in urban and rural communities, providing an
easy and rapid delivery of information. For this purpose, the authors developed an Android-
Based Mobile Application for Swine Traceability and Management System for a training
center on pig husbandry using Near Field Communication (NFC) technology. This mobile
application is of great help to the training centers of pig husbandry in keeping tracks of the
movement of swine from their farm to the slaughterhouse. By using the mobile application,
the training center had an easy way of identifying and recording the pig's information and
maintains an organized record management system. The use of Near Field Communication
Technology provides the client an innovative way of swine management, and is way cheaper
than RFID.
This mobile application was developed using Android platform and runs on NFC-compatible
handsets with Jellybean 4.2 versions or higher. The application include several features like
offline work, personalization options and touch support. To ensure the security of the data,
options to backup, restore and export data were included in the settings menu of the
application (Esguerra, M. 2018).
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SOUTH EAST ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

COLLEGE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

Mobile-Based Pig Feeding Guide and Monitoring System

A Project Presented to the Faculty of College of Information and

In Fulfillment of the Requirement in

scheduling of feeding time in every tangkal/piggery using of notification reminder. Mobile-based

monitor the income and expenses of also.

and Monitoring System that resolves this problem.

owner/user errors where prevented. Thus, this system must be implemented.

Mr. Reginald S. Prudente, MIT Dean of the College of Information Communication

add to our study and for checking out to make it right.

and financial aspect.

guidance in our daily life activity.

“We found ourselves saying, thank you for everything

Scope and Limitation of the Study............................................................5

Limitation of the Study..................................................................................5

Significance of the Study..........................................................................6

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY....................................22

Functional Decomposition Diagram............................................................28

Use Case Matrix.........................................................................................30

Sequence Diagram- Employee...................................................................33

User Interface Designs...............................................................................36

Entity Relationship Diagram.......................................................................51

TESTING/QUALITY ASSURANCE PHASE............................................61

IMPLEMENTATION/ DEPLOYMENT PHASE.........................................63

Implementation Budget/Cost Specification.................................................64

Technology Stack Deployment...................................................................65

Human Resource Specification..................................................................66

Risk Management Plan/Framework............................................................67

APPENDIX C: MAP OF THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT......................91

APPENDIX D: APPROVAL LETTER..........................................................92

Table No. Table Name Page

1.0 Gantt Chart 40

1.1 Use Case Matrix 48

1.2 Use Case Activity Goal List 49

1.3 Data Dictionary- Admin Table 58

1.4 Data Dictionary of Guidelines Table 58

1.5 Data Dictionary of Expense Table 59

2.0 Data Dictionary of Boosting Table 61

2.1 Data Dictionary of Slaught Table 62

2.2 Data Dictionary of Consumption Table 62

2.3. Data Dictionary of Pigpen Table 63

2.4 Implementation Budget/Cost Specification 71

Figure No. Figure Name Page

1.0 The Flow of the Study 16

1.1 Feature Driven Development-Agile Methodology 33

1.2 Business Model Canvass 38

1.3 Functional Decomposition Diagram 40

1.4 Use Case Diagram 41

1.5 Class Diagram 42

1.6 Sequence Diagram-Admin 43

1.7 Activity Diagram- Admin 44

1.8 Admin-User Interface 45

1.9 Storyboard – Login Page 49

2.0 Storyboard – Dashboard Page 49

2.1 Storyboard – Tutorial Page 50

2.2 Storyboard – Inventory Page 50

2.3 Storyboard – Setting Page 51

2.4 Storyboard – Feeding Guide Page 51

2.5 Storyboard – Health Guide 52

2.6 Storyboard – Type of Page 52

2.7 Storyboard – Disinfection Page 53