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1. ENDPARITYDATE ENTRYAGE ENTRYDATE FOSTEROFF FOSTERON FSTSERVDATE GENETICS GESTATIONDAYS GESTLOCI GESTLOC2 GESTLOCATION HEATLSTDATE ID IID_LCURPARITY IID_FEMALE IID_LSTSERVICE LSTTREATMENT IID NEXTPARITY lib PREVPARITY lID SERVICE PwDeathEx GrowingDeath GrowingS ale PerCloseQut LFCOUNTADJWEANWEIGHT LFLITTERSWEANED LFLIVEBORN LFLIVEBORNLITWEANED LFMUMMIES TI ACTATINNN EN FA Columns Criteria Sorting SQL Result Remove Duplicates Table FF REMOVEDATE REMOVEREASON Yes Yes Grou See also How to create a SQL query report Join tables with the Wizard Active unmated breeding females Number of unmated breeding females by age Hour of first mating on reproductive performance 15 10 2 How to create a SQL query report In this step by step we will show how to create a treatment histogram See Current repeat females chapter The user question is I want to see a list of females with 2 or more services in the current parity In this list I would like to show female Id status service date and number of service Instructions to create the above report 2012 Agritec Software 1 Click Reports
2. IID_LSTPCONDIT LSTPCONDIT LSTSERVICE LSTTREATM IID_LSTTREATM LSTTREATM ID LSTTREATM 1 IID_LLSTUSEREV IID_LLSTUSEREY LSTUSEREY IID NEXTPARITY IID_POFSTHNS IID_POFSTSERVICE PARITY IID_LPREVPARITY PREVSERVICE IID SERVICE ID SFRVMATING1 7 PCondition LSTTREA amp TMENTPARITY LSTTREATMENTSERV IID LSTECONDIT IID_LSTTREATMENTSERV PWDeathEx ServiceEx ServiceResult TreatmentEx UserEvent 4 Right click the black line and select Join Params to edit the JOIN properties 230 Porcitec Manual 2012 Link Options Table 1 Field 1 ND_NEXTPARITY Table 2 _ Field2 PARITY Join operator Join Type 9c Inner Join C gt C Left Outer Join C gt C Right Outer Join C lt Co Ful Outer Join pum 15 10 4 Replacing display values SQL provides a function called CASE It allows the result of a column to be determined by a the results of a case expression For example ServType variable returns A N or C according to the service type AI natural mating or combination respectively If you want to display a readable text instead of the service type code SELEC ServDate CASE ServType WHEN A THEN Artificial insemination WHEN N THEN Natural mating WHEN C THEN Combination matin
3. SQL Query report designer sees 5 esac ees cee ae acceded ete sacer me cer nue How to create a SQL query report Join tables with the Wizard Replacing dis play ValU S X Data List report de SQ Metis ccccictcccccccecccceteneedcandeccdcauedenddaaseccccauederdcaasecedecuslerdeceueerscauseerccaasece Data List report designer X Exporting to Excel ensis How to add a summary in a list report How to print data in columns How to insert bar codes into forms Variables Agritec Variable 243 245 LR 251 S rVICe iini uini T 254 Pw Death m 256 Treatment dre sde ere eae ctu Der ste tes eue ns dede 257 UENIT 258 GroupCOohort 5 oe oc TATAEE EAA RAAR EEA EAA ESTREA 258 PCondiltlOh ETE E E T E T 260 LE Lo UT JA 01 reae 260 Id Tate n E E a AT 260 COMMIS E A E E E ee dea E E A 267 Me 267 2012 Agritec Software Contents 14 Expressions and functions 268 Part X
4. I EN 4 AND 10 The Query report is shown below ii Query LES E Export BS Close SERVICES RATE TOTALBORN 168 77 97 12 51 1088 8437 12 56 763 80 47 11 99 445 83 37 11 22 119 81 51 11 18 69 82 6 10 35 33 78 78 11 53 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 319 19 2 3 5 Farrowing rate and litter size of females by mating type I want to know the farrowing rate and litter size of females by mating type AI boar mating mixed with a service date from 1997 to 2002 Then I want it broken down by parity 1 2 and 3 Remember females that are bred as Parity 0 farrowing rate will farrow as Parity 1 litter size The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables SERVICERESULT Columns PARITY Group Yes SERVTYPE Group Yes SERVBIRTHING Function Avg TOTALBORN Function Avg Criteria SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN 01 AND 2002 DEC 31 AND PARITY lt 3 Sorting PARITY SERVTYPE Or you can use SQL directly SERVTYPE COUNT AS SERVICES SUM SERVBIRTHING AS BIRTHINGS AVG 100 0 SERVBIRTHING AS RATE SUM TOTALBORN AS TOTALBORN AVG 1 0 TOTALBORN AS AVG_TOTALBORN FROM SERVICERESUL WHERE SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN 01 AND 2002 DEC 31 AND PARITY lt 3 GROUP BY PARITY SERVT
5. 116 NUFS ON E E A A O E sang essuie 116 Identify at 117 EEUU eL 117 Partial weanihg EDU 118 NUFSe OTF ecc 118 Deaths of Prewe ane d 118 lp jc ME 119 Register PIgS 225 E 119 idle c 119 Pre FarrOWw npe E 120 JaN olola nlo n PRES PEER 120 Pre gmancCy diagnosis dec 120 RUDI 120 EM bryo transfer 121 zum uEnDeee 121 Artificial hcic nent 121 Entry of breeding females inne nice 122 Current Status shieet o noui need raa Eaa a aeaa E ea a ANa 122 User sheet I A TT T a A 123 Results sheet E T A E AT 124 Services a cn dec E TE r T E E n sea eme te t ordi 125 Notes sheet maat tire ae de in aaa eaaa daaa orne oE anai daeta 125 Genealogy shneet 1 En 125 Parity eec 125 Photos sheet cicero oc mere een le nn teen tenait genes 125 How to Modify an erroneous pregnancy check 125 How to Search
6. 298 Served females sorted by breeding group oret tet retinere eedem 299 Females arrived and first service result betw een 2 dates 300 Wean date and subsequent service resut iii 301 Previous birthing location a6 seat e decet tese predi ble de tea pe Pe e REY HR ins 301 Current repeat females eine eene eret ea trate distet ep pene nhe 302 Ind ced heat treatments oett ccc eei ec n ERE ook a A DEOR CC RR aee E RR rame SELL ENDE TRUE nae 303 Management list Vaccinations iii 303 Active Farrow ing interval Service result and male data gerente ae eee o irae E den 305 Removed females by parity and genetics crosstab nennen 306 Previous current and subsequent performance in nurse females 306 Served by 7 days after weaning Days from previous heat in parity 0 Females w ith failed service seen Reasons fallout p RUE RD ee au re E ON epe EE Sa Farrow ing data and subsequent result 4 dde terit ttr tetendit redes 310 Counts and averages Number of unmated breeding Number of unmated breeding females by age 312 Farrow ing rate and litter size of parity 1 nurse females 313 BreakKdOWNS ne aa a paaa era araa a a aa aaa ETa a
7. s 101 Using Event Browser to change header values 102 Select Individual for Breeding 102 Change Female ID 103 D Lr 104 How to use User Fields fcccc tecccscseccecctdecvecstencrenct cnevecccseetecat desvecscsaseecaterevecadseetacaudextecstenre 105 Female file 110 Females file 2 ed Lee eere teer 110 Breeding female ener nennen nennen nnn nnne nnn 110 Searching for a breeding female 111 Deleting a breeding nennen nnn nnne nnne nnns 112 Events slieet clone eUneneNgeieegninteneeenleLet 112 Female events sn nn er eni 112 Location tes oe nn eee ee 112 2012 Agritec Software 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Part VIII 1 2 Contents UuCtuurnlje 113 Physical condition Comment 114 Change field value 114 Feedin 115 User event wee 115 Offspring weaning wee 115 Entry to breeding herd 115 Removal 116 GROUP ccm 116 DIEM antenne 116 Litter iD
8. SERYTECH SERYICES AYG TOTALBORN 11 2 11 4 11 5 11 7 A 19 2 3 7 Farrowing rate and litter size of females by entry to first service interval I want to know the farrowing rate and litter size of first parity females by entry to first service interval Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceResult Variable POFstServDate EntryDate Classes 0 10 11 20 21 30 31 40 41 50 51 60 61 Variables to ServBirthing 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 321 Analyze TotalBorn Functions Count Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering Parity 0 AND Nservice 1 19 2 3 8 Farrowing rate of females gestating in pens vs crates I want to know the farrowing rate of females that gestated in pens vs crates gestation location between 1997 and 2002 The setup screen for Breakdown report is shown below Table SERVICEEX Variable GESTLOC1 Variables to Analize SERVBIRTHING Functions Sum Arithmetic Mean Filtering SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN 01 AND 2002 DEC 31 The Breakdown report is shown below 2 Jog 600 400 200 0 FA FB FC FO FE FF TOTAL SERVBIRTHING sum 689 246 301 342 464 588 2630 avg 0 85 0 88 0 88 0 88 0 68 0 89 0 87 Fitesng SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN O1 AND 2002 DEC 31 d Print Chie Another option is to use the Query report The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables
9. 113 114 TOTAL STILLBORN sum 65837 5104 4999 75940 avg 0 80 0 78 0 78 TOTALBORN sum 974907 73947 72838 1121692 ava 11 56 11 55 11 38 11 55 Filtering BIRTHINGDATE IS NOT NULL BH Print Close Another option is to use the Query report The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables PARITYEX Columns INDUCED Group Yes STILLBORN Function Avg TOTALBORN Function Avg Criteria Sorting Or you can use SQL directly SELECT INDUCED COUNT AS BIRTHS AVG 1 00 STILLBORN AS AVG_STILLBORN 100 00 SUM STILLBORN SUM TOTALBORN AS PERCENT FROM PARITYEX GROUP BY INDUCED The Query report is shown below 2012 Agritec Software 33 Porcitec Manual 2012 ii Query JOE E Export BS Close INDUCED BIRTHS AYG STILLBORN PERCENT 6402 0 79 6398 0 78 117846 0 78 19 2 3 23 Distribution of removed females by parity I want to see the distribution of removed females by parity within the year 2004 Use the Histogram report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables FEMALEX Variable PARITY Filtering ISACTIVE 0 AND REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 1 JAN 2004 AND 31 DEC 2004 Axis Automatic Scale Type The Histogram report is shown below zi Distribution ole Number 114 Total 134 Percent 1489 220 3 226 3 256 3 262 3 266 3 Sy View amp Print Click any
10. corra NE 0989 19 2 1 11 Heat treatment and litter size I treat females with PG600 if they do not come into heat after weaning I would like to know if this treatment has an effect on subsequent litter size Use Query report designer or List Data report designer This consult implies to use 2 tables ServiceResultEx and Treatment We only include treatment events within 5 days before the service date with TREATNAME PG600 The SQL statement is ELECT TREATDATE ID SERVDATE TOTALBORN LIVEBORN STILLBORN ROM SERVICERESULT REATMEN HERE SERVICERESULT IID FEMALE TREATMENT IID MASTER ND SERVDATE TREATDATE BETWEEN 0 AND 5 ND TREATNAME PG600 I T gt D 5 tan 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 299 19 2 1 12 Served females sorted by breeding group I want to see a list of served females sorted by breeding group Id Use Query report designer or List Data report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables FEMALEX Columns SERVGROUPID ID SERVDATE Criteria ISACTIVE 1 AND REPROSTATUS 2 OR REPROSTATUS 3 Sorting SERVGROUPID ID Or you can use directly SQL ELECT SERVGROUPID ID SERVDATE ROM FemaleEx HERE ISACTIVE 1 AND REPROSTATUS 2 OR REPROSTATUS 3 RDER BY SERVGROUPID 1 Oya ale
11. am E ama ays between 0 and 99 S Edit Display Format Clear Contents ays between 100 and 19 Auto Width v Word Wrap Suppress Repeated Values Hide Zeros v Allow Expressions Allow HTML Tags Stretch Stretch to Max Height 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 237 Select Number option in Category list box Then enter 2f in the Format String box Finally click Ok button Display Format Category 15 11 4 How to print data in columns If you want to print a data list in columns to save paper you can modify the report using the report designer You will first remove the fields you do not need It releases space that you can use for organizing the data in 2 or 3 columns For this example I have selected Current Status Females under the Breeding Herd sheet of Reports menu Click Reports at the main menu and select the report to modify Then click the Design button Click Ok in the Filter Options screen Now you will see the report layout 2012 Agritec Software 238 Porcitec Manual 2012 cro 2 File Edit Report View Help amp oe 8 Bru mrAvej ssss mwmwil rzeEgH IESa mZzs st 6 1 7 Bt ge Wt We 12 13 4 44 1 15 4 16 1 17 1 18
12. 192 BETWEEN AND 193 Date format in filters inueni uva niu Iul 194 6 Explanation of some predefined ener nennen nnne nnn 195 Performance analysis 195 2012 Agritec Software 10 Porcitec Manual 2012 Part XV A OD oa ON Oo 11 Part XVI AN OD a BB WN os mh N EE EEA A E E E E E A E E TA 199 Total planning 201 Report designers 203 Report i pl rc 203 Basic Data List report designer 205 Task Schedule report designer eee 205 Histogram report 206 Histogram report designer e nn eME MaE 206 View a histogram How to create a histogram report step by Step inisininnrnrarannnneneneerenenenenennnse 210 Pi report designer inier ned eee ene ieiunii 213 Pie report U 213 MAC Wa plie e 215 Breakdown report 217 eerie RO EE ER PS 219 Crosstab report 221 Performance report SQL Query report
13. T 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 1 13 Females arrived and first service result between 2 dates I would like to see a list of breeding females that arrived on the farm during December 2006 with the following information for the first service at arrival id entry date age at entry service date service result farrowing date total born If they have not been served the service data must appear blank In most of cases Porcitec can solve any consult using only one table Sometimes it is necessary to join one or more tables to get the expected result This is a special case and it requires joining 2 tables Female and ServiceResult We cannot use only FemaleEx because this table contains only current parity data and does not include data from all parities If we only use ServiceResult table without joining the Female table females with no services in their record will not be included in the above selection Therefore we need to use both the Female table and the ServiceResult table Female table ServiceResult table service date service result Farrowing date Total born Each female may contain several parities and each parity may contain several services ServiceResult table contains all services and their results We can use the filter Parity ZO AND NServices 1 to get only first services The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables FemaleEx F ServiceResult S
14. 7 The License Code is sent automatically to your e mail Follow the steps at Entering the License Code topic Wait 10 minutes to receive the E mail If you do not receive it please check your anti spam folder or verify that the E mail address used is the one registered to your Agritec account You can change your E mail from your Customer Space panel 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Database management 55 4 Database management 4 1 New database This option creates a completely new and empty database for farms with no previous database or history Click File in main menu and then New Database Give the database a name and it will be created and added automatically By default each farm is a separate database file Note If you had a database converted from another software program or you are updating your current database to a new Porcitec version you will create a Backup file of your database then use the Restore command to install the database The backup file must have a fbk extension Creating a new farm on a network It is not possible to create a new farm from a remote computer in a network environment The New Database option only works when Porcitec has direct access to the database directory In a network environment there are two ways to create a new farm 1 Install Porcitec in another computer in Single User mode Create the new database
15. Treatments 8 2 3 Physical condition With this event you can record the date and some physical measurements such as weight girth height and score at various points or events in the animal s life Type Optional field to define the type or class of the measurement event It can be used in advanced reports to compare up to three Physical Condition events side by side for each animal using the IID_LstPCondition variables You usually can ignore this field 8 24 Heat not served To monitor the estrous cycle of a female a Heat Not Served event may be entered for a female who is observed to be in heat but is not mated The program will then estimate the date of her next heat based on the number of days of a regular estrous cycle as specified in Options Time intervals for the Heat Not Served event Event fields Event Date Heat Control Technician Comment 8 2 5 Comment You may enter a Comment into the record of an animal Only the Comment event with the latest date will be displayed in the Status sheet of the female file and also in the parity column of the Female History Card 8 2 6 Change field value This event changes the value of the status of the animal It is most commonly used to easily change the animal ID when a temporary ID is replaced by a permanent ID such as when applying a farm tag to a replacement female already identified with a supplier tag If you want the original ID to become the register or alternate ID whe
16. 2 Click New 3 Double click SQL Query 4 Click Query sheet Report designers 5 Click Wizard button The available tables appear in the right side of the screen ZN Wizard to Create a Query 6 Drag and drop the FemaleEx table to use to left side 7 In the field list box select the fields that you want to see In this example ID STATUSCODE SERVDATE NSERVICE File Query ga yx Female E3 GESTLOCATION GIRTH HEATLSTDATE HEIGHT ID IID_CURPARITY IID_LFEMALE IID_LSTSERVICE IID_LLSTTREATME IID_LNEXTPARITY lID PARITY lID PREVPARITY lID SERVICE LACTATIONLEN LACTATIONSTATUS LFABORTIONS TEFAVGRIRTHINGINT Columns Criteria Sorting SaL Result Remove Duplicates 8 Click Criteria sheet 9 Double click the first empty cell The Expression builder should appear 10 Enter the filter in this example ISACTIVE 1 AND NSERVICE gt 1 11 Click Ok 2012 Agritec Software 227 2 Porcitec Manual 2012 LACTATIONSTATUS 1 LF amp VGRIRTHINGINT Columns Criteria Sorting SOL Result X ALL v ofthe following criteria are met ISACTIVE 1 AND NSERVICE gt 1 12 Click Sorting sheet 13 Select the variable to sort in this example ID 14 Click Add 15 Click Accept Query to close the wizard 16 Click Preview button to see the r
17. Once all the data for a batch of animals has been entered for one or several events it is necessary to process the data in the grid so it is permanently saved to each animal s record Click the Process button to update the records to the animal file for the current event batch If you are entering large amounts of data it is advisable to process the data periodically so any entry errors or inconsistencies will be easier to find and correct Inconsistencies found in the data during processing will appear in red and a reason specified When the process finishes the processed records are deleted from the grid The unprocessed records are displayed There are 3 types of unprocessed records e Error Critical error for example a event out of sequence like a mating after removal You need to fix it or delete it They are displayed in red e Discrepancy A non critical error You can fix it delete it or uncheck Stop if Discrepancy checkbox to ignore them They are displayed in red e Pending Porcitec cannot determine if these records contain errors or not since there are earlier events in the animal record with errors Until you fix the earlier errors Porcitec will not process the pending events They are displayed as blank Once you have fixed the problems you can click Process button again See Options Data Validation for more control in processing Print Prints the pending processing events Useful if you want to print the list of
18. Part XXII oa fF QN a ISC ERROR CODE 335544721 Unable to complete network IBI dE 372 ISC ERROR CODE 335544831 Access to UDF library AgrFireUDF dll is denied by server administrator eere 372 Error 1722 The RPC server is unavailable cessere ener nennen nnn nnn 372 Cannot attach to services manager eene nh nnn nnn nnne nnn nnn 372 Illegal System DLL relocation System DLL User32 dll was relocated in 372 Virus or Trojan horse program is detected in 373 Directory is controlled by other file 373 Production and financial standards terminology 375 Production amp financial standards nn 375 Annotated Dictionary Breeding Production Stage 375 Annotated Dictionary Growing Production Stage 398 Breeding Production 408 Growing Production Stage 1 421 Calculation of PW S Y elite enn eie ien 435 Index 436 2012 Agritec Software Foreword 15 Foreword This is just another title page placed between table of contents and topics 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Introduction
19. SLR IONE 2 7 UM LIVEBORN AS LIVEBORN UM NETFOSTERED AS NETFOSTERED UM TOTALWEANED AS WEANED 00 0 SUM LIVEBORN NETFOSTERED TOTALWEANED ULLIF SUM LIVEBORN NETFOSTERED 0 AS MORTALITY am Co PARITYEX 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 353 WHERE BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 2003 1 1 AND 2003 5 31 GROUPE TEM BER EH nOC 2 Notes e This script works accurate only if the parity are weaned e NULLIF sql function avoid the zero division error in the mortality rate divisor e The mortality rate is calculated via weaneds minus fosters and liveborn The Query report is shown below Je Export Kj Close BIRTHLOC1 2 LIVEBORN NETFOSTERED WEANED MORTALITY RATE aA 607 25 521 10 4 B 586 12 529 11 5 c 546 9 461 14 1 D 448 27 414 12 8 31 12 0 100 2012 Agritec Software su Porcitec Manual 2012 19 3 2 List of preweaning deaths We are going to do a research trial in order to see if we can reduce our preweaning mortality numbers I want to see a list of preweaning deaths with date female id number of deaths death age reason and birthing location I only want to see deaths within December 2004 and death age less than 6 days Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Ta
20. The number of Liveborn for litters weaned or nursed off during the period The sum of all mated female days A breeding female is considered part of the mated breeding female inventory effective on her first service date The number of services in the period with two or more matings per service The sum of mummified animals born to all birthing events in the period The number of wean events in the period from a female s natural born litter does not include wean events from nurse litters The sum of pigs weaned from females with Weaning events in the period excludes Weaning events of nurse litters Pigs weaned with a Partial Weaning event are counted on the date of the following Weaning event Net fostered pigs fostered on with a foster event pigs fostered off with a foster event pigs nursed on with a nurse on event pigs nursed off with a nurse off event in the period Total non productive days in the period The count of nurse off events in the period Total pigs weaned from weaned and partial wean events in the period The number of parity 0 females with an abortion event in the period Number of conception services of parity 0 females The total number of conception services for 1st services in 2012 Agritec Software 000000 Porcitec Manual 2012 POCountAgeFstService POCountConceptionAges POEndingFemaleInventory POFemaleDays POFstServ POFstServiceConceptDays POFstServiceRemovalDays POHeat
21. 2 Scroll down to Feed section and click Feed or Ingredients If you had your database converted from another software program you will see the list of feeds you had previously defined 3 To add a new feed ID click the Add button Add all feeds and ingredients you will use on your farm 2012 Agritec Software 160 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 8 2 This includes complete feed ingredients to make rations medications and supplements Enter feed cost and inventory Important you can use only one weight unit globally throughout Porcitec All prices must be entered per the same unit consistently for example price per pound if using the Imperial system or price per kilogram if using the Metric system Feed cost and inventory can be entered by one of two ways e Financial Account register e Adjust ingredient cost and inventory If you buy bulk feed and wish to control feed inventory enter feed purchases in Financial Account Register Feed cost will be assigned according to the purchase price If you purchase feed that increases an existing inventory the cost of the entire inventory is averaged Creating Rations If you grind your own feed on farm you may want to create rations Now that you have entered all feed and ingredients you will define your rations 1 Click Options at the main menu 2 Scroll down to Feed section and click on Ration 3 Click the Add button 4 In the Ingredient field click the drop down box and select e
22. 62 COUNT AS NUMBER Export M Close ENTRYDATE gt 02 18 04 04 08 04 05 13 04 NUMBER 1 3 10 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 311 312 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 2 2 Number of unmated breeding females by age I would like a count of the number of unmated breeding females currently in my herd by age that are at least 200 days of age The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables FEMALEX Columns ENTRYDATE Group Yes ID Function Count Criteria STATUSCODE E AND CURRENT_DATE ENTRYDATE gt 200 Sorting ENTRYDATE Or you can use SQL directly ELECT ENTRYDATE COUNT AS NUMBER ROM FEMALEEX HERE STATUSCODE E ENT_DATE ENTRYDATE gt 200 OUP BY ENTRYDATE iINTRYDATI T SRE E i e De is De UJ K E Export M Close ENTRYDATE NUMBER P 02 18 04 04 08 04 05 13 04 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 313 19 2 2 3 Farrowing rate and litter size of parity 1 nurse females I want to know the subsequent birthing rate and litter size of parity 1 females used as nurse females We use Query report First we need a list of females used as nurse female in parity 1 We use IID_FEMALE as female ID it is very fast ELECT IID_FEMALE ROM PARITY HERE LNURSEONDATE IS NOT
23. Formula Finisher production stage labor expense pork in period Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at beginning of period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period 16 Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib FINISHER LABOR EXPENSE TO GROSS REVENUE PORK FINISHER PIGS Formula Finisher production stage labor expense pork Gross revenue pork finisher pigs FINISHER LABOR EXPENSE TO TOTAL LABOR EXPENSE PORK The proportion of total labor expense pork allocated to the finisher production stage Formula Finisher production stage labor expense pork Total labor expense pork FINISHER MORTALITY RATE COHORT Formula Sum of numbers of finisher pig deaths in period 100 Sum of numbers of finisher pigs in cohort FINISHER MORTALITY RATE TIME PERIOD Formula Sum of numbers of finisher pig deaths in period 100 Sum of numbers of finisher pigs at beginning of period Sum of numbers of finisher pigs transferred into finisher sum of numbers of finisher pigs purchased into finisher FINISHER TOTAL EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 433 Formula Finisher pro
24. YEAR The average number of farrowings per breeding female per year calculated on an annualized basis Formula ___ Sum of gestation days in period Sum of breeding female days in period CO o k LITTERS FARROWED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR The average number of farrowings per mated breeding female per year calculated on an annualized basis Formula Sum of gestation days in period 365 Sum of mated breeding female days in period 115 LIVE BORN PIGS BIRTH LITTER Formula Sum of numbers of live born pigs in period or cohort Count of farrowings in period or cohort LIVE BORN PIGS BREEDING FEMALE YEAR Formula Sum of live born pigs in period bi 365 Average breeding female inventory days in period LIVE BORN PIGS MATED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR Formula Sum of numbers of live born pigsin period 365 Average mated breeding female inventory days in period 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 417 LIVE WEIGHT SOLD STANDARD WEANED PIG The average live weight of a group of standard weaned pigs Formula Sum of live weights of standard weaned pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of numbers of standard weaned pigs sold in period or cohort LIVE WEIGHT SOLD SUBSTANDARD WEANED PIG The average live weight of a group of substandard weaned pigs Formula Sum of live weights of substandard weaned pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of numbers of subst
25. A menu will appear to the right 3 Select PigCHAMP Farm Data File pcf3 It is pcf4 in some versions 4 Select the location in which to save the file 5 Compact the above pcf3 or pcf4 file using Winzip or any other similar tools If you use Windows XP or Vista you can simply click on this folder using the right button of the mouse and you will see a list of options to compress the folder 6 Use the Agritec Services to get the new database See Converting the database topic Import from PigManager To export data from the PigManager follow the instructions below 1 Do a backup from PigManager program and save it in a well known place The backup file has BDR extension for example 0456463MYFARM 2009 8 8 09 01 11 BDR 2 Compact the above backup file file using Winzip or any other similar tool If you use Windows XP or Vista you can simply click on this folder using the right button of the mouse and you will see a list of options to compress the folder 3 Use the Agritec Services to get the new database See Converting the database topic If the PigManager license has expired and you cannot do a backup an alternative method can be used 2012 Agritec Software Database conversion 275 PigManager uses a database called Paradox which is composed of several files You must compact them and send them to Agritec Software 1 Search for the database folder You can find it usually at C Program Files PigManager Ibms Bd lt Farm ID gt
26. C Program Files Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition v3 5 Devices wce500 armv4i sqice ppc wce5 armv4i cab Finally in the device click Start Programs and File Explorer Execute the file that you have copied in the above steps To check that it is installed on the device click Start Settings System Remove Programs and you will be able to see Microsoft SQL Mobile 2005 There are devices with the same name that use PPC2003 or PPC2005 depending on the manufacturing year For example the new Psion Workabout Pro comes with Windows CE 2005 but also with 2003 if it is older You can see the operating system in Settings System About Additional resources The optional string resource assemblies are optional to reduce the footprint of NET Compact Framework or SQL Server To get a more useful error message out of the device the appropriate cab must be installed Install sqice dev ENU ppc wce4 armv4 cab file for SQL Server diagnostics Install NETCFv35 Messages EN wm cab for Compact Framework diagnostics 13 2 4 Preparing enviroments for former versions QuickData for Pocket PC requires NET Compact Framework 2 0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile 3 0 Edition software to be installed in the Pocket PC This topic is a guide to prepare your Pocket PC if it does not have this environment Note Agritec recommends Windows Mobile 6 0 or higher as the operative system If you have an older system you can update your Pocket PC with this
27. Click File Save As 6 In Save As Type select CSV commas separated variables csv 7 Enter a file name and click Save The file generated is text type and can be modified with any editor like Notepad or similar It should look something like this Ol Sore ele dion sy sie Sy deal Oe 017 127027 244 17303 3 687 3127281 TON OPA TE IE ANC Se 22 a 16699 Notice that each field is separated by a semi colon If you do not see a semi colon you should replace the character using the corresponding editor option or modify the Regional Configuration of Windows List Separator 18 9 Using MS Access to prepare data for import Microsoft Access is an excellent tool for preparing data to be imported into Porcitec Using MS Access you can import data from most common databases using the OBDC connector You must create consults selecting the desired columns according to the Porcitec filter specification Please contact Agritec to get the filter specification document Once you have created the consults you must export the consults to CSV format Open Microsoft Access Open the Access consult that you want to export Click File and then Export In Save As Type select CSV commas separated variables csv Enter a file name and click Export Click Next Select Semicolon as delimiter Select None in Text Qualifier box O N N HM Check on the First Row Contains Fiel
28. Event fields First go to the Options menu and configure the Event Fields Many events will have data fields that do not apply to your farm You can turn these fields off by simply unchecking them so they will no longer show in the events This eliminates having to enter through empty fields you will never use Event names If there are events you will never use you have the option of removing them from the event list drop down box in data entry by unchecking the Active box in the event For example if you will never use the Register Pig event you can make it inactive so that when you type R in the event field you will get the Removal event instead of Register Pig event Assigning an alias If you prefer numeric key entry you can create a synonym or alias for each event for example 1 Insemination event Simply type your key choice in the Alias box and click OK to save You may also sign an Alias to the various types of Reasons listed in the Technical section in Options menu These may include Removal Reasons Pre weaning Death Reasons Treatment Reasons etc Right click the reason name to access its options Select edit to add an alias If you see a reason in the list that you will never use you may set as inactive which removes it from the data entry drop down box A note regarding assigning an alias the first letter of any event name has priority over the alias For example if you assign I t
29. It is strongly recommended you copy the backup files from the Backup folder to an external media type as a CD DVD or USB memory Backup files must be restored using the RESTORE command they cannot be simply copied into the Data directory In a network environment the destination directory does NOT support mapped units you must use the server name in a network environment Backup File Name e Keep Original Name The backup file name is the same as the database file name Using this backup option will overwrite the existing backup file if it has the same name e Add Date and Hour as Prefix The backup file will be given a new name formed by adding the date and hour to the database name Use this option if you do not want any existing backup files to be overwritten But keep in mind these files are quite large and if they are allowed to accumulate they will take up a lot of space on your storage drive or media It is recommended to 2012 Agritec Software Database management 59 periodically delete the older files manually Backup rotation scheme A Backup rotation scheme is a method for effectively backing up data where multiple media formats are used in the backup process A common example is the rotation of backup tape on a regular basis There are several methods A simple method is called Incremental Backup Basically the incremental backup is simply backing up onto the oldest media in the set For example with a daily backup on
30. LitterId LittersWeaned Liveborn LNurseOnDate LstBirthDateLitter LstComment LWeanDate Mummies NetAdded NetFostered NetFosterParity NetNursed NextConceptDate NServices NursedWeaned NurseOff NurseOn Parity Parity4 2012 Agritec Software Variables 253 Induction Id Feed consumption during lactation Lactation duration in days counted from a farrowing event to the final wean or nurse off event Litter Id recorded for the farrowing Number of litters weaned Includes nurse litters weaned Number born alive in a parity The date of the last Nurse On event in a parity Last litter birthdate for natural litters is the same as BirthingDate For nurse litters it is the birthdate average Last comment Date of the last Wean event in the parity A female with a Wean or Abortion event followed by a Nurse On event can have more than one Wean event in a parity Number of mummies born in a parity The number of preweaned animals fostered on minus animals fostered off with a foster event Animals fostered on with a foster event animals fostered off with a foster event animals nursed on with a nurse on event animals nursed off with a nurse off event of females weaned in the period Total net fosters from foster and nurse events counted at weaning used to calculate pre weaning mortality The number of animals nursed on minus animals nursed off with a nurse event Conception date in the next pa
31. Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm e Finisher production stage o Pre grower o Grower o Pre finisher Purchase o Finisher Options ES Configuration Production Stages Farm Type Farm Data E Add Benchmarking Application Format Aclive Name Location Format L M Cold Nursery Stage Removal Options Event Fields Creep Stage On Ott V Dry Sow Stage Result Sheet v Finisher Stage Text Replacements Data Validation _ W Grower Stage Handheld Computer M Hot Nursery Stage Track Activity v Lactation Stage Technical 9 Time Intervals v Pre Grower Stage v v Quaranteen Stage Location Level 1 Removal Reasons Preweaning Death Reasons Group Lot Death Reasons Treatments Treatment Reasons Technician X Cancel 7 Help See also Defining codifications 5 19 Locations This defines the locations of the farm It is only necessary to define locations if you use Group File automatic feeding systems or RFID for locations Location Location ID Capacity Number of head allowed in this location Stage Related stage for this location A group can be defined by its stage of production For example a nursery pig may be up to 70 Ibs live weight then may move into the finisher stage In some farms there may be only one stage defined for example Pigs can move directly into
32. PORCITEC Printed 15 04 2010 15 38 50 Ver 1 0 0 Alfa Page 1 Number of farms by weaned mated female year 35 North Group 998 West Group 3 South Group 2 5 2 1 5 1 0 5 0 15 17 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 P Avg mated Weaned female mated Average Group Global Farm name inventory female year parity Farm group Percentile Percentile Farm K 2 900 26 17 2 22 South Group 100 00 100 00 Fam B 730 22 20 3 12 South Group 75 00 90 00 Farm 1 3153 21 70 3 40 South Group 50 00 80 00 Farm C 2 387 21 29 3 42 West Group 100 00 70 00 Farm J 3 224 21 01 3 80 South Group 25 00 60 00 Fam E 3 185 20 76 3 52 North Group 100 00 50 00 Farm G 3 146 19 99 3 63 North Group 50 00 40 00 FamA 320 19 13 3 55 West Group 50 00 30 00 Farm F 321 18 95 3 89 North Group 0 00 20 00 Farm H 3 016 18 61 3 57 South Group 0 00 10 00 Farm 3 395 15 65 3 55 West Group 0 00 0 00 The data used by these two type of reports is fed by the desktop application The desktop application has two corresponding modes for updating the data placed in the Web server 1 Update Web Datamart under File menu 2 Export Detailed Databases to Web under File menu Update Web DataMart The desktop application sends only an extract or summary of the database to the server It does not send detailed information such as all events or female Ids Most single farm level reports cannot be generated but multi farm reports and some herd performance re
33. Purchase event in the destination group Total Weight Total weight of sold animals You must use the same unit of weight throughout the program Amount Total value of sold animals Purchase Account Account used to link to financial data To get financial reports this field needs to be filled See Accounts 2012 Agritec 158 Porcitec Manual 2012 Sell Account Account used to link to financial data To get financial reports this field needs to be filled See Accounts 11 7 14 Treatment This event is used to record any treatments given to group animals These will include any medications or vaccinations used to treat or prevent any disease or injury Treatments must first be defined in Options Technical Treatments Event Date The date of the event group Id The group Id you have assigned to the group or lot of Pigs Number of Animals The number of animals receiving treatment Treatment The medication or vaccine used Treatments must be previously coded in Options Dose The dosage used in the treatment Units Units type Route Route of administration of the treatment Treatment Days The number of days duration of the treatment Withdrawal The number of days the treatment must be withdrawn and the animals held before slaughter Reason The reason the treatment is administered Reasons must be previously coded in Options Technician The technician administering the treatment
34. Saturday Start of Week This defines the first day of the calendar week This day will vary according to the country for example in Europe it will be Monday and in the US it will be Sunday Calendar Week Expression Defines a numeric expression to calculate the week number when the Calendar Week Rule is Custom Expression It is used by Agritec staff to customize the week rule Please contact Agritec Software if you require a custom week calendar For PIC algorithm enter WeekNumberPic in Calendar Week Expression Current Date in Serial Format Defines the current date for the Serial format 5 7 Location format The Location event has 3 levels that can be named for example Barn Room Pen If a farm only wants to record Location at the Barn level the Room and Pen levels can be turned off These additional fields will not show in data entry for Location which eliminates the need to move the cursor through unused data fields and saves keystrokes The location format you define applies to both breeding herd and growing locations When using the Location event in Fast Entry or Batch separate each level with a dash For example To define 3 levels Barn Room Pen use format FA 02 01 To define 2 levels Barn Room use format FA 02 To define 2 levels Barn Pen use format FA 01 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 5 8 You can use any combination of letters and numbers The location field allows a total of 10
35. aAa aana 314 Liveborn and stillborn average by parity tnnt 314 Liveborn and stillborn average by parity for removed females 316 Litter size and farrow ing rate of sow s by previous lactation length 316 Litter size and farrow ing rate by previous w ean to first service interval 918 Farrow ing rate and litter size of females by mating type 319 Farrow ing rate and litter size of females by breeding technician 320 Farrow ing rate and litter size of females by entry to first service 320 Farrow ing rate of females gestating in pens vs crates ss 321 Farrow ing rate and litter size of females by the number of matings per SOIVICG o alil UD Leto reda dete reti an MAT vances Dr LM E IA A 323 Farrow ing rate of females bred on their second service 324 WeanistService and Farrow ing rate of females by farrow ing 325 Conception rate of females bred on their second service 325 Hour of first mating on reproductive performance ss 327 Hour of first mating and number of matings on reproductive 328 Distribution of returns by days to return service 328 Females entered by month and genetic line 330 Count of females
36. actual number and is simply the number of pigs weaned in the time period divided by the average mated female inventory in the period adjusted on a yearly basis The formula is TotalWeaned 365 MatedFemaleDays The old formula most commonly used by Pigchamp DOS used gestation days in its formula pigs weaned in the period x gestation days in the period mated female days in the period x 365 115 This value is considered optimistic because it is inflated in recent time periods due to the fact that some females will eventually fall out of gestation and never farrow It should not be used for monitoring or comparing performance until a gestation length has passed because the values are not stable The old formula is an overestimation of what was actually produced over the year Since you can only sell actual pigs from females that actually farrowed most systems have moved to the NPB actual calculation However you can continue getting the old traditional values in Porcitec by adding another formula 1 Open Porcitec and go to reports then Breeding Herd sheet 2 Select the Performance Analysis report and click Design button 3 Go to the desired row and click INSERT key to add a new row above 4 Enter Weaned Mated Female Year PC as title 5 Enter Divz GestationDays 365 115 MatedFemaleDays Divz LastWeaned FemalesWeaned as expression 6 Enter 0 00 as mask For the Weaned Female Year value which includes your unmated gilt p
37. and for counting inventory If you are using lt Pigs file a removal event in the Pigs file automatically adds a Death of Preweaned event to the dam history Event Fields Event Date Number of Preweaning Deaths Cause Comment 2012 Agritec Software Female file no 7 6 20 Foster This event is used to record the movement of Pigs from one lactating female to another Event Fields Event Date Date of the Foster event More than one foster event may be recorded per female per lactation Net Fostered The number of Pigs transferred Fosters may be entered as a positive or negative number Fostered Off Female The use of this field is optional A female code may be entered in this field for the donating female In this case only positive fosters can be entered in the Net Fostered field of the current record and fosters will be automatically subtracted from the record of the donating female It is important to be consistent when using this feature Comment Any user comment may be entered Note If a female fosters off her entire litter she will wean 0 Pigs and a Wean event must be added to her record or instead you may use the Nurse Off event 7 6 21 Register Pigs If you want to identify individual offspring before weaning or only part of a litter you can use this event to identify them First go to Options menu On Off and add a check mark in Add Pigs to Individual file with Register Pigs event Then in the Register
38. l 20154 04 08 04 20138 05 13 04 20141 05 13 04 20142 05 13 04 20143 05 13 04 20144 05 13 04 20146 05 13 04 m The above example shows a list of females and their entry date How to do a simple query A simple query is list of row from a single table selecting the variables to see filtered by criteria and sorted by 1 or more variables 1 The available tables appear in the right side of the screen Drag and drop the table that you need to use to left side In the field list box select the fields that you want to see Click Criteria sheet Double click the first empty cell The Expression builder should appear Enter the filter and click Ok Click Sorting sheet Select the variable to sort and click Add You can order by more than 1 variable Click SQL button to generate the SQL statement ON Oo KR U N Click Run SQL button to see the results of your query 10 Click Accept Query to close the wizard 2012 Agritec Software 26 Porcitec Manual 2012 File Query Bv x I FemaleEx F EJ ZParityEx P EJ ServiceResult lib CURPARITY _ IID_LSTSERVICE LSTTREATMENT IID PARITY IID_LPREVPARITY IID_SERVICE INDUCED ISACTIVE LACDATE LACTATIONLEN LACTATIONSTATUS LFABORTIONS LFAVGBIRTHINGINT LFAVGGESTATION LFAVGLIVEBORN LFAVGSTILLBORN LFAVGTOTALBORN LFAVGTOTALWEANED LFAVGWEANTAGE LFAVGWEANEDWEIGHT
39. the data is automatically saved to the record or you may press ALT S keys at anytime to save the data or click Save button The cursor will return to the ID field 2012 Agritec Software 6 8 6 9 Entering data in Porcitec 6 Now enter the date of the mating or insemination event in the Date field 7 Select Natural Mating or Insemination in Event Type 8 Fill the data fields of your choice You can hide fields you do not use in Options menu Event fields 9 After entering through the last field the data is automatically saved to the record or you may press ALT S keys at anytime to save the data or click Save button 10 If the female was mated more than once per service repeat from Step 6 for each mating or insemination How to enter purchased served females In this sample procedure a female that has been served in an external farm is purchased for your farm First you must choose if you want the service that occurred on the external farm to be included in reports as if it occurred on your farm If so then see How to enter bred females in a new database If you want the service or other events that did not occur on your farm to be excluded from reports then you must modify the Arrival Date to exclude all events that occurred on or before this date 1 Follow the steps of How to enter bred females in a new database chapter 2 Go to Options menu On Off and remove the check mark from Entry date cannot be earlier than Arrival da
40. there may be several ways to carry out a task For example to enter the Females file you can e Click the Females command in the Animals menu e Click the Females icon button on the main menu bar e Press the F2 key Keyboard The keyboard is the fastest way for entering information into Porcitec We recommend the keyboard instead of the mouse You will see many commands or buttons throughout Porcitec that start with a letter that is underscored like Save This means press the Alt key the letter to execute the command in this case Alt S to Save Enter or Tab Next field Shift Tab Previous field Alt Access menu Alt Close dialog Ins Insert record in table Ctrl Del Delete record in table Alt underline Buttons that have an underlined initial will be activated d F12 In Female file Close event dialog and Save Eliminates clicking the Enter key through empty fields Alt S In Fast Entry Save event Entering Dates Dates are entered in the same format as your Windows configuration either dd mm yy or mm dd yy For example in dd mm yy format 28 September 1999 is 28 9 99 If using mm dd yy format it is 9 28 99 12 May 2001 would be either 12 5 01 or 12 5 2001 Dates boxes accept several formats for example only the day 12 or day and month 1205 or 0512 if configuration is month day Accepted date separators are any combination of lt gt lt gt lt gt lt gt Porcitec acce
41. where lt Farm ID gt is the name or number of the farm for example C Program Files PigManager Ibms Bd 00001 If you cannot find it go to Windows Search and enter BASISVKN Click Ok and you will see the folder where this file is located 2 Compact the entire folder using Winzip or any other similar tool If you use Windows XP or Vista you can simply click on this folder using the right button of the mouse and you will see a list of options to compress the folder 3 Use the Agritec Services to get the new database See Converting the database topic 17 10 Import from PigKnows You will need to create 2 files one for active OnFarm females and another for removed females 1 Open the PigKnows session using your PigKnows login and password 2 Go to the Main Menu and click Sow History 3 Select the desired farm 4 The Sow ID field must be empty 5 Select PSTATUS OnFarm Gline ALL Parity ALL Report format Batch Date format mm dd yy Output format txt Accept the default in the remaining fields 6 Click SUBMIT button 7 The web browser will show the animal data Right click and select Save Page As 8 Select Text txt format in the Type drop down box 9 Enter a name for example onfarm txt and select a folder to save it The desktop is a good place Click Ok 10 Repeat the above steps but at PSTATUS field select Removed and create another file Save this file with a different file name for example removed txt 11 Zip the two fil
42. you can ignore the min max column of Ingredient sheet and the Nutrient Constraint sheet See also Ration event Least cost feed formulation Buyers In this section you may code the Buyers you sell animals to for the financial module Coding your buyers will allow you to filter reports for total sales by customer per time period See also Suppliers Suppliers In this section you may code your Suppliers Suppliers are the sources or Origin from which you purchase animals feed machinery or any other expense for your farm that you want to record for the financial module Coding your suppliers will allow you to filter reports if desired by Origin See also Ration event 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm 5 34 Accounts In Porcitec you can keep track of your income and expenses profit and loss and know your cost of production An account is the category you assign to each item of expense or income In this section of Options you will code your sources of income and your expenses for the farm Id The code you assign to the item Name Name of the item Description Long description of the item Group Select the general predefined account the item applies to Type Select if the item is an Income or Expense or a subcategory of another account See also Defining_codifications 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level
43. 2012 17 7 17 8 17 9 e Sows Death report saved as sows_deaths xls e Preweaning Mortality Report as pwmortality xls 3 Using Microsoft Excel you must edit each report file and delete the first rows that show the report header The first row must be the column header ID Parity 4 Using Microsoft Excel edit each report file and delete the report footer subtotals labels 5 Compact the above files in a zip file 6 Use the Agritec Services to get the new database See Converting the database topic Import from PigCare The initial version of PigCare was owned by PIC and uses a database called Paradox which is composed of several files You must compact them and send them to Agritec Software See PigCare 3000 if you have purchased PigCare later than 2005 1 Search for the database folder Go to Windows Search and enter EVENTS DBF Click Ok and you will see the folder where this file is located Other files in this folder are BOAR DBF or SOW DBF 2 Compact the entire folder using Winzip or any other similar tools If you use Windows XP or Vista you can simply click on this folder using the right button of the mouse and you will see a list of options to compress the folder 3 Use the Agritec Services to get the new database See Converting the database topic Import from PigCare 3000 To export data from the PigCHAMP Care 3000 program follow the instructions below 1 Click on the File Menu 2 Select Export
44. 2012 Agritec Software Group file 150 Receipt Receipt or Document ID of vet New Location Record a new location if the animal is moved for during or after treatment Comment Any user comment See also Treatments 11 7 15 Close lot When all the animals of a static all in all out group lot are removed sale death move out and the inventory becomes zero you must enter a Close Lot event This will assign an end date to the group and the group is considered closed out When closing a group lot if there is an inventory discrepancy the number of dead animals is adjusted This is calculated from the number of entered animals sold animals removed animals 11 8 Managing feed 11 8 1 Entering feed and rations Getting started Define your global unit of measurement Depending on your country you may choose between Metric kg or Imperial Ib weight systems 1 Click Options menu 2 Application Format 3 Unit System Choose Metric for kilograms or Imperial for pounds Important Once you have selected your preferred measurement system you must use only one weight unit globally throughout Porcitec You cannot mix pounds tons bags cwt etc For Imperial system we suggest to use the pound for Metric system the kilogram This applies to all feed and weights of animals Add feed IDs You must first enter all feed and ingredients used on the farm in the Options menu 1 Click Options icon at the main menu
45. CROSS FOSTERING The transfer of preweaned pigs among litters See also birth litter fostering off fostering on CULL Any live pig removed from the herd due to substandard performance behavior conformation age or disease Comment 1 Culling represents a planned effort to control the overall herd performance See also Culling rate CULLING RATE The rate at which animals are culled from a herd Comment 1 Culling rates of breeding animals should be calculated on an annualized basis 2012 Agritec Software 000000 Porcitec Manual 2012 Comment 2 Culling rates of growing animals should be calculated on a cohort basis Productivity Measures BREEDING FEMALE CULLING RATE NURSERY PIG CULLING RATE See also breeding female cull nursery pig ENTRY DATE The date on which a breeding female or boar enters the breeding herd Comment 1 The date on which a prospective breeding female became an unmated breeding female Comment 2 The date on which a prospective breeding female or unmated breeding female leaves isolation or acclimatization facilities and becomes part of the breeding herd Comment 3 May preceded by or coincide with arrival date See also arrival date arrival to entry interval boar breeding herd unmated breeding female prospective breeding female ENTRY TO FIRST SERVICE INTERVAL Days between date of entry and date of first service Comment 1 Day of entry is counted as day 0 Productivity
46. Comment 3 Ratio increases significantly where artificial insemination is practiced Formula average breeding female inventory average boar inventory Calculation 6586 20 3 324 See also artificial insemination average breeding female inventory average boar inventory breeding production stage natural service BREEDING FINISHER PIG A pig in the finisher production stage intended for sale or transfer for breeding purposes Comment 1 Pertains to male and female pigs intended for breeding purposes Comment 2 Female pigs being raised for future introduction into the breeding unit should be classified as prospective breeding females See also breeding nursery pig breeding pig sales breeding production stage breeding weaned pig finisher production stage prospective breeding female BREEDING HERD The total inventory of breeding females and boars in the breeding production stage of a herd Comment 1 Does not include prospective breeding females See also boar breeding female inventory breeding production stage mated breeding female unmated breeding female BREEDING PIG A pre weaned pig weaned pig nursery pig or finisher pig intended for sale or transfer for breeding purposes 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Comment 1 Pertains to male and female pigs intended for breeding purposes Comment 2 Female pigs being raised for future introduction into the breeding unit should be classified
47. Descending Display all variables Advanced mode DK x Cancel 143 Management reports Management reports are used to create a list of tasks to do in the farm for example females to serve pregnancy check vaccinate etc Most of the management reports share the same parameter form Period Length Select the number of days from the current date to include females due for tasks Date to Exclude Overdue Females Leave it blank to include overdue females or enter a date to exclude them before the date Days From Status Days from the status to calculate the task date For example in a Females Due to Farrow list the status is Served and the task date is Due date Data Transfer to Batch Select Yes to transfer the list of females to Batch Data Entry You can add additional filters for Parity Genetics Location and Group ID You can change the sort order in the Order sheet To modify a management report If you want to add new variables or remove others from the lists 1 Click the Design button 2 Click Columns sheet 3 Check or uncheck the variables you want on your list You can change the title of the column by 2012 Agritec Software 188 14 4 Porcitec Manual 2012 typing in the Column Title box 4 Click Preview to check the result 5 Click Save All modified reports are saved to your User folder You cannot overwrite a standard report If you need more complex modification such as rearranging co
48. Editor parameter dialog will be displayed 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 241 9 In Code enter the variable name you want to see In this case Edit1 Text 10 Select the bar code type in Type Of Bar the most usual are EAN13 or Code39 11 Uncheck Text if you do not want to include the text under the bar codes 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Variables 243 16 Variables 16 1 Agritec Variable Dictionary Introduction Porcitec uses a standard database model called relational A relational database system contains one or more objects called tables The data or information for the database is stored in these tables Tables are uniquely identified by their names and are comprised of columns and rows Columns contain the column name or variable data type and any other attributes for the column Rows contain the records or data for the columns Here is a sample table called Customers The columns are the variable names in this example Name Surname Address City and phone The rows contain the data for each variable in this table Customers Name Surname Address City Phone John Gandalf River 56 Tucson 845235235 Joseph Martinez Street n 34 Los Angeles 745923534 Lou Smith 67 Boyd Court Smoke Lake 348709546 Barb Skywalker 610 Chinook Pullman 345466456 Primary tables Female table Each record or row is a female It contains the vari
49. Females to Another Database 4 Enter the file name to export in Xml File box and click OK 5 0pen the receiving database 6 Click Farm Import Data and select Agritec XML format 7 Select the file to import in Select the File to import box and click OK 8 Go to Batch Event Entry and click Process button 9 Go to step 1 for each database to merge Import weights Porcitec can import weights from an external text file The format of the text file is defined in the following table File format Text file separated by semi colon Position Value 1 Database alias empty means the current farm 2 Date 3 Animal ID 4 Weight The text file must be like 7664745733 PAO Gi IG 5012 In the above example the line 1 denotes Database default it is empty Date 2 7 2010 Animal ID 664 Weight 45 33 To import the data 1 Click Farm and then Pending Processing Event in the main menu 2 Click Fill In 3 Under Import From External Files click Import 4 Select the file to import 5 Select Weight Control and click OK 2012 Agritec Software Importing and exporting data 6 You will see the imported data in the grid Click Process button to process the data See Also Using MS Excel to prepare data 18 5 Import prospective breeding animals Porcitec can import data from an external file and add new animals to the pig file The selection of prospective breeding animals from a
50. Fields button to add your custom fields Active Type Title Text 1 My first user field Text 2 My second user field Text 3 Text 4 Text 5 Text 6 Text 7 Text 8 Text 9 Text 10 Text 11 Text 12 Text 13 Text 14 Text 15 Text 16 Numeric 1 m 4 OK x Cancel Active Check On to activate the user field Type User field type Select the data type you want to enter in the user field e Text User field with letters and numbers e Numeric Numeric field e Yes No True False e Date Date format Title Title of the user field It will appear in the User Sheet Results sheet The Results sheet shows the breeding and farrowing performance of a female s current parity and also her lifetime average It is used to quickly view her current status and reproductive history 2012 Agritec Software Female file You can change this list to your preference by adding or removing variables See Result sheet 7 10 Services sheet The Services sheet lists all the services chronologically for the lifetime of the female It includes the date of service service type boars or semen used and the service result by days of gestation Service Type is designated by the following codes A Artificial insemination M Natural mating C Combination mating I In with male but mating not observed E Embryo transfer 7 11 Notes shee
51. Group Yes LIVEBORN Function Avg STILLBORN Function Avg Criteria SERVDATE gt 2003 AUG 01 Sorting PARITY Or you can use SQL directly SELECT PARITY AVG CAST LIVEBORN AS FLOAT AVG CAST STILLBORN AS LOAT ROM PARITYEX HERE SERVDATE gt 2003 AUG 01 ROUP BY PARITY ORDER BY PARITY Cor ee ren rea 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 315 The Query report is shown below Joes 5 Export F Close PARITY LIVEBORN STILLBORN 10 87 0 86 11 24 0 91 11 54 1 2 11 45 1 66 10 45 1 93 10 11 1 78 9 72 2 17 9 39 2 41 9 91 2 51 11 16 2 16 10 5 3 oon Iw 2012 Agritec Software 316 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 2 Liveborn and stillborn average by parity for removed females I want to know the average bornalive and stillborn of each parity for females removed at parity 7 Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ParityEx Variable Parity Variables to Liveborn Analyze Stillborn Functions Arithmetic Mean Filtering IsActive 0 and CurParity 7 19 2 3 3 Litter size and farrowing rate of sows by previous lactation length I want to know the average litter size and farrowing rate by previous lactation length of females served in the year 2003 The setup screen for Query report is shown below farrowing Tables SERVICERESULT Columns PREVLACTATIONLEN Group Yes SERVDATE F
52. History button from within Fast Entry or Batch or you can access the Animal file directly 2 If the ID is not already showing in the events panel you can enter the ID in the Search panel and press Enter 3 Double click the event you want to edit 4 Modify the data boxes 5 Press F12 when you are done If you were working in Fast Entry press F12 again to save and return to Fast Entry 6 To Save the changes because you want to edit another event or record click the green arrow icon or Ctri sS You can also use the Animal File to add events To Add an event 1 Enter the female ID in the Search panel press Enter 2 Press the A key to add an event The Add Event box will pop up with a list of the events 3 Select the event by either clicking the mouse or pressing the first letter s of the event on the keyboard 4 Fill in the data boxes for the event 5 Press F12 when you are done 6 To add more events go to step 2 7 Go to step 1 to select another female 8 To save click the green arrow icon or Ctrl S See also Female file 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec ss Data entry time saving tips 6 6 Data entry time saving tips The following tips will help you increase your efficiency of data entry when working in Fast Event Entry You should be able to work in Fast Entry by using the keyboard almost exclusively We suggest you print this to use for reference until you are familiar with data entry
53. I will want to compare the farrowing rate and subsequent litter size of poor condition females with females in good condition I want services from 2006 to 2008 For this purpose you can use the Label event After the weaning event you must enter a Label with POOR as the label value to mark females in poor condition Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceResult Variable IIF ParityLabels CONTAINING POOR POOR REMAINING Variables to Analyze ServBirthing TotalBorn Functions Sum Arithmetic Mean Filtering ServDate BETWEEN 2006 1 1 AND 2008 12 31 Genealogy report up to 6 generations I want to see a report with 6 generations showing the female ID and the Register ID Porcitec offers functions to create a generation report to any depth By default Porcitec includes a genealogy report up to 4 generations It is a good base from which to create the 6th generation report 1 Click Reports and General sheet 2 Select the Genealogy report and click Design 3 Click Code sheet 4 Replace Genealogy FIELDS IID MASTER 4 vector by Genealogy FIELDS IID MASTER 6 vector specifying to analyze 6 generations instead of the current 4 5 Click Page1 sheet 6 Using the mouse arrange the boxes to fit 2 generations more 7 To add a new item click Text object button A in the left panel Move the mouse to the paper and click again to leave the Text object 8 Type the e
54. INVENTORY The average parity of the breeding female inventory on the last day of the report period Formula Sum of parities of ending breeding female inventory Ending breeding female inventory AVERAGE PRODUCTIVE DAYS BREEDING FEMALE YEAR Formula Sum of productive breeding female days in period X 365 Average breeding female inventory days in period AVERAGE SALE PRICE CWT WEANED PIG SOLD Formula Gross revenue pork weaned pigs 100 Sum of live weights of weaned pigs sold in period 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 411 AVERAGE SALE PRICE WEANED PIG SOLD Formula Gross revenue pork weaned pigs Sum of numbers of weaned pigs sold in period AVERAGE UNMATED BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY Formula Sum of unmated breeding female days in period Days in period AVERAGE WEANING AGE Formula Sum of wean litter ages in period or cohort Count of wean litters with weaning ages in period or cohort AVERAGE WEANING TO FIRST SERVICE INTERVAL The average number of days between weaning and next service for a group of mated breeding females calculated on a periodic or cohort basis Formula Sum of weaning and nurse off events to first service intervals in period or cohort Count of mated breeding females weaned and served or nursed off and served in cohort AVERAGE WEANING WEIGHT PIG Formula Sum of live weights of weaned pigs weighed Ib in period or cohort Sum of
55. Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 270 Porcitec Manual 2012 17 Database conversion 17 1 Converting the database Each software application needs specific steps to extract and prepare the data for conversion Porcitec can import data from most software databases Please contact Agritec for further information and format specifications or see the following topics Once you have the prepared the data you must upload to our server at http agritecsoft com ags to convert your former database to the Agritec format Steps 1 Extract the data from your former application following the specific instructions N Compress the data in a ZIP file Select the files right click Send To Compress folder DO NOT use RAR LZ or other formats different than ZIP Using an Internet browser open http import agritecsoft com convert address Enter your invitation code If you do not have an invitation code please contact Agritec to get one Enter your E mail Select the software application that you have In File box enter the path of the ZIP file that you have created Oo N O Ui KR U Click Upload Depending on the database and the Internet connection this action can take several minutes Please be patient The conversion usually can take up to 48 hours When the new database is ready you will receive a notification via e mail with a link to download the new database The converted dat
56. Link Options Table1 FemaleEx Field1 IID_Female Table2 ServiceResult Field2 IID_Female Join Operartor Join Type Left Outer Join Columns F Id F EntryDate F EntryDate F BirthDate AS Age S ServDate S ServResult S BirthingDate S TotalBorn Criteria S Parity 0 AND S NService 1 AND F EntryDate BETWEEN 2006 12 1 AND 2006 12 31 Sorting F EntryDate F ID Or you can use directly SQL SIBI BG D Eid ER EnteyDate EntryDate ES Bust hate AS Age 99e viale S cenrvResult S BirthingDater S lotalBorn FROM FemaleEx F 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 301 LEFT OUTER JOIN ServiceResult S ON F IID Female S IID Female WHERE S Parity 0 AND S NService 1 AND F EntryDate BETWEEN 2006 12 1 AND 2006 12 31 ORDER emt Date 19 2 1 14 Wean date and subsequent service resut I would like to see a list females and their weaning dates and their first service result after weaning service date service result farrowing date total born within the year 2007 Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceResult Columns Id PrevEndLacDate ServDate ServResult BirthingDate TotalBorn Criteria NService 1 AND PrevEndLacDate BETWEEN 2007 1 1 AND 2007 12 31 Sorting PrevEndLacDate Id Or you can use directly SQL SELECT Id PrevEndLacDate ServDat
57. NULL ND PARITY 1 Ps nu Now we select all subsequent parities of the above females SELECT COUN 5 SERVICES AVG 100 00 SERVBIRTHING AS RATI AVG 1 00 TOTALBORN AS TOTALBORN FROM SERVICERESULT WHERE PARITY 2 AND IID_FEMALE IN SELECT IID FEMALE FROM PARITY WHERE LNURSEONDATE IS NOT NULL AND PARITY 1 63 The Query report is shown below 2 Query LES E Export M Close SERVICES RATE TOTALBORN 11 98 2012 Agritec Software 34 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 Breakdowns 19 2 3 1 Liveborn and stillborn average by parity I would like to see the average number of liveborn and stillborn by parity of females with a service date after August 1 2001 Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables PARITYEX Variable PARITY Variables to LIVEBORN Analyze STILLBORN Functions Arithmetic Mean Filtering SERVDATE gt 2003 AUG 01 The Breakdown report is shown below g Wok 3 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 LIVEBORN avg 0 00 10 87 11 24 11 55 11 46 10 46 STILLBORN avg 0 00 0 86 0 92 1 21 1 67 1 94 lt gt Fitering SERVDATE 2003AUG 01 Grir Chie Another option is to use the Query report designer The setup screen for the Query report is shown below Tables PARITYEX Columns PARITY
58. Nutrients If desired you may code and define the nutrient composition of feed and the units of measurement in this section Examples of nutrients can be protein fat fiber calcium or lysine See also Defining codifications 5 30 Feed or ingredients Here you will code all complete feed or ingredients used on the farm if you want to monitor feed usage and growth performance List all complete feed and any ingredients supplements and medicated feed that may be combined to create a ration Do not enter ration IDs here Formulate your rations in the Rations sections using the ingredients you entered here Cost and Inventory of each feed and ingredient is entered in Adjust Feed Cost and Inventory in the Farm menu or you may enter feed purchases in the Account Register in Financial if you wish to control the value and amount of feed in inventory Optionally you can define the nutrient composition of the ingredient Nutrients must be defined previously in the Nutrients option Enter the Nutrient and Act nutrient amount according to the units for each nutrient that forms part of the ingredient For example for Barley ingredient you can define Dry mater M e Metabolized Energ Total dissolved nutrients See also Defining codifications 5 31 Rations This section is used by farms that formulate their own feed rations on farm Rations are blended on farm from various raw materials and additives which must firs
59. On off Semen Collection The extractions of semen carried out on males are entered into this section Its use from Data entry using Batch Entry automatically places the batches of semen in the corresponding files All data introduced are assigned to the male record to carry out subsequent performance follow ups Removal The elimination of an animal from the herd is recorded with a Removal event The Removal Type death slaughter or transfer must be entered along with the reason for her removal Once the animal is removed she becomes inactive although the data remains in the database The animal can be restored into the herd by simply deleting the Removal event Event fields Event Date Removal Type Removal Cause Weight Comment Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 14 Porcitec Manual 2012 10 10 1 Semen file Semen This file inventories batches of semen collected on the farm or purchased from a supplier It is also possible to enter the batches from Semen Collection in Data entry using Batch Entry Boars Date Date of semen collection or purchase Semen code Code of semen batch Donating male Male donating semen Initial doses Number of doses collected or purchased The Semen file is integrated with the Insemination event When an artificial insemination mating is entered into a female s record using a previously coded batch of semen the
60. Porcitec Manual 2012 See also finisher pig finisher pig sales weaned pig weaned pig sales NURSERY PIG INVENTORY Acount of nursery pigs in a herd at a point in time Comment 1 Pigs purchased as weaned pigs become nursery pigs immediately upon placement into a nursery facility Productivity measure AVERAGE NURSERY PIG INVENTORY See also asset balance sheet finisher pig finisher pig inventory nursery pig weaned pig weaned pig inventory NURSERY PIG SALES INCOME Pigs sold or transferred out of the nursery production stage See also weaned pig sales income finisher pig sales income NURSERY PRODUCTION STAGE Production stage associated with nursery pigs Comment 1 Nursery pigs have been weaned and may weigh up to 70 Ib Comment 2 Pigs leaving the nursery production stage enter the finisher production stage See also finisher production stage nursery pig PIG DAY One live pig for one day Comment 1 Measured at the end of the day Productivity measure ACCUMULATED PIG DAYS Calculation The cumulative count of pig days for pigs in a specified location between two specific dates Productivity measure AVERAGE DAYS IN NURSERY AVERAGE DAYS IN FINISHER See also boar day breeding female day POST WEANING DEATH A pig that dies after weaning and prior to reaching market Comment 1 May be further specified as weaned nursery finisher or transit pig death 2012 Agritec Software Production
61. Psion Now you are back in the main menu Press Enter to activate QuickData 13 3 3 Data entry using Psion Workabout In any instructions PS refers to the Psion button in the lower left corner of the handheld Common keys MENU Show the available options according to the context ESC Close the current form PS X Close the current form ENTER Next field UP DOWN Navigation between fields LEFT RIGHT Navigation between registers Data entry using Psion Workabout Edit In the main screen of the handheld select Date D and enter the date that will be assigned to following events Serial date refers to the 1000 day date used on your farm Press Enter to go back to the menu Please check the date it does not always refresh The main menu of QuickData select Entry E Select the work to be entered You can use the arrows or simply enter the work code After that press Enter When in the Data Entry Mode once an event is selected it will display at the top the event such as farrow with an I beside it example farrow I A data entry form will appear Enter the requested data You can use the arrows to navigate between fields Press PS U to save the event or just enter at the last entry Go back to step 3 if you want to continue entering events All Fosters must be entered on the handhelds it does not calculate a net foster for you In the Removal Event for Removal Type O Death 1 Cull 0 For Pregnancy Exam R
62. SERVHOUR1 i Query Joe gt Pp E Export FE Close NMONTH SERVHOURI SERVICES BIRTHINGS RATE TOTALBORN AVGTOTALBORN b pe 1j 0 1074 919 85 5 10656 11 59 m 1 6 1251 1007 86 8 12598 11 58 m 1 12 2069 1776 85 8 20589 11 59 1 18 2210 1914 86 6 22096 11 54 2 0 1036 922 88 9 10844 11 76 2 1259 123 891 13020 11 59 2 12 1568 1371 87 4 16322 11 9 2 18 2208 1920 87 3 22271 11 54 3 0 1103 91 87 1 11223 11 67 3 1172 996 849 11587 11 63 m 3 12 2081 1834 881 21993 11 99 m 3 18 2149 1872 871 22392 11 96 m 4 0 1095 928 84 7 10960 11 81 m 4 6 1348 1174 87 13941 11 87 4 12 1993 1740 873 20740 11 91 m 4 18 2056 1749 85 20781 11 88 m 5 0 1039 904 87 10632 11 76 m 5 1231 1069 868 12735 11 91 xl 5 12 2059 1744 847 20755 11 9 5 18 2145 1830 85 3 21712 11 86 6 0 1124 922 82 10453 11 33 6 6 1375 1134 82 4 12981 1144 2012 Agritec Software 38 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 14 Hour of first mating and number of matings on reproductive performance I want to know the farrowing rate and litter size of females bred at the beginning of estrus or if I wait until 6 12 or 18 hours after beginning of estrus by parity Also I want to know how many matings per service they had if bred at 0 6 12 hours after beginning of estrus The range date is the first 6 months of 2003 Using the Query report designer enter the following SQL statement ELEC ARIT ERVH OUNT S T Y OUR1 SOR AS S M
63. SERVICEEX Columns GESTLOC1 Group Yes SERVBIRTHING Function Avg Criteria SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN 01 AND 2002 DEC 31 Sorting Or you can use SQL directly OUNT AS SERVICES SUM SERVBIRTHING AS BIRTHINGS VG 100 0 SERVBIRTHING AS RATE ROM SERVICEEX HERE SERVDATE BETW ROUE BY CEST TOC EN 1997 JAN AND 2002 DEC 2012 Agritec Software 322 Porcitec Manual 2012 The Query report is shown below GESTLOC1 SERVICES BIRTHINGS 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 323 19 2 3 9 Farrowing rate and litter size of females by the number of matings per service I want to know the farrowing rate and litter size of females by the number of matings per service between 1997 and 2002 Then I want to break this down by parity The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables SERVICERESULT Columns PARITY Group Yes MATINGS Group Yes SERVBIRTHING Function Avg TOTALBORN Function Avg Criteria SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN 01 AND 2002 DEC 31 Sorting PARITY MATINGS Or you can use SQL directly ELECT PARITY MATINGS OUNT AS TSERVICES UM SERVBIRTHING AS BIRTHINGS VG 100 0 SERVBIRTHING AS RATE VG 1 0 TOTALBORN SERVBIRTHING AS AVG_TOTALBORN ROM SERVICERESULT HERE SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN AND 2002 DEC 31 ROUP BY PARITY MATI
64. SQL I ELECT TDO CODES ROM FemaleEx HERE ISACTIVE 1 AND NSERVICE gt 1 RDERTBY TD ASGC RVDATE NSERVICE OR Rae 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 303 19 2 1 17 Induced heat treatments I would like to see the number of matings and Heat Not Served events for each treatment Within year 2006 Additionally I want to see the female ID treatment ID treatment date and farrowing date Using the Query report designer the SQL statement is SELECT ID TREATDATE TREATNAME BIRTHINGDATE SELECT COUNT FROM MATING WHERE IID LSTTREATMENT TREATMENTEX IID TREATMENT AS MATINGS SELECT COUNT FROM HEATNS WHERE IID LSTTREATMENT TREATMENTEX IID TREATMENT AS HEATNS TREATMENTEX WHERE TREATDATE BETWEEN 12006 1 2006 12 31 ORDER BY ID REATDATE T 19 2 1 18 Management list Vaccinations I want to create a report that lists females due for vaccinations In this case using 2 vaccines 1 Vaccine A to females 15 days after service 2 Vaccine B to pig at 6 days after birth This report can be created using the Query or List Data report designer However for management reports Porcitec includes an specialized report designer called Task Sc
65. Semen file will automatically update the following Date of first use Date of last use Doses used Doses available Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 1 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 11 1 Group file Group file This file manages groups or lots of animals to monitor feed delivered growth performance animal movements expenses sales and other related events The Group file is used in species where groups of animals are co mingled from within the same production system Tracking of animals is achieved by recording group movements and maintaining the required production records It can manage any production stage weaned growing and breeding animals Note that animals may be tracked individually using Female Male or Individual Pig Records file but they may also be created as a group in Group file for financial purposes such as recording feed consumed and animal sales Animals are not individually identified or separated in Group file See Individual Pig Records file to track each animal individually Group file manages the weaned Pigs produced in the breeding stage and usually refers to the period from weaning to sale However it also may be used to enter financial or feed records to groups of breeding animals even though these animals may be entered individually in the Female or Individual Pig Records file In farms that produce their own weane
66. UNKNOWN 03 13 03 08 16 05 5580 5 OTH 8 OTHER UNKNOWN 07 11 03 08 16 05 7254 0 NOHS NOHEAT 04 06 05 08 16 05 97 8 5 OTHER UNKNOWN 07 09 02 09 03 05 3308 4 OTH OTHER UNKNOWN 2 11 21 03 09 03 05 7871 7 OTH T OTHER UNKNOWN 10 15 02 09 05 05 9010 2 OTH D OTHER UNKNOWN 05 13 04 09 14 05 3314 4 OTH T OTHER UNKNOWN 2 11 21 03 Number of removed 31 Avg parity 49 The above example shows a list of removed females Download a complete manual of this report designer at http agritecsoft com files extern FR4 6 UserManual en chm 2012 Agritec Software 232 Porcitec Manual 2012 15 11 2 Exporting to Excel An Excel document is based in columns and rows The list report designer in Porcitec is based in bands and the position of each element does not necessarily align with a spreadsheet Due to the different nature of the two systems exporting from the Porcitec report designer to Excel does not always provide you with the results that you expect It is not a bug or an error it is a question of design You can modify the report playing with the position boxes trying to align the components of the headers with the components of the detail band It is trial and error Another way is to use the SQL report designer to make the list This report designer is based in rows and columns like MS Excel and the exportation to Excel is direct 15 11 3 How to add a summary in a list report A list report is a simple list o
67. Variables to ServBirthing Analyze Functions Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering ServDate BETWEEN 1 JAN 2006 AND 31 DEC 2006 19 2 3 29 Abortions by days of gestation I would like to see a breakdown of abortions by days of gestation in 2007 The setup screen for Histogram report is shown below Table ServiceEx Variable ServResultDays Filtering ServResult Abortion AND ServDate BETWEEN 1JAN2007 AND 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 341 31DEC2007 Axis Uniform Scale Note If you want to define the category of days by 2 or more classes or groups for example before 30 days and after or equal to 30 days from service select Free Scale and enter Classes like the following ranges 0 29 30 19 2 3 30 Distribution of treatments by treatment name I would like to see the distribution of the number of treatments by treatment name during 2007 The setup screen for Histogram report is shown below Table Treatment Variable TreatName Filtering TreatDate BETWEEN 1JAN2007 AND 31DEC2007 Axis Automatic Scale 19 2 3 31 Lactation feed intake on subsequent litter size I want to know the effect of average lactation feed intake on subsequent litter size from 2000 to end of 2007 I use the Feed In event in Females file The average feed intake is defined as the sum of the weight of feed in all Feed In events during lactation divided by the number of days of lactation Use Query report
68. When a new version is installed a popup dialog will appear to tell you to rebuild the database if it is necessary Note that this option does not fix a corrupted database it only updates variables All Records Analyze all records in the database to update the variables Resume From Partial Rebuild Large databases can take considerable time to rebuild You can stop the process and resume using this option Clean Database This feature permanently deletes all removed animal records from the database before a selected date in time Because of the size and speed of computers today it is usually not necessary to use this feature and it is not recommended Your historical data will be irrevocably altered However if the database is very large and contains many years of obsolete data that you are no longer interested in this feature can be used to clean it up It is strongly recommended to backup your database before using this feature Execute Agritec Script In some very specific cases Agritec may need to customize the database for a customer This option executes a script sent by Agritec to modify the database structure or data It is not common to most users 2012 Agritec Software Database management 61 4 9 How to Sync the data between two computers A common scenario is to use a computer in the farm and another computer in the office but the computers are isolated and not on a network How to keep the computers in syn
69. YZ OOS Ek NE R BY SERVDATE ID SRE RUES 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 293 19 2 1 3 Service result between 2 dates I would like to create a list of all service results within year displaying service date service result and to see the next parity data as parity number birth location birth date and total born Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables SERVICEEX Columns ID SERVDATE SERVRESULT SERVRESULTDAYS BIRTHINGDATE PARITY BIRTHLOCATION TOTALBORN Criteria SERVDATE BETWEEN 2005 1 1 AND 2005 12 31 Sorting SERVDATE ID Or you can use SQL directly SELECT ID SERVDATE SERVRESULT SERVRESULTDAYS BIRTHINGDATE PARITY BIRTHLOCATION OTALBORN FROM SERVICERESUL WHERE SERVDATE BETWEEN 2095 11 AND UZQ905 12 91 ORDER BY SERVDATE ID 2012 Agritec Software 294 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 1 4 Inconclusive pregnancy diagnosis list Occasionally mated females are later found to act in heat but will not stand for a mating In this case we are not sure if the female has actually returned to heat or is in fact pregnant I would like to flag these problematic females and then print a list with their service date and the days from service to the observation so their pregnancy state can be monitored For this scenario you should u
70. a network The installation is formed by two components e Firebird application which is the database motor used to access the databases by network e Porcitec application which is the herd management program Firebird must be installed in the server computer where the databases reside It is recommended that the server be assigned to the most powerful computer in the network See Hardware requirements Then Porcitec is installed in each user computer The complete installation is composed of 6 steps 1 Download Porcitec and Firebird from your Customer Space 2 Install Firebird in the server computer 3 Install Porcitec in the user computer 4 Enter your License Code 5 Enter the Activation Key 2012 Agritec Software Installation 45 6 Install your Porcitec databases the server computer If you do not have converted databases you can copy empty Porcitec databases from the Porcitec installation You can find MyData fdb database usually in C ProgramData Agritec Porcitec 2012 Databases directory It must be copied in the server computer renaming the file to an appropriate name After the installation if you have a database you need to create the connection See Network database connection See also Open Database 3 9 2 Firebird installation Firebird installation is only necessary for network environments Do not install it if you have selected Installation single user environment mode in Porcitec ins
71. and FN For the entire farm we want to know the Average Daily Gain ADG and the Feed Conversion FC ADG Average Daily Gain is only accurate in each stage if the producer is weighing pigs IN amp OUT of each stage This is a big job to weight pigs every week IN and OUT of each stage and most producers do not have time to do this although estimates could be done How to set up Nursery Pregrowing and Growing are Monitored Flow system blue color in the above figure since the producer cannot know the feed consumed by each group but the groups are created and remain intact until they are finally sold or transferred A feed bin is shared by several groups The Finishing rooms are Continuous flow green color in the above figure 1 Create 4 stages in Options Stages Nursery N Pregrowing PG Growing GR and Finisher FN 2 Create 4 locations in Options Locations LN LPG LGR and LFN 3 Create 1 dynamic group FINISH and assign the corresponding location This group is also a Cost Center 4 Create the remaining 3 Center Costs one for each feed bin of the Monitored Flow system N PG and GR How to enter data e To create the Nursery groups you can either use the wean event of the breeding female and move weans in directly when the female is weaned or Fast Event Entry Groups Create Group event e To enter feed delivered for Monitored Flow units go to Fast Event Entry Cost Center Feed In event 2012 Agritec S
72. and edited in the Account Register of the Farm menu for financial reporting You must previously code your income and expenses in Options in the Accounts section Income may be sales of growing animals breeding stock or other sales Expenses may be feed medication supplies utilities labor taxes insurance etc To add an entry to the Account Register Click New button Select from Account Purchase Account Sale or Feed Purchase e Account Purchase to enter purchases or expenses other than animals e Account Sales to enter sales other than animals e Feed Purchase will increase the inventory of feed and adjust the feed cost to the average for the entire inventory It is not considered an expense at this point The feed expenses are entered using Feed In or Ration In events into the Group record The following fields appears in the account form Date Invoice date Reference Invoice reference usually a number Account Account category you have assigned to the item in Options menu Comment Any comment or memo Amount Total invoice amount Cost center 2012 Agritec Software Financial Business segment to which you want allocate the income or expense In most of cases it is the group ID See Cost Centers Weight Total weight if it is applicable Units Total units for example number of animals or number of bottles Supplier Supplier ID from whom you have purchased previously coded in Options men
73. and financial standards terminology 405 Comment 2 Expressed as percentage of the population at risk during the report period Productivity measure NURSERY MORTALITY RATE COHORT NURSERY MORT ALITY RATE TIME PERIOD See also post weaning mortality preweaning death preweaning mortality POSTWEANING MORTALITY Pigs that die between weaning and sale expressed as a percentage of those at risk Comment 1 May be further specified as weaned pig nursery finisher or transit death Comment 2 Expressed as percentage of the population at risk during the report period Productivity measure POSTWEANING MORTALITY RATE See also preweaning death PRE FINISHER FINISHER The segment between the grower and finisher stage PRE GROWER FINISHER The optional first part of the finisher phase PREMISE Coordinates coming up for global positioning PREMIUM An extra payment above the base or nominal price PREMIX A blended mixture of one or more micro minerals and or vitamins added to feed Comment 1 Typically added in quantities of 10 Ib ton 5 kg tonne or less See also base mix complete feed energy minerals protein PRODUCTION BREAKEVEN Production cost for the profit center O2012 Agritec Software 000000 406 Porcitec Manual 2012 PRODUCTION STAGE Because pigs are marketed at a variety of ages and weights it would be unwise to attempt to define production stages by using age and weight ranges likely to cha
74. and s charts is a generic and simple control chart Porcitec uses the x chart In addition to the x chart there are three specialized types of control charts the p chart c chart and u chart These charts are used when the data being measured meet certain conditions or attributes Standard Deviation The standard deviation is the most commonly used measure of statistical dispersion Simply put it measures how spread out the values in a data set are The importance of the standard deviation arises from Chebyshev s theorem which asserts that in any data set nearly all of the values will be close to the mean value where the meaning of close to is specified by the standard deviation The standard deviation is defined as the square root of the variance This means it is the root mean square RMS deviation from the average 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 21 21 1 21 2 21 3 21 4 Problems and error messages 371 Problems and error messages Limit females exceeded This error message can appear in multi farm analysis report It means that the number of breeding females managed by the report exceeds that allowed by the license For example if your license is for 1000 females and you try to analyze a consolidated report for 2 farms of 1000 females each the total females managed by the report is 2000 and raises the error message You only can a
75. and you will see a list of options to compress the folder The database usually is located at C Program Files SwineBooks Pro directory Search the file for the farm name You will find 2 files with the same name usually something like MyFarm swpo MyFarm_log ldf 2 Use the Agritec Services to get your new database See Converting the database topic 17 5 Import from Herdsman Herdsman uses a database called Microsoft SQL Server which is composed of two files 1 Search for the database file The database has extension Herdsman For example MyFarm Herdsman 2 Compact the database using Winzip or any other similar tools If you use Windows XP or Vista you can simply click on this folder using the right button of the mouse and you will see a list of options to compress the folder 3 Use the Agritec Services to get the new database See Converting the database topic 17 6 Import from Farm Windows FARM for Windows is manufactured in the Netherlands It uses a database called Sybase Anywhere 9 0 To export data from the FARM follow the instructions below 1 Start FARM software 2 Execute the following reports saving them to Excel format with the following names e Purchased Sows Report saved as sows xls e Data validation parity farrowings saved as farrowings xls e Data validation parity matings saved as matings xls e Sows Sold Report saved as sows slaughtered xls 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual
76. are two modes e Chose Installation for single user environment when Porcitec will be used only from this computer or you are not on a network e Chose Installation in network multi computer environment when Porcitec will be used by several users from different computers via network This type of installation requires you to install Firebird in the server computer first See Firebird installation is Porcitec Setup amx Choose Components Choose which Features of Porcitec you want to install Check the components you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Next to continue Select the type of install Installation single user environment Inn Or select the optional Porcitec Tone you wishito Local database motor install Network components Description Space required 38 4MB Iosition your mouse over a component 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 3 4 6 Select the folder where you want to install Porcitec and click Install i Porcitec Setup Jo Es r Choose Install Location O Choose the folder in which to install Porcitec Setup will install Porcitec in the following folder To install in a different Folder click Browse and select another Folder Click Install to start the installation Destination Folder C Program Files Kgritec Porcitec Space required 38 4MB Space available 12 0GB 7 Click Finish b
77. bar to show more information Filtering ISACTIVE 0 REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 1 JAN 2004 AND 31 DEC 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 337 19 2 3 24 Distribution of removed females by removal reason I would like to look at the females that have been removed from the herd by removal reason during January and February of 2002 The setup screen for Histogram report is shown below Table FEMALEEX Variable REMOVEREASON Filtering REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 2001 JAN 01 AND 2001 FEB 28 Axis Automatic Scale The Histogramreport is shown below ABO DID DIF DIS FAR INJ LAM NO SMA SUD UNK UNT YAG Another options is to use the Query report The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables FEMALEEX Columns REMOVEREASON Group Yes ID Function Count Criteria REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 2001 JAN 01 AND 2001 FEB 28 Or you can use directly SQL SELECT REMOVEREASON COUNT 2012 Agritec Software 338 Porcitec Manual 2012 FROM FEMALEEX WHERE REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 2001 JAN 01 AND 2001 FEB 28 GROUP BY REMOVEREASON The Query report is shown below ii Query LES Export 5 Close NUMBER REMOYEREASON 19 2 3 25 Comparing a treatment group to a control group I would like to flag females for reporting results for using a certain product For example EZ B
78. be changed e Arrow keys can be used to move between fields or records e Only the most commonly used fields for an event are shown in the grid If you wish to add more detailed information you may click the Edit Detail button for additional data fields Also be sure to check in the Options menu Event fields that you have selected the desired fields to display in the grid e Dates can be entered in the format mmddyy without the separation bars January 23 can be entered as 012305 To automatically fill animal Id Codes into the grid 1 Click Fill In button click Filter button 2 Select a filter and enter the filter parameters 3 Click OK to fill the grid with the animal Id Codes To fill the grid from Management reports 1 Go to Reports and open the desired management report 2 Check on the Data Transfer To Batch checkbox 3 Enter the remaining parameters and click Ok 4 Print out the report if desired or close it and go to Batch 5 Select the appropriate event For example if you transferred a list of females from the Females Due to lt Birth gt report select the Farrowing event The Id Codes from the report will be filled into the grid 6 Complete the event records data To fill any columns in the grid with any values using the Replace feature 1 To fill an entire column select the field you want to copy in the grid enter the value in the cell click Replace button Select Copy only selected column of active row optio
79. binary 2 0 MB Developer and admin tools components 5 8 MB Current selection requires at least 14 8 MB of disk space 8 Click Next again in Select Start Menu Folder form 9 Click Next in Select Additional Tasks form i Setup Firebird Database Server 2 0 Jorg Select Additional Tasks Which additional tasks should be performed Select the additional tasks you would like Setup to perform while installing Firebird Database Server 2 0 then click Next Run Firebird server as Run as an Application Run as a Service Start Firebird automatically everytime you boot up Install Control Panel Applet Copy Firebird client library to system directory Generate client library as GDS32 DLL for legacy app support 10 Click Install in Ready to Install form 11 Click Next in Information form 12 Click Finish 2012 Agritec Software EN Porcitec Manual 2012 3 9 3 is Setup Firebird Database Server 2 0 m X Completing the Firebird Database Server 2 0 Setup Wizard To complete the installation of Firebird Database Server 2 0 Setup must restart your computer Would you like to restart now Yes restart the computer now No will restart the computer later Checking that the Firebird server is running After installation Firebird server should be running as a service on Windows NT 2000 XP Vista or on Linux Windows NT4
80. breakdown by parity of average total born litter size of females with a previous lactation length between 17 and 21 days and weanistservint gt 7 in 2007 Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceResult Variable Parity Variables to TotalBorn Analyze Functions Count Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering WeanFstServ 7 AND LactationLen BETWEEN 17 AND 21 AND BirthingDate BETWEEN 2007 1 1 AND 2007 12 31 Use the Classes box to categorize the breakdown See Defining ranges 19 2 3 34 Treatments within 30 days after farrowing I want to know the number and percentage of all treatments applied to females within 30 days after farrowing Only include year 2004 Use the Histogram report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables TREATMENTEX Variable TREATNAME Filtering TREATDATE BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 0 AND 30 AND BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 2004 1 1 AND 2004 12 31 Axis Automatic Scale Type The Histogram report is shown below 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 343 i Distribution 509 Number n Total 7 Percent 44 68 NUMBER APE COB ENR MIC NEU TIL TOL YO YOD TREATMENTS Click any bar to show more information Filtering 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 35 Age at first heat not served I want to know the number of Heat Not Served events by age Only include year 2004 Use the Histogram rep
81. called ds and the field name is ID 5 Select the bar code type in Type Of Bar the most usual are EAN13 or Code39 6 Uncheck Text if you do not want to include the text under the bar codes Print the farm ID as a bar code 1 From the report designer Fast Report click on Bar Code Object button in the left panel 2 Drag the object to the Header band and click to drop it 3 A Bar Code Editor parameter dialog will be displayed 4 In Code enter the variable name you want to see In this case GetVarFarm FarmPremise 5 Select the bar code type in Type Of Bar the most usual are EAN13 or Code39 6 Uncheck Text if you do not want to include the text under the bar codes Request to print a bar code before printing Sometimes the same data is repeated in a form For example forms are handed to several workers each one is responsible for each form and all work is distributed Another example One form is printed per day The data in the form has the same date In these cases it is advisable that you request Porcitec to print the value in all pages 1 From the report designer Fast Report click File New Dialog 2 Select Edit Control and drop it on the form 3 Select Button Control and drop it on the form 4 In the Object Inspector select the Modal Result property mrOk 5 Go back to the report designer 6 Click in the Bar Code Object button in the left panel 7 Drag the object to the Header band and click to drop it 8 A Bar Code
82. can be numbers text or dates column name BETWEEN valuel AND value2 Original Table used in the examples CE Example 1 To display the persons alphabetically between Hansen and Pettersen use the following filter LastName BETWEEN Hansen AND Pettersen Result bsWme ares Example 2 To display the persons outside the range used in the previous example use the NOT operator 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 14 5 5 m LastName NOT BETWEEN Hansen AND Pettersen Result bswams Frame Rem p __ Date format in filters Porcitec will accept the following date formats in filters e dd MMM yy e mm dd yyyy e mm dd yyyy e dd mm yyyy e yyyy mm dd Dates must always be in single quotes Porcitec also accepts CURRENT DATE You can specify tomorrow as CURRENT DATE 1 Examples of dates 24 JAN 05 1 24 05 2005 1 24 In the Help manual examples we use dd MMM yy or yyyy mm dd to avoid any confusion by the ordering of day or month between different countries 2012 Agritec Software 14 6 Explanation of some predefined reports 14 6 1 Performance analysis This is a statistical analysis report for monitoring overall breeding herd performance Breakdowns that can be selected include time period parity genetics and user defined fields In addition filters can be added to any breakd
83. chapter starts 6 1 6 2 Entering data in Porcitec Entering data in Porcitec Data entry methods Introduction There are three ways to enter data into Porcitec The efficiency of each method is determined by the process of data collection and input for example if data will be entered directly from barn cards batch event forms or is collected using a handheld computer Event Entry Choose from multiple data entry options for the easiest and most efficient way to enter data Choose from Fast Entry or Batch Entry See Event Entry Animal Files The Animal Files are primarily used to consult an animal historical record and to edit events in the record They consist of five separate files one each for Females Males and Semen in the breeding herd and two for the growing herd lt GROUP LOT gt and Individual Pig Records These files are ordered by the animal or Group Lot Id code and contain all the events in an animal or group lot record See Edit events using Animals file section Handheld computer A handheld is a palm size computer which can be used to enter and or consult farm data at the barn level See Handheld Computer section Automatic ICR handwriting recognition technology can be used to scan data collection handwriting forms and enter the data automatically into Porcitec recognition See Automatic handwriting recognition Event entry methods Event Entry is a fast and efficient way to enter data into animal re
84. choose one interface over the other The faster the drive the faster Firebird will perform RAID RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks RAID controllers use multiple disk drives to increase speed reliability or both Different RAID configurations provide different benefits It is important to understand that some RAID configurations can actually hurt speed or reliability so choose a system which meets your needs Again there s almost nothing Firebird specific that you need to know when selecting a RAID configuration If you choose a RAID configuration designed to increase performance such as RAID 0 or RAID 5 you will find that Firebird performance is boosted accordingly RAID configurations designed to increase HDD system reliability such as RAID 1 or RAID 5 eliminate any need to shadow a Firebird database There is no benefit to a database shadow with an appropriate RAID configuration and the performance cost of a shadow and low dollar cost of HDDs makes RAID the better choice Memory Memory is used as cache to improve the disk reads Firebird can use a maximum of 2GB physical RAM but if you intend to have Firebird use this much memory you ll need to install enough additional memory for OS functionality Networking Networking hardware is a frequently overlooked but important component of overall Firebird system performance Network bandwidth is frequently the first bottleneck All machines in a LAN should use at
85. click Enter You received this information in an e mail sent to you when your create the order Home Language Support Email johndoe qmail com Password eeeseee Avantages of being an Agritec customer Access to all options of the program depending on edition Receive updates atthe moment Unlimited technical support Participate actively in program development Access to promotions and disccounts 4 Click the desired pack you may have more than one 5 Click Download 6 Scroll down the page and locate the file that you want to install or download 7 Right click the file link 8 Select Save As 2012 Agritec Software Installation 33 9 Be sure to remember where you saved the file the Desktop might be a good place 3 3 Installing Porcitec 1 Download the Porcitec setup file from your Customer Space 2 Double click the installation file you just downloaded to start installing it on your computer 3 Click Next button Welcome to the Porcitec Setup Wizard i Porcitec Setup This wizard will quide you through the installation of Porcitec It is recommended that you close all other applications before starting Setup This will make it possible to update relevant system files without having to reboot your computer Click Next to continue 4 Read the License Agreement and if you agree check I accept box and click Next 5 Select the type install There
86. code for the event to speed data entry Active You can uncheck this option if you want to hide the event in Data Entry if you never use it Action This option defines a specialized action when an User Events is processes In most cases you can leave blank e Booli Set the user field Booli of the animal to true when the event is processed e Bool2 Set the user field Bool2 of the animal to true when the event is processed e Booll in Individual Sire and Dam Set the user field Bool1 of the animal its sire and its dam to true when the event is processed Minimum and Maximum Some fields allow you to specify a range Enabling disabling fields Used to select or deselect the fields displayed for the selected event You will see a list of fields pertaining to the event Each field has three options Form Batch and Handheld A check mark in the field means the field is selected to display in the event and accept data e Form Fields appear in Fast Data Entry and also in detailed form of Batch and Animal file e Batch Fields appear in Batch grid2026 e Handheld Fields appear in the handheld device New Fields Each event can have up to 8 user fields User Fields are useful to manage additional data that Porcitec does not include fields for By default Porcitec does not include pre defined user fields for events Click New Fields button to add your custom fields 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 5 10 Acti
87. column header band double click Service Date box and replace it by Result Date 9 Now the report works fine but some fields do not make sense since the breakdown is by the fall out date Delete the Preg or Farrowed column in header detail and summary bands 10 Click Quit button and save the new report Current and previous liveborn I want to see the females with less than 6 born alive in two consecutive farrowings Use Query report designer The SQL statement is shown below ID CUR hIVMEBORN MEREV Vl IV BORN ROM FEMALEEX CUR OTN PARI EY PREV PREVA IDEE Ani y CUR ii ID HERE CUR ISACTIVE 1 AND CUR LIVEBORN lt 6 AND PREV LIVEBORN lt 6 I Er tg un Removed female list I need a list of the following variables Female ID birthdate removal date last birthing date and last weaning date of females removed within 2004 ordered by removal date Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables FEMALEEX Columns ID BIRTHDATE REMOVEDATE BIRTHINGDATE ENDLACDATE Criteria REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 01 JAN 2004 AND 31 DEC 2004 Sorting REMOVEDATE ID 2012 Agritec Software Or you can use SQL directly De 0 OM Female EX BIRTHDATE REMOVEDATE Database consults 297 I BIRTHINGDATE ENDLACDATI py ED
88. condition females 356 Genealogy report up to 6 generations wee 356 Track activity query 957 Serology results ee 957 Homozygous recessive gene list 358 User field duplications ea ona 359 Part XX Multi farm analysis 362 1 Multi farm analysls 1 cee leans 362 2 Multi farm analysis with multiple databases 362 3 Agritec Online zc sczcciccceedccsecesececcacegcacesnddasceacedaccecaceaeceadseancqanseasceacsdeetecaseacceadsestctcauencccaceece 363 4 Uploading the Web server data from the desktop application 363 5 Update Web 366 6 Export detailed databases to Web ss nnrrrrrrnnnnennnnnneenennnnnnee 366 Introduction to Statistical Process Control or 368 Part XXI Problems and error messages 371 1 Limit females exceeded seeenereeseenseseesseeensses 371 2 ISC ERROR CODE 335544352550 und rue 371 3 ISC ERROR CODE 335544375 Unavailable 371 4 ISC ERROR CODE 335544344 I O error for file 371 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 5 10 11
89. corresponding to the selected record in the grid for viewing the history or editing Preferences You can customize the grid navigation and data entry e Enter Down Checking this will cause the cursor to jump to the cell below when you click the Enter key instead of to the right e Allow Edit Uncheck it if you want to avoid editing directly into the grid Then you must use Add event dialog to fill a row Show Date Show the date column By unchecking this you can avoid entering into the date column if all records share the same date The date will be filled automatically with the Default Date which is usually today s date See the Default Date box in the bottom of the screen e Drag Data Drag the date and ID to the following record e Enter Identification using In most cases data is entered by animal Id Code however it is 2012 Agritec Software 92 Porcitec Manual 2012 possible to enter data using the animal location e Stop Warnings When Processing Processing stops if there is a discrepancy in the data or order of events in an animal record to allow you to review and edit the record However some types of data validation may not be critical An example would be wean discrepancy errors if foster or death reasons are missing Check off this box to process the events with an alert you choose to ignore e Process You have the option to Process All Events all event sheets or Process only Active Sheet Event Process
90. date on which a prospective breeding female becomes an unmated breeding female Comment 2 A breeding female contributes one breeding female day for each day that it is in the breeding herd i e from entry to removal Comment 3 Where no enter event is recorded in an animal s record breeding female days are counted from its first recorded event Productivity measures AVERAGE BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY See also breeding female day breeding production stage entry date mated female inventory unmated female inventory BREEDING FEMALE MORTALITY RATE The rate at which breeding females have died in the breeding production stage expressed on an annualized basis See also breeding production stage BREEDING FEMALE REMOVAL RATE The rate at which breeding females are removed from the breeding production stage expressed on an annualized basis Comment 1 Removals include sales deaths and transfers out of the breeding herd 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 379 Comment 2 Removal rate culling rate mortality rate See also breeding female breeding female inventory breeding production stage culling rate mortality rate replacement rate BREEDING FEMALE TO BOAR RATIO Average breeding female inventory divided by average boar inventory Comment 1 Historically useful measure of adequacy of boar power Comment 2 Meaningful only where natural service is practiced exclusively
91. entry date genetics and origin Duplicating the first row to add more females 1 With the cursor in the first row click Fill In button and then Duplicate 2 If the Id Codes are consecutive enter 99 in Number of Rows and click Ok The columns will fill to 99 more rows with the data you entered into the first row The Id Code field will be increased one number per row If you use letters in the ID code such as Y1000 the letter will be included 3 You can edit any field in the grid with data specific to any female such as birthdate or location 4 Click Process to save the records 6 14 Using Batch to inseminate a group of females This example shows how to inseminate a group of females 1 In main menu click Farm and then Batch Event Entry 2 Click Sheet button and select Insemination 3 Enter female ID codes in Code field or click Fill In button and then Filter 4 If you use the Filter option in Predefined Filters select for example Status Entered or Status Weaned and use the date filter if desired 5 Click Ok 6 Enter the Semen Id and the Group in the first row 7 Click Replace button 8 Select Copy Active Row and click Ok All fields except the ID code will be copied to all records in the grid 9 If you want to copy only selected columns click Copy only selected column of the active row 10 Click Process to process the save the records 6 15 Using Event Browser to merge codifications You may want to merge two s
92. event is used to move one or more Pigs from a group Id into another existing group Id The Move Out event will automatically generate a corresponding Move In event in the group to which the Pigs are moved if you enter the destination in the Destination group Id field On the main menu click Event Entry select group then select Move Out Fields Event Date Date the Pigs are moved out Animals Number of Pigs moved out Total Weight Total weight of the Pigs Average Age Average age in days of the Pigs Optional Destination group Id group Id of the group the Pigs are moved to Entering the Id in this field will generate a corresponding Move In event in the destination group 2012 Agritec Software 194 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 7 4 11 7 5 11 7 6 11 7 7 Weaned in This event is used to manually enter weaned animals into the growing stage Weaned Pigs leave the farrowing barn and are placed in a growing facility with the Weaned In event Animals can originate from one or several litters Fields Animals Number of animals Total Weight Total weight of animals Average Age Average age of animals in days Optional Wean event This event is automatically added to the group lot record when the breeding female is weaned and the group Id field in the female weaning event is used It increases the group inventory and transfers litter information as sire dam age number of animals and total weight Dea
93. farm has 3 stages Nursery Growing and Finisher first define them in Options 1 Click Options and then Production Stages 2 Enter the 3 stages Nursery Growing and Finisher Generally you will want to define a Group Lot ID for each location or stage You can have more than one location per stage For this example we will create three Group Lot Ids 1 Click Animals and then group 2 Create three group Ids NUR GRO and FIN For each group Id edit the current status sheet and select the appropriate production stage in the Stage list box Each group Id or stage may be considered a Cost Center In Financial you can assign expenses to a specific cost center or divide an expense and allocate a percentage to each cost center For example the veterinarian visits the farm and the bill is 1000 We can divide the cost between each stage or group Id Click Financial and enter a portion of the expense for each cost center by selecting the appropriate Cost Center Id for each entry Six lines and breeding females Layout A farm has 6 production lines L1 L2 L6 Each line is formed by one breeding location BRD and 2012 Agritec Software Group file one growing location GR both continuous flow There are only two silos for the entire farm one for growing and one for breeding feeding all lines Li L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 506006 0 gt Requirements The user wants to know the performance by each production line in order
94. following expression in the Memo Box COUNT When you click Preview button The new box placed in the footer will show the total number of records 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 235 If you want to show a label and the total value use the following expression Records COUNT Adding a sum For example we want to sum the total number of abortions of the listed females The variable name is LfAbortions Then the expression for the sum is SUM lt ds LfAbortions gt The syntax is not very helpful but in expressions the fields are always noted as lt Dataset Column Name gt Dataset is the dataset name which you can see in the Data panel Predefined reports usually name it as ds but it can take any name Column Name is the name of the variable Adding a breakdown Number of records between two values For example now we want to show the number of females that have days from entry between 0 to 99 You can add more classes as needed for example from 100 to 199 200 to 299 and so on The variable in this example is called EntryDays The expression is SUM IIF lt ds EntryDays gt gt 0 AND lt ds EntryDays gt lt 99 1 0 Replace EntryDays by the desired variable and 0 and 100 by your desired range For example for calculating entry days between 100 and 199 SUM IIF ds EntryDays gt 100 AND lt ds EntryDays gt lt 199 1 0 Th
95. former database is by using the Restore Database option to recover a backup created from the former database This procedure will automatically restore the database to the new program directory path as explained above 1 0pen Porcitec 2009 click File and then Backup 2012 Agritec Software Installation 2 Select the appropriate database 3 Select a Destination Directory for the backup file and click Ok 4 Open Porcitec 2012 click File and then Restore 5 Select the backup file from the location you just saved it to when you created it and then click Ok Custom Report Designs Current version of Porcitec uses a new folder to place the user reports You must manually move the contents of your user folder to a new directory 1 Open Porcitec 2 Click Reports menu at top of your screen not the icon 3 Click Open user report folder This opens Windows Explorer to the Porcitec directory 4 You will see a highlighted folder called Default This is where the user reports must be moved to 5 Expand the Reports folder above Now you will see the the old US folder Click on the US folder to see your user reports 6 Copy the user reports from the Reports US folder and paste to the UserReports Default folder 7 Close Porcitec and re open and your user reports are restored Handheld Device If you are using a Pocket PC unit please update your device to NET Compact Framework 3 5 and Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3 5 SP1 for Win
96. in the Options menu to set up your farm See Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm You can access Options from the main menu To enter data into animal records 1 In main menu click Event Entry button iG Event Entry 2 Click green Fast Event Entry button if it is not pressed 3 Enter the Female ID and press Enter 2012 Agritec Software 2 Porcitec Manual 2012 Event Entry mmx eS Add Gy Consult 3d Options Help O Fast Event Entry o 8 Female Id 4074 xl Dei 16 02 07 ij Insemination v Event Type Semen Technician Dose Hour Breeding Group Comment Close Date Description 12 02 07 Inseminat 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 0123 12 02 07 Inseminat 12 02 07 Inseminat 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 3452 Dose 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 595 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 5667 Dose 2 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 5667 Dose 2 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 2 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 595 Dose 3 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 4 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 4 14 02 07 Inseminat Semen 625 PI 19 Location Status u Cy p TPO 1 gt 4 Enter the event date in Date and press Enter 5 Select the Event Type If the female does not exist in the database only the Enter event is available 6 Fill in the remaining fields You can ente
97. it is not installed in your computer 2 Install Porcitec for network multi computer environment mode and download and install Agritec Extensions package 2012 Agritec Software 16 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 8 5 11 8 6 Operation 1 Go to Synchronize Automatic Feeding System and select Nedap Velos option 2 Click Start button to update the female data of the Automatic Feeding device Notes e The female IDs need to be codified using only numbers since Velos does not support alphanumeric characters Leading zeros in Porcitec are converted to numbers in Velos For example 0035 in Porcitec database corresponds to 35 in Velos e In some Windows configurations the Firewall may ask permission for Porcitec It is necessary to approve it or Porcitec cannot connect with Velos e Females removed in Porcitec are not removed in Velos with the synchronization You must remove them manually e By default all locations are managed by the Automatic Feeding System Use Options Locations to define the locations not managed by the Automatic Feeding System ComplIdent Schauer Agrotronic GmbH Operation 1 Go to Synchronize Automatic Feeding System and select CompIdent option 2 Enter the path of file name where the AFS data will be saved Then you must use the import option of your AFS device to import the generated file Least cost feed formulation Rations module can calculate the formula according to the Least Cost Feed strategy Le
98. least 100 MBPS Ethernet Operating System While Firebird and Porcitec will run on Windows 98 and ME they are not appropriate OSs for supporting a database server Windows NT 2000 XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Vista and Windows 7 are all acceptable choices In terms of stability the single most important thing you can do no matter which OS you use is reduce the number of other programs running on the Firebird server It is recommended building the server machine from scratch formatting all hard drives and reinstalling the operating system when possible 2012 Agritec Software Installation 53 3 14 Renewing the License Code It is necessary to renew the License Code periodically even if you have Studio or Professional editions For these editions the renewal is free of charge Enterprise and Ultimate subscriptions must be renewed annually See http agritecsoft com fag id must i renew my llicense perio 1 Go to http www agritecsoft com web site 2 Click Customer Space 3 Enter your Email and password to authenticate you then click Enter You received this information in an e mail sent to you when your created the order 4 Click the desired pack you may have more than one 5 Click Get License Code 6 Be sure to select the correct license code version that applies to your installed version of Porcitec You can see the version number in the top bar of Porcitec in the main menu screen or in the About Porcitec menu
99. left panel of filters 3 Select Served in Status leave All Dates in Range 4 Click Ok to see the result 5 Click Save Report to save the customized report 6 Enter a name for the report for example Served Females Close the report and click User sheet Double click the Served Females report that you have created to see a list of served females Use multiple filters for more complex criteria Simply click Filtering 2012 Agritec Software button of the Preview window to redefine the filter See the following topics for more examples See Report Designers for advanced reports 14 5 Introduction to user defined filters 14 5 1 Defining ranges Ranges are a powerful Porcitec feature used in filtering reports They allow you to define one or more groups of records The ranges are separated by spaces For example to select a group of female Ids for a report you can enter 102 30 H34 in the Id code range box The above selection is very simple it includes the females with Id 102 30 and H34 Intervals The colon allows you to specify the minimum and maximum of a range such as MIN MAX For example continuing with the previous example 102 110 includes all females with an Id between and including 102 to 110 To indicate a lower or upper limit you can leave blank the minimum or maximum For example 102 includes all females with an ID 102 or higher 110 includes all females with an ID 110 or lower Keep in mind that Porcite
100. litter may be carried out using farm specific criteria The user may have a list of animals recorded in an external file and wish to add them into the Porcitec database The data can be from the same farm or from another farm File format Text file separated by semi colon Position Value Dam ID Litter ID Birth date in yyyy mm dd or Porcitec format Sire ID Sex 0 female 1 male Genetics Id Prefix N BW N e pig Id multiple Ids must be separated by comma The text file must be like PLAS 128200671271 Ses ER Ss In the above example the line 1 denotes Dam ID P123 Litter ID L123 Birth date 2006 12 1 Sire ID SI23 Sex Female pig IDs PR3 and PR5 Porcitec by default uses the data extracted from the database according to the Litter ID however the data provided by the file has prevalence over the litter related data To import the data 1 Click Farm and then Pending Processing Event in the main menu 2 Click Fill In 2012 Agritec Software 22 Porcitec Manual 2012 18 6 3 Under Import From External Files click Import 4 Select the file to import 5 Select Offspring Entry and click OK 6 You will see the imported data in the grid Click Process button to process the data See Also Using MS Excel to prepare data Import multiple events from Agritec Excel format Porcitec can import data from a Microsoft Excel document This format is Ag
101. new database for reference purposes but events that occurred before the Arrival transfer date are not included in most reports Prior events will appear in gray color in the Female File indicating that they occurred in another farm database Transfer Date Removal Reason and Comment fields are asked when selecting this export option 2012 Agritec Software Importing and exporting data 279 Important You must choose the Arrival Date transfer date given to the animal in the recipient farm All animal events equal to or after the Arrival Date will be counted as if they occurred in the recipient farm For example if you transfer females of weaned status and do not want their wean event to be counted in the recipient farm choose an Arrival Date later than the weaning date Exported animals will be automatically placed in Batch Entry Removal event in the donor farm You must go to Event Entry Batch Removal event and process these events to add a removal event to the animals in the donor farm Transfer Individual directly to Breeding Herd If this checkbox is on and the exported animal is in the Individual file it is automatically moved to the Breeding Herd in the donor farm and given an Entry date Xml File Enter the name and path of the XML file and save it This file will be used to import the females into the recipient database The OK button creates the file on your computer This file can also be copied to a USB memory stick
102. number born alive record on the dam minus the average of the adjusted number born alive records of her contemporary group W the adjusted 21 day litter weight record on the dam minus the average of the adjusted 21 day litter weight records of her contemporary group 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Individual file 129 8 Individual file 8 1 Individual file Individual Pig Records is for managing a growing animal individually The animal may be raised for special purposes such as for sale or replacement as a breeding animal or for showing at competition This file allows the recording of values like birthdate sire dam genealogy weight gain condition treatment heat detection and other details for an animal individually If young animals are being raised for replacement into the breeding herd they are referred to as prospective breeding animals In this case the function of Individual Pig Records is to record information such as sire dam breed and birthdate so when the animal is selected to enter the breeding herd this data can be transferred automatically to the animal s record without having to re enter the data Use the Move to Breeding Herd event to transfer the animals into the breeding herd Female file They will be given an Entry date with the same date as the move event Note Prospective breeding females added into Individual file are not co
103. numbers of weaned pigs weighed in period or cohort AVERAGE WEANING WEIGHT WEAN LITTER 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Formula Sum of live weights of weaned pigs weighed Ib in period or cohort Count of wean litters weaned and weighed in period or cohort BEGINNING FEMALE BREEDING INVENTORY The number of mated and unmated breeding females on the first day of the report period BREEDING FEED LB LB OF WEANED PIG The weight of breeding herd feed and creep feed consumed in the production of one unit weight of weaned pig Formula Weight of breeding herd feed Ib weight of creep feed disappeared in period or cohort Sum of live weights of weaned pigs Ib in period or cohort BREEDING FEED LB WEANED PIG The weight of breeding herd feed and creep feed consumed in the production of one weaned pig Formula Weight of breeding herd feed Ib weight of creep feed disappeared in period or cohort Sum of numbers of weaned pigs in period or cohort BREEDING FEED EXPENSE PORK BREEDING FEMALE YR Formula Breeding production stage feed expense pork 365 Average breeding female inventory days in period 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 413 BREEDING FEED EXPENSE PORK WEANED PIG PRODUCED Formula Breeding production stage feed expense pork Sum of numbers of weaned pigs in period BREEDING FEED EXPENSE TO GROSS REVENUE PORK W
104. or another file compression utility Then upload this zip file to the Agritec Server to for conversion See Converting the database topic Import from PigWin Important note This article is for the original PigWin version 2 5 or lower Agrovision a Dutch company purchased PigWin rights in America in September 2005 and is selling PigManager under the PigWin name If you are using PigWin Agrovision powered please see Import from PigManager 2012 Agritec Software Database conversion 273 PigWin uses a database called Paradox which is composed of several files You must compact them and send them to Agritec Software 1 Search for the database folder Go to Windows Search and enter SHISTORY DB Click Ok and you will see the folder where this file is located Other files that you can find in this folder are SOWS DB MATES DB or FARRS DB 2 Compact the entire folder using Winzip or any other similar tools If you use Windows XP or Vista you can simply click on this folder using the right button of the mouse and you will see a list of options to compress the folder 3 Use the Agritec Services to get the new database See Converting the database topic 17 4 Import from SwineBooks SwineBooks uses a database called Microsoft SQL Server which is composed of two files 1 Compact your database using Winzip or any other similar zip tool If you use Windows XP or Vista you can simply click on this file using the right button of the mouse
105. report or click Open 2 In the Breakdown box select Databases In the Value box you have several options to choose from e All will select all databases in the directory Each database will be a column on the report e Select Multiple will open up another screen where you can select multiple databases of your choosing Click the farm database you want to add to your report then click the Add button You can add as many as you choose 2012 Agritec Software Multi farm analysis 363 e Range gives you the option to consolidate some farms while comparing to another For example entering FARM1 FARM2 FARM3 FARM4 in the Ranges box would show 3 columns on the report The first column is farm FARM1 the second is farm FARM2 and the third is the consolidated results of farms FARM3 FARM4 How to do a consolidation analysis report 1 Go to Reports Analysis and then double click in Performance Analysis report 2 In the Breakdown box select the desired breakdown dates parity 3 Click the Filters sheet 4 Select Databases in the Select Filter Option 5 In the Value box you can select the databases to merge 20 3 Agritec Online Agritec Online is a Web based data management tool developed for companies managing multiple farms It offers intra company benchmarking dashboard custom design reporting and customized data distribution and collection You can see more information at http agritecsoft com en porcitec agritec
106. restored into the herd by simply deleting the Removal event Event fields Event Date Removal Type Removal Cause Weight Comment 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Male file 135 9 Male file 9 1 Boars In the Male file you will code the breeding males used for natural matings and semen collection on the farm Purchased semen can be recorded directly into the Semen file Each male can have an alphanumerical Id of up to ten characters You can record birthdate genetics sire dam and other information Males used for semen collection can have a semen collection event added to their file which will automatically add the semen inventory to the Semen file 9 2 Events 9 2 1 Location This defines the locations of the farm It is only necessary to define locations if you use Group File automatic feeding systems or RFID for locations Location Location ID Capacity Number of head allowed in this location Stage Related stage for this location A group can be defined by its stage of production For example a nursery pig may be up to 70 lbs live weight then may move into the finisher stage In some farms there may be only one stage defined for example Pigs can move directly into the finisher stage at weaning You may want to create a stage for breeding to record the purchase of replacement females and the sale of breeding culls You may define severa
107. row The Sex and Weight column can be assigned manually Click Save button The weaned offspring are transferred to the Individual file and a Weaning event is added to the female Weaning A Weaning event is added to the record of a lactating female when all her Pigs have been removed for placement into the nursery Her status will now change from Lactating to Weaned unless another preweaned litter is given to her using the Nurse On event In this case her status remains Lactating until she weans the nurse litter Therefore a female may have more than one Weaning event per lactation A litter of weaned animals may optionally be added to the group File by identifying a nursery Group ID a destination location and entering the litter weight at weaning Note If Group IDs are assigned to a group that already exists it adds them and calculates the average age Once weaned the animals will be put in the growing file along with all their corresponding data birthdate genetics group etc 2012 Agritec Software 18 Porcitec Manual 2012 7 6 17 7 6 18 7 6 19 Event fields Event Date Date of weaning Num weaned Number of animals weaned Total weight Total weight for all weaned If you know the average weight then you can enter before the weight and Porcitec will automatically calculate the total weight multiplying the average weight for the number weaned Group ID Id for the growing file Location New loca
108. service date in the period The count of females observed not pregnant with a service date in the period The sum of days from service to observed not pregnant of females with a service date in the period The total number of services in the period Includes repeat services The total number of 1st services in the period The total number of services in the period served lt 7 days after weaning The total number of AI services in the period includes repeat services The total number of natural mating services in the period includes repeat services The number of females served to farrow in the period Birthing rate Birthings ServicesPeriodBirth 100 The number of females served to farrow in the period excluding those that did not have an opportunity to farrow Birthing rate Birthings ServicesPeriodBirthAdj 100 The sum of born alive to all birthing events from females with a service date in the period ServMatings ServPDNegative ServPDNegativeInt ServRemovals ServRemovalsInt ServRepeatInt ServRepeats ServStillborn ServTotalWeaned ServUnknownResult Stillborn SumBirthingFstServ SumBirthParity SumBirthWeight SumGestationLen Summary SumParityCulled SumWeanLitterAges SumWeanWeight TotalWeaned 266 Porcitec Manual 2012 Matings with service in period The count of females with negative pregnancy diagnosis events with a service date in the period The sum of days fr
109. slaughtered by month and parity ss 330 Pie chart for the removal reasons of females removed in 2004 931 Count of females served in January by 332 Count of females served in January with postive preg check by 333 Age at death of pre w eaned teme triente dente fente de ie de media fete 334 Average number and of stillborns born to females induced to farrow 335 Distribution of removed females by parity Distribution of removed females by removal reason Comparing a treatment group to a control group issus Fail to farrow ing breakdOW h iere creciente inei rnit ree aea Esp e neo nine eee tete Farrow ing rate by entry date seen 2012 Agritec Software Contents 13 Farrowing rate byservice day ne de t 340 Abortions by days of gestation sise 340 Distribution of treatments by treatment name sen 341 Lactation feed intake on subsequent litter size 341 Average parity of removed females by age at first service ss 341 Total born litter size of females served more than 7 days after Weaning 342 Treatments within 30 days after farrow ing ses 342 Age atfirst heat not served eee La eere
110. the date of the following Weaning event 2012 Agritec Software TransferredOut UnmatedFemaleDays WeanFstServ WeanFstServDays Weanings7Service WeanRemovalNotServedDays Week 16 12 Comment IID_FEMALE IID_PARITY Comment ComDate 16 13 Log Variables 267 The number of females removed in the period with a removal type of transferred The sum of all female days during the period of females entered into the breeding herd but not yet mated The sum of days from the wean event to the first mating event for females with a first mating post weaning in the period The sum of days from the wean event to the first mating event for females served in the period Number of wean and nurse off events in the period with a subsequent service lt 7 days The sum of wean to removal interval days in not served females removed in the period Codified week number year 100 week number Foreign key to related female Foreign key to related parity Comment Date of the comment event The Log table is used to track modifications in the database It can be useful in multi user environments The table is called LOG LDATE Date and time when the database has been modified LUSER User name that has modified the database LTYPE Operation type 0 Add an event in animal file 1 Edit an event in animal file 2 Delete an event from animal file LSUBTYPE When LTYPE is 0 1 or 2 LSUBTYPE is an event code Each event h
111. the finisher stage at weaning You may want to create a stage for breeding to record the purchase of replacement females and the sale of breeding culls You may define several stages hot nursery cold nursery pre grower 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 5 20 5 21 5 22 grower pre finisher and finisher This system is flexible enough to be applied to any management system Production Stages must be predefined in the Options section When you create your Group its stage is tied with the group using the current location EID Electronic ID for the location The RFID handheld can read location values directly from the transponder instead of typing them Location Managed by Automatic Feeding System Some Automatic Feeding System devices need location information Check this box to send the location data to the device Removal Reasons In this section you will code the various reasons that animals are removed from the herd Enter the most common reasons for culling and deaths for both breeding and growing animals See also Defining codifications Using Event Browser to merge codifications Preweaning death reasons In this section you will code the various death reasons of pre weaned animals See also Defining codifications Using Event Browser to merge codifications Treatments In this section you will code the Treatments used on the farm These will include any medications or vaccinations used
112. the load to the server 2012 Agritec Software 368 Porcitec Manual 2012 20 7 Introduction to Statistical Process Control or SPC Statistical Process Control SPC can be applied to herd management processes A process has one or more outputs as depicted in the figure below These outputs in turn have measurable attributes SPC is based on the idea that these attributes have two sources of variation natural also known as common and assignable also known as special causes If the observed variability of the attributes of a process is within the range of variability from natural causes the process is said to be under statistical control The practitioner of SPC tracks the variability of the process to be controlled When that variability exceeds the range to be expected from natural causes one then identifies and corrects assignable causes Identify and Correct Assignable Cause Measure SPC is a powerful tool to optimize the amount of information needed for use in making management decisions SPC provides real time analysis to establish controllable process baselines learn set and dynamically improve process capabilities SPC moves away from opinion based decision making These benefits of SPC cannot be obtained immediately by all organizations SPC requires defined processes and a discipline of following them It requires a climate in which personnel are not punished when problems are detected and strong management comm
113. the most accurate method of record keeping and monitoring In order to use this system you must be able to record the feed being consumed on an individual group basis Monitored Flow system This is very similar to the All In All Out system except the feed or financial information is not specific for each group For example one bin may feed several groups in a location As in the AI AO system the groups are created and remain intact until they are finally sold or transferred The financial and feed information is entered using the Cost Centers which links groups fed from a common feed source Continuous Flow system In this situation animals are moved in and out on a continuous basis with the group remaining permanently open Groups of animals being moved in cannot be directly linked to the same animals being moved out Feed is also delivered on a continuous basis and cannot be directly assigned to any particular age group of animals This is the least accurate method of record keeping for grow finish herds Which system am I using If you are not clear about which system you are using then you must ask you the following two questions Do you keep the animals in individual groups If No then the system is Continuous Flow System If Yes then the next question is Can you record feed delivered to animals on an individual group basis If No then the system is Monitored Flow system If yes then the system is All In All Out
114. the path of the database in the connection Do not use mapped paths for remote connections you must use the real path Check the hard disk If this error appears when a client is trying to open the database and another is already connected probably you have installed Porcitec in single user mode Reinstall it selecting network mode 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 21 5 21 6 21 7 21 8 21 9 ISC ERROR CODE 335544721 Unable to complete network request These problems are often caused by firewalls Try disabling all firewalls and use the Windows XP SP2 network config program Now if Porcitec works correctly it means the problem was the firewall You must enable them again to protect your system Finally you must open the Firebird port in your firewalls If you are using the Firewall included in Windows go to Control Panel Firewall Click Exceptions and click Add Port Enter 3050 as port Firebird default See Remote Connection in Open Farm for more information ISC ERROR CODE 335544831 Access to UDF library AgrFireUDF dll is denied by server administrator You will get this error when Firebird cannot register or use a function in the UDF library Possible reasons 1 The system has not been restarted after the Firebird installation 2 The UDF library file does not exists Check UDF subdirectory of your Firebird installation Perhaps you installed a new version of Firebird and did not copy the needed UD
115. the period The sum days from first service to conception in the period The sum days from first service to removal in the period The sum of days of all females gestating in the period A female contributes one gestation day for each day she is between conception and birthing in the period The total number of conceptions positive pregnancy check that return to heat It includes services with ServResult R O orA The number of Heat Not Served events in the period 2012 Agritec Software HNSUnmated HomospermicServices LactatingDays LastWeaned LittersWeaned Liveborn LiveBornLitWeaned MatedFemaleDays MultipleMatings Mummies NaturalLittersWeaned NaturalTotalWeaned NetFostered NonProductiveDays NurseOff NWeaned POAbortions POConceptions POConceptions1 Variables 263 The number of Heat Not Served events to unmated females in the period The total number of homospermic services all matings with same male The sum days of all females lactating in the period A female contributes one day for each day she was lactating during the period beginning on the date of her farrow event and ending with the date of her last wean event Total number of animals weaned from females with their last Weaning or Nurse Off event in the period The number of litters weaned in the period includes litters weaned from a nurse on event The sum of born alive to all birthing events in the period
116. the register ID field when the primary ID is modified Type Select the field name to change You have a choice of Animal ID Electronic ID Register ID and several user fields New Value New value that will replace the current value Feed in This tracks the feed consumed by an animal individually This area of data entry is essentially designed to view data received from electronic feed systems since manually entering feed weights and associated information per individual on even a moderate size herd is often considered to be excessively time consuming User event There are three User events that allow the entry of any custom event into the record of an animal For example you might want to record blood test results see Serology results for more information Or you might want to create a User event called Post birthing Then all comments pertaining to birthing can be entered using this user event It is used for filtering when creating reports Also it can be used for trial purposes by defining a subset of females and comparing variables 2012 Agritec Software 18 Porcitec Manual 2012 9 2 8 9 2 9 9 2 10 Offspring weaning Weans the individual from the dam It indicates when the individual is separated from the dam It automatically adds the weaning event in the dam history when all individuals of the litter have been weaned See Automatically dry off the dam with Individual wean at Options See also
117. then Update Web DataMart ui Sync Server E 5 TY Web Server http online agritecsoft com User Name ScottMakamoto Password Enter the login data and click Ok In the next form select the farms that you want to extract the summary from Usually you need to use From Last 6 Months or at least a gestation length in the date selector The reason is because some events that occur in recent time periods are affected by events that occurred some months ago For example a farrowing is the result of a service event which occurred some time ago When you click Ok the application will begin to analyze each database to extract a summary and upload it to the Web server I can take several minutes to hours depending on the database size and your computer Export detailed databases to Web The update is done in two steps exporting databases to a file and then uploading it In this way a farm without an internet connection can be included 2012 Agritec Software Multi farm analysis 367 For updating complete databases click File in main menu then Export Detailed Databases to Web Server Select the databases that you want to upload You can upload multiple databases at one time Then enter the file path of the generated file in the Output File box This path must be accessible from the server computer in remote connections You can use mapped
118. then copy the database FDB extension file to the appropriate directory in the server computer Then create the connection to the new database by clicking Open Database in the File menu then select Add Connection and type the path 2 If Porcitec is installed in the server computer you can create the new database directly and it is added automatically 4 2 Open database When opening Porcitec for the first time you must define the database connections This tells Porcitec the directory path on your computer or network where the database resides Porcitec can work with one or more databases The Open Database option is used to select the farm to open and to define the connections path of each database A Porcitec database is a file with fdb extension such as Database fdb or MyData fdb In Windows Vista or Windows 7 the database is located by default in the folder ProgramData Agritec Porcitec 2012 Databases In Windows XP it will be located at C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Porcitec 2012 Databases 2012 Agritec Software s Porcitec Manual 2012 Data Base X Select Data Base EET Add Connection Delete Connection Database Information 1 File f Agritec Develop Ramat D ata mohan fdb Size 3172 Date 06 12 05 Open X Cancel 7 Help Add Connection Add a new database connection This does not create a new database It only defines the location of the file
119. to breeding herd This event moves an animal from the pig file to the appropriate Females or Males file when they are ready to enter the breeding herd and adds the Enter event to the appropriate Female or Male file Fields such as genetics sire dam origin etc are also transferred Code Current Id code New Code New Id code to be assigned in the male or female files optional New Location Location to be assigned in the male or female files optional Weight Present weight of animal optional 2012 Agritec Software 16 Porcitec Manual 2012 7 6 10 7 6 11 7 6 12 7 6 13 7 6 14 Transferring a batch of females to breeding herd 1 Click Event Entry button at main menu 2 Click Batch one event 3 Click icon for Individual records 4 Select Transfer to breeding herd event 5 Click Fill in button 6 Select Fill rows with result of a filtering 6 Now select your filter usually Arrival Date and enter the date range 7 The grid will fill automatically Click Process button to transfer the animal records to the breeding herd Removal The elimination of an animal from the herd is recorded with a Removal event The Removal Type death slaughter or transfer must be entered along with the reason for her removal Once the animal is removed she becomes inactive although the data remains in the database The animal can be restored into the herd by simply deleting the Removal event Event fields Even
120. to modify is the date you can modify the date and then press Alt S to save the event into the record Edit Records Fast Entry is for adding data only Animal records cannot be edited from this window To edit a record simply click the Edit History button in the left panel or Alt E keys to access the Female File for editing When you are done click the F12 key to save the changes and return to Fast Entry Porcitec allows also direct editing from the history panel in Fast Entry Double click the event you want to enter to modify it To delete an event you must access the Female file In Female File press Ctrl S to save the changes and return the cursor to the Search ID box Click F12 to return to Fast Entry How to enter bred females in a new database When you want to add your bred females into a new database as you build your herd inventory the following instructions will help you get started In this topic we will show how to enter data using the Fast Event Entry method recommended Fast Event Entry method 1 In main menu click Farm and then Fast Entry 2 Enter the new female Id 3 The first event in a female record must be the Entry event Type the Entry date in the Date field This date must be the same or earlier than her service date 4 Now select Female Entry in Event Type Fill the data fields of your choice You can hide fields you do not use in Options menu Event fields 5 After entering through the last field
121. two ways from the device to server and from server to device This option updates the animal histories and recorded events For updating the codifications or options it is necessary to use the USB Link method USB Link Click USB Link to establish the communication with the host computer This option requires Porcitec to be installed in a PC and an USB cable connected to the device The data can move from device to host computer updating the host or from host to device updating the device 2012 Agritec Software 176 13 2 6 Porcitec Manual 2012 View Cards Show the animal history card Enter the ID and click Go You can configure which fields to display using Result Sheet in Options menu of Porcitec Totals Show a summary of recorded data for checking purposes Delete Events Delete events saved in the Pocket PC Delete All Events deletes all recorded events Delete Sent Events only deletes the events already sent to the server This last option is only useful for Net Sync Farm Select the default farm QuickData can manage multiple farms Default Date Enter the default date for the device Network Setup Enter the user password and server provided by Agritec Software if you are using the Net Sync option Ping to QuickData Server It checks the communication between the device and the server for Net Sync option Preferences Define the preferences Autofill After entering an event the form wi
122. units If you are using a remote server additionally you need to specify the real path for the server in Destination Directory Server Path You can leave it in blank if you are not using a remote server For example Output File U MyTempFolder MyFile zip Destination Directory Server Path C Agritec MyTempFolder Output File uses a mapped unit U that points to C Agritec in the server In other words U MyTempFolder folder from the client computer is the same folder as C Agritec MyTempFolder in the server computer Click Ok to start the process After the file has been generated you can upload the file immediately or you can copy it to a memory stick for upload at a later time Confirmation 25 Operation Finished Correctly Do you want to upload the file now T If you click Yes the web browser is opened Enter your login and password for the Agritec Online system and click Login button In the next form select the generated file and click Upload link Your databases will be uploaded to the Web server If you lose the connection you can go to the upload Web page directly and start the uploading again It is not necessary to begin the export process in the application After the upload has finished your database is in a pipeline ready to automatically update your online database and to feed your online reports with the new data This update process can take some hours depending on
123. weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period 16 AVERAGE SALE PRICE NURSERY PIG SOLD Formula Gross revenue pork nursery pigs 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Sum of numbers of nursery pigs sold in period LIVE WEIGHT GAIN LB NURSERY PIG Average total live weight of gain of a pig in the nursery production stage Formula Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at end of period Ib sum of live weights of nursery pigs at beginning of period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs sold in period Ib sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period lb sum of live weights of standard nursery purchased Ib in period sum of live weights of substandard nursery purchased Ib in period Sum of numbers of nursery pigs at beginning of period sum of numbers of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period sum of numbers of nursery pigs purchased into nursery in period Sum of numbers of nursery pigs at end of period LIVE WEIGHT SOLD LB STANDARD NURSERY PIG The average live weight of a group of standard nursery pigs Formula Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of numbers of standard nursery pigs sold in period or cohort LIVE WEIGHT SOLD SUBSTANDARD NURSERY PIG The averag
124. weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery in period Ib 100 NURSERY FEED EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW Formula Nursery production stage feed expense pork in period Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at beginning of period Ib 2012 Agritec Software 44 Porcitec Manual 2012 Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib 4 Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery in period Ib NURSERY FEED EXPENSE TO TOTAL FEED EXPENSE PORK Formula Nursery production stage feed expense pork Total feed expense pork NURSERY FEED LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT Ratio of feed disappearance to live weight gain measured in the nursery production stage Formula Weight of nursery feed disappeared Ib in period or cohort Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib 4 Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live we
125. would like to see a list of active males with the following information Code location register Id birth date entry date and score sorted by code The setup screen for the Query report is shown below Tables INDIVIDUAL Columns ID LOCATION REGISTERID BIRTHDATE ENTRYDATE SCORE Criteria ISACTIVE 1 AND SEX M AND ANTYPE B Sorting ID Or you can use SQL directly ELECT ID LOCATION REGISTERID BIRTHDATE ENTRYDATE SCOR ROM INDIVIDUAL HERE ISACTIVE 1 AND SEX M AND ANTYPE B RDERTBY TD les y ez 800 19 2 1 20 Farrowing interval I have unusually high values of farrowing interval in May 2007 I would like to see a list of females by ID and their farrowing intervals for this period The setup screen for the Query report is shown below Tables ParityEx Columns ID BirthingDate BirthingInt Criteria BirthingDate BETWEEN 2007 5 1 AND 2007 5 31 Sorting BirthingDate ID 19 2 1 21 Service result and male data I want to see the services for the year 2007 including service date female result male male genetics male birthdate and register ID of male Use Query report designer The SQL statement is shown below SET TECI ServiceResult ServDate ServiceResult Id ServiceResult ServResult ServiceResult ServMale ServiceResult ServMaleGenetics 2012 Agritec Software 306 Porcitec Manual 2012 Individual Id In
126. 00 Avg parity of culled females Expression SumParityCulled Culled Female deaths Expression Deaths Death rate Expression Deaths 365 FemaleDays Avg nonproductive days female year Expression NonProductiveDays 365 FemaleDays 14 6 2 group reports It is important to understand how group reports work The report you select to monitor feed usage inventory and growth performance for group lots should be determined by the way you have defined your animal groups in the Group Lot file Make sure you verify that the Type field in the Current Status sheet of the Group Lot file is selected based on the usual pig flow type for that group lot It is also important to select a Stage so you can use it as a filter in reports Please see Growth performance by period Dynamic Continuous Flow This is a statistical report which shows population and growth performance trends over one or more periods of time Each column is a time period This report is used for dynamic continuous flow groups Calculations are based using the beginning and ending inventory of time periods For this reason it is important to enter an Inventory event that includes the measured or estimated total weights to coincide with the ending date of your desired report periods Growth performance by period Static All in All out This is a statistical report which shows population and growth performance trends for groups of animals that share a common
127. 1 0 gt gt ez m __ Porcitec Manual 2012 2012 Agritec Software LA ji Ww Note To change the product logo for your own print manual or PDF click Tools gt Manual Designer and modify the print manual template Title page 1 Use this page to introduce the product by Agritec Software This is Title Page 1 you may use this page to introduce your product show title author copyright company logos etc This page intentionally starts on an odd page so that it is on the right half of an open book from the readers point of view This is the reason why the previous page was blank the previous page is the back side of the cover Porcitec Manual 2012 2012 Agritec Software All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use
128. 1 19 1 20 Pageteader ReportTitle wvweagecsof con PORCITEC TGetVarFarm FarmName 1 Licensedto GetVarFam Licensed Printed FormatDate Date Ver 83 1 4 fer dFiter 4 Page Page ColumnHeader ColumnHeader 1 true A 4 BottomMargir 1 r ae de ae alr Event a ar Code Location Register ID_ Genetics Status Date Parity Entry Group 495 79 95 7 ds REGISTE ds GENETICS STATU FormatD ds C JFormatDat ds CURG Footer Footer 1 Females included Avg parity AVG ds MirrorMargin false h E nux Paget Average age months DaysToTe Orientation poPortrait xl background page picture 1 M ot eo BE os 4 1 Remove the fields that you do not need by selecting each of them with the mouse and then click the DEL key Then arrange the remaining fields to the left side of the layout In this example I only want the ID and the location fields os eal rinneu vinmauzaie a 19 4 Ver 8 3 1 JFilter 4 Pa gePage ColumnHeader ColumnHeader 1 r ar E Code Location 105 79 195 71 Footer Footer1 Females included COUN Avg parity JAVG lt ds Average age months DaysToTe Click File in main menu and then P
129. 1 Introduction 1 1 Introduction This is a computer program that manages and controls production data for farm animals at both the individual and herd level Its basic working principle is to create relevant and effective reports capable of assisting farm managers employees and consultants in the management of the livestock farm This program can generate reports in the form of lists statistics or charts that will schedule daily routine operations monitor the performance of the herd and help diagnose and control production issues Reports can be modified or custom designed to serve the needs of the user Before using Porcitec for the first time it is strongly recommended that you devote some time to read and understand the manual Aside from learning to install Porcitec you will learn how to use the software and become acquainted with its features and how to customize it for your farm You will also obtain information regarding advanced topics such as the definition of new calculated variables and you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions With the electronic wizardry available today there seems to be no limit to what we can measure and record The challenge of course is to select what we measure very carefully making sure the information we gather has a purpose and a payback potential Note This manual is the same for all editions of Porcitec Express Professional Studio and Enterprise Some options may be no
130. 12 47 12 46 12 97 v I want to see the distribution of females that return by days to return service using the following ranges from 0 to 15 days from 16 to 21 days from 22 to 38 from 39 to 42 and 43 or more Only include services in year 2004 Use the Histogram report designer The setup screen is shown below 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 329 Table SERVICEEX Variable SERVRESULTDAYS Filtering SERVRESULT ReturnedToEstrus AND SERVDATE BETWEEN 1JANO4 AND 31DEC04 Axis Type Free Scale Classes 0 15 16 21 22 38 39 42 43 The Histogram report is shown below Distribution 7509 Number ra Total 1293 Percent 24 8 t 15 21 FEMALES RETURNED DAYS Click any bar to show more information Filtering SERVRESULT R AND SERVDATE BETWEEN JANOS AND 31C 2012 Agritec Software 330 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 16 Females entered by month and genetic line I need to provide data for all females that entered the farm by month by genetic line from 29 Dec 2003 through the present time Use Query report designer The SQL statement is SELECT EXTRACT YEAR FROM ENTRYDATE AS ENTRY YEAR EXTRACT MONTH FROM ENTRYDATE AS ENTRY MONTH GENETICS COUNT FROM FEMALE WHERE ENTRYDATE gt 2003 DEC 29 GROUP BY EXTRACT YEAR FRO
131. 2 event Farrowing date or nurse on date Average adjusted liveborn litter size of the contemporary group Average adjusted litter weight of the contemporary group Date of conception service of the offspring or litter Number of animals with adjusted weights Number of nurse on events with recorded age Number of offspring or litters with weaning weights Ending lactation date Date when lactation status changes to another status by a new event It excludes a lactation initiated within the same parity if the inter lactation period is more than 3 days such as an Abortion event followed by a Nurse On event End date of the parity It can be empty next farrowing date or removal date Feed consumption during parity Number of preweaned fostered off a lactating female with a foster event Number of preweaned fostered on a lactating female with a foster event Date of the first Heat Not Served event in the parity First service date in the parity after entry or after weaning The number of days from a farrowing to the conception service in the previous parity Foreign key to user fields of farrowing event Foreign key to the conception service Internal female ID Foreign key to the first service within the parity Foreign key to the last service within the parity Foreign key to the last treatment within the parity Internal parity ID Foreign key to previous parity 2012 Agritec Software Induced LactationFeedIn LactationLen
132. 2000 XP and Vista In Windows NT4 2000 and XP open Control Panel gt Services NT or Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services 2000 XP Vista Note On Windows 2000 XP and Vista the Guardian is a convenience rather than a necessity since these two operating systems have the facility to watch and restart services Windows 9x or ME On Windows 9x or ME Firebird server should be running as an application monitored by the Guardian The Guardian s icon should appear in the tray with a green graphic If the icon is flashing or showing as a red graphic it indicates that Guardian is either attempting to start the server or has failed If you used an installation kit that installed but did not automatically start the Guardian and the Firebird server you can use a Control Panel applet to control the starting and stopping of the Firebird server See also Firewall information Firewall information If your computer uses a firewall other than the firewall that comes with the Microsoft Windows operating system such as a firewall from a network router or virus scanner and you share Porcitec database with a computer that is outside your firewall Porcitec may not be able to open the port that is needed for database sharing to work If you have difficulty sharing your Porcitec database with users outside your firewall you must open TCP port 3050 Check your firewall documentation to find out how to open this port
133. ATINGS 1 00 MATINGS ERVBIRT LOO SERVED TOTALBORN AS TOTA ERVIC HING ES AS MATINGS AS MATINGP LBORN SERVICERESULT HERE MATINGS gt 1 R HING AS TOTALBORN ERVDAT E BETW I GG IUE z 0 OUR Eager Ainslie ERTEYTPRAREIY S S ERVHOUR1 ERVHOURI The Query report is shown below ERS AS BIRTHINGS RATI EN 2003 JAN 01 AS AVG_TOTALBORN AND 2003 JUN 30 Gi Query gt 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 PIRE EN PARITY SERVHOURI SERVICES By Export MATINGS MATINGPE BIRTHING 396 407 596 637 189 252 40 69 167 254 281 104 176 246 271 91 1116 1120 1694 1742 523 695 1270 2 81 2 75 2 83 2 73 2 76 2 75 2 88 2 73 2 64 2 83 2 92 2 84 2 89 2 88 2 92 2 84 2 83 295 329 422 496 157 201 328 364 110 136 206 229 92 153 214 230 ge 19 2 3 15 Distribution of returns by days to return service RATE 74 49 80 83 70 56 77 86 83 06 79 76 74 54 77 61 81 43 81 88 81 49 66 46 86 29 84 87 90 1 TOTALBORN 3131 3487 4568 5394 1805 2247 3788 4032 1322 1609 2532 2733 1152 1954 2670 2867 1064 r v UJ Jog Kj Chose AYG TOTALBORN 10 61 10 59 10 82 10 85 11 49 11 17 11 54 11 07 12 01 11 83 12 17 11 93 12 52 12 77
134. Conceptions POPosPregResult POServices POServices1 POSumConceptionAges PiBirthings P1CountBirthingAges PiFemaleDays PiSumBirthingAges PeriodDays PluriparaDays PosPregResult RecordedPWDeaths Parity 0 females Count of parity 0 females with ages at first service Count of days of age at conception for females with their first birthing event in the period The number of females in inventory on the last day of the period without a birthing event in their record The sum of all female days during the period of females without a birthing event in their record The number of entered Unmated Parity 0 females with a first mating event in the period The sum of first service to conception interval days for parity 0 females with a conception service in the period The sum of first service to removal interval days for parity 0 females removed in the period The total number of conceptions positive pregnancy check that return to heat in nulliparas It includes services with ServResult R O or A Number of parity 0 females with positive pregnancy checks events in the period The total number of parity 0 services in the period includes repeat services The total number of 1st services in the period for parity O females The sum of days of age at conception for females with their first birthing event in the period The number of birthings by first parity females in the period Count of days of age at birth
135. Database restore Note that database files have a fdb extension while backup files have a fbk extension For more detailed information please see topic on Database Management 3 7 Machine configuration Under File menu this option applies settings to the application not the database User Report Folder Defines the root folder of the user reports User reports are report templates created by the report 2012 Agritec Software EN Porcitec Manual 2012 3 8 designers included in Porcitec Each report is a single file placed in a subfolder of User Report Folder By default Porcitec places the user reports in a subfolder called Default that needs to be a child of the User Report Folder Additional subfolders added to the User Report Folder will be displayed as different sheets in the Report Browser Databases Folder Defines the database folder where the databases are placed It is used for restore and new database function Landscape Printer Type Some printers in landscape mode print left to right while others print right to left Some landscape reports use all space available and margins may be cut by some printers that need to respect a minimum margin at end of page If your printer cuts some landscape reports you need to change this parameter Upgrading from former versions Upgrading Porcitec is formed by two steps 1 Install Porcitec 2 Upgrade the database and or files To install Porcitec see Porcitec ins
136. EANED PIGS Formula Breeding production stage feed expense pork 10096 Gross revenue pork weaned pigs BREEDING FEED EXPENSE TO TOTAL FEED EXPENSE PORK Formula Breeding production stage feed expense pork 10096 Total feed expense pork BREEDING FEMALE ENTRY RATE The rate at which breeding females are added to the breeding herd expressed on an annualized basis Comment Replacements are mostly unmated breeding females which are assigned Parity 0 in the record system Formula Count of breeding females entered in period 365 10096 Average breeding female inventory in period days in period BREEDING FEMALE CULLING RATE The rate at which breeding females are culled from a herd expressed on an annualized basis Formula Count of breeding females culled in period 365 100 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Average breeding female inventory in period days in period BREEDING FEMALE MORTALITY RATE The rate at which breeding females have died in herd expressed on an annualized basis Formula Count of breeding female deaths in period x 365 100 Average breeding female inventory in period days in period BREEDING FEMALE REMOVAL RATE The rate at which breeding females are removed from the herd expressed on an annualized basis Formula Count of breeding females removed in period 365 10096 Average breeding female inventory in period days in period BREEDING LABOR E
137. ERY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT Formula Nursery production stage total expense pork Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery in period Ib 100 NURSERY TOTAL EXPENSE CWT NURSERY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 427 CONTINUOUS FLOW Formula Nursery production stage total expense pork Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at beginning of period Ib 4 Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period 16 Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery in period 16 100 NURSERY TOTAL EXPENSE LB NURSERY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT Formula Nursery production stage total expense pork Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib 4 Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of nurse
138. F files as the installer deleted the old ones 3 The UDF library files are there but not readable Perhaps the user account under which the Firebird is running doesn t have privileges to read the UDF dll or so files Firebird should also have privileges the read the UDF directory both read and execute on Linux but that is rarely a problem 4 The access is restricted in firebird conf Please check your firebird conf file for UdfAccess parameter If you have multiple installations also check that your server is loading the correct firebird conf file Error 1722 The RPC server is unavailable These problems are often caused by firewalls Try disabling temporally all firewalls and use the Windows XP SP2 network config program Also Usually occurs when DNS servers are not configured properly See http support microsoft com kb 323790 Cannot attach to services manager You can create a backup file to a network mapped drive and you can also open a backup file for restore from a net mapped drive but the database you are trying to attach to has to to backup or restore must be on the very same machine where Firebird process is running on The path used on your connection string must be the complete physical path on this machine not a mapped drive Also you can try to remove the gds32 dll file in the Windows system32 directory and reinstall Firebird Illegal System DLL relocation System DLL User32 dil was relocated in memory Agrit
139. H890ytsdwghjghjfewrMVBZzqTMxHqt nmlE761 8V8XFEh0052Q 2 2 2 The License Code is the text included from to Select the text keeping the left button of the mouse pressed You MUST include these characters at the beginning and end of the text body 6 Click Register button 7 Over the edit box click the right button of the mouse and select Paste Laura Roca Agritec Software www adqgritecsoft com supportfagritecsoft com Seleccionar todo 3 Move the cursor over the selection and click the right button of the mouse Click Copy option 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 6 Click Register button 7 Over the edit box click the right button of the mouse and select Paste Laura Roca Agritec Software wyw agritecsoft com support agritecsoft com efghdth 1BN13CXI nf ghdf gh nvbn 4 Now open Porcitec from your desktop The application icon is an animal picture 5 Click File menu and then click Enter License Code 6 At the edit box click the right button of the mouse and select Paste Commercial Registration Commercial version has been paid Enter your License Code if you have purchased a comercial version of Porcitec If you have not paid for a commercial version yet If you have acquired Porcitec from Intemet or CD or promotion and have yet to pay you can use the free version You can contact www agrtecsoft com to s
140. ID to the register ID field when the primary ID is modified 2012 Agritec Software Female file Type Select the field name to change You have a choice of Animal ID Electronic ID Register ID and several user fields New Value New value that will replace the current value 7 6 6 Feedin This tracks the feed consumed by an animal individually This area of data entry is essentially designed to view data received from electronic feed systems since manually entering feed weights and associated information per individual on even a moderate size herd is often considered to be excessively time consuming 7 6 7 User event There are three User events that allow the entry of any custom event into the record of an animal For example you might want to record blood test results see Serology results for more information Or you might want to create a User event called Post birthing Then all comments pertaining to birthing can be entered using this user event It is used for filtering when creating reports Also it can be used for trial purposes by defining a subset of females and comparing variables 7 6 8 Offspring weaning Weans the individual from the dam It indicates when the individual is separated from the dam It automatically adds the weaning event in the dam history when all individuals of the litter have been weaned See Automatically dry off the dam with Individual wean at Options See also On off 7 6 9 Entry
141. ING FEMALE CULLING RATE The rate at which breeding females have been culled from the breeding production stage expressed on an annualized basis See also breeding production stage BREEDING FEMALE DAY One live breeding female for one day Comment 1 Measured at the end of the day Comment 2 animals breeding female days accumulate beginning at its entry date into the breeding herd 2012 Agritec Software 378 Porcitec Manual 2012 Comment 3 The entry date for a purchased breeding female is its date of delivery to the breeding herd Comment 4 The entry date for a raised breeding female is the date on which its status changes from prospective breeding female to unmated breeding female See also boar day breeding female breeding production stage entry date pig day mated breeding female prospective breeding female unmated breeding female BREEDING FEMALE ENTRY RATE The rate at which breeding females have been added to the breeding production stage expressed on an annualized basis Comment Replacements are mostly unmated breeding females which are assigned Parity 0 in the record system See also breeding female breeding female inventory breeding female removal rate breeding production stage BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY Sum of mated female inventory and unmated female inventory Comment 1 Abreeding female is considered part of the breeding female inventory effective of its entry date i e the
142. Installation 4 3 9 4 Network database connection Porcitec databases can be installed in one or more computers and accessed by users on remote computers in a network environment This articles will explain how to install Porcitec in a network For this example suppose the installation has 3 computers connected to a network Computer 1 e Description Placed in the central office e Computer Name OFFICE Computer 2 e Description Placed in the barn e Computer Name FARM Computer 3 e Laptop used by the veterinarian e Computer Name VET The first thing to do is define the server computer The server computer is where the databases and Firebird software are placed Ideally it is the most powerful computer and it must always be turned on when other users are using Porcitec In the above scenario we will designate the OFFICE Computer 1 computer as the server The first step is to install Firebird in the OFFICE computer Please see Installation steps for more information Then install Porcitec in the OFFICE computer in FARM computer and VET computer Important You must select Network mode during the installation of Porcitec for ALL computers in the network Copy the database or databases to the server computer in this case the OFFICE computer By default the folder is C ProgramData Agritec Porcitec 2012 Databases but you can place them in any folder The final step is to create the database connections For each com
143. M SERVCONCEPTION AS CONCEPTIONS 100 00 SERVCONCEPTION AS RATI ROM SERVICEEX HERE NSERVICE 2 AND SERVDATE BETWEEN 2005 1 1 AND 2005 12 31 ROUE BY PARITY Q Z 2012 Agritec Software 3 Porcitec Manual 2012 ORDER BY PARITY 2012 Agritec Software 19 2 3 13 Hour of first mating on reproductive performance Database consults 327 What is the farrowing rate and litter size of females with a first mating at 0 6 12 and 18 hours after onset of estrus by month of year between 1997 and 2002 Also sows must have gt 1 mating service Does the time of year have an affect on the length of a female s heat and duration of ovulation Does waiting to inseminate hurt reproductive performance at different times of the year Using the Query report designer enter the following SQL statement AND 12002 DEC SAN The Query report is shown below SELECT EXTRACT MONTH FROM SERVDATE AS N_MONTH SERVHOURI COUNT AS SERVICES SUM SERVBIRTHING AS BIRTHINGS AVG 100 0 SERVBIRTHING AS RATE SUM TOTALBORN AS TOTALBORN AVG 1 00 TOTALBORN AS AVG_TOTALBORN FROM SERVICERESULT WHERE MATINGS gt 1 AND SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN O1 GROUP BY EXTRACT MONTH FROM SERVDATE SERVHOUR1 ORDER BY EXTRACT MONTH FROM SERVDATE
144. M ENTRYDATE EXTRACT MONTH FROM ENTRYDATE GENETICS 19 2 3 17 Count of females slaughtered by month and parity I want to know the total number of females that were slaughtered on farm by parity monthly from 1 Jan 2005 through the present time Use Query report designer The SQL statement is SELECT EXTRACT YEAR FROM REMOVEDATE AS REMOVE YEAR EXTRACT MONTH FROM REMOVEDATE AS REMOVE MONTH TIM COUNT FROM FEMALE WHERE REMOVEDATE gt 2005 JAN 1 AND REMOVETYPE 1 GROUP BY EXTRACT YEAR FROM REMOVEDATE EXTRACT MONTH FROM REMOVEDATE CURPARITY 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 331 19 2 3 18 Pie chart for the removal reasons of females removed in 2004 I want to see a pie chart for the removal reasons of females removed in 2004 Use Pie report designer The setup screen is shown below Table FEMALEEX Variable REMOVEREASON Filtering REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 2004 1 1 AND 2004 12 31 Axis Automatic Scale The pie chart is shown below Distribution Woe Number 6 Total 79 Percent 7 59 Click any bar to show more information Filtering REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 2004 1 1 AND 2004 12 31 2012 Agritec Software 332 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 19 Count of females served in January by pa
145. NGS RDER BY PARITY MATINGS xj ONE 8 2 The Query report is shown below ii Query Jie Ey Export M Close SERVICES BIRTHINGS 109 88 361 1 73 MATINGS 1 AYG TOTALBORN 10 8 11 3 2012 Agritec Software 324 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 10 Farrowing rate of females bred on their second service I want to know the farrowing rate of females bred on their second service recycles by parity The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables SERVICEEX Columns PARITY Group Yes SERVDATE Function Count SERVBIRTHING Function Avg Criteria NSERVICE 2 Sorting PARITY Or you can use SQL directly I ROM SERVICEEX HERE NSERVICE 2 ISI Gee AR IN RDER BY PARITY CY Boe ELEC PARTY OUNTE SERVIC ES UM SERVBIRTHING BIRTHINGS VG 100 00 SERVBIRTHING The Query report is shown below AS RATE Export RS Close SERYICES 63 52 42 47 33 33 28 13 C C C _ 9 6 2 3 _ BIRTHINGS 34 43 25 32 23 21 21 RATE 53 96 82 69 59 52 68 08 69 69 63 63 75 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 325 19 2 3 11 Wean1stService and Farrowing rate of females by farrowing problem I want to know the wean to
146. Receipt Receipt or Document ID of vet It updates the last receipt value in Options Treatments New Location Record a new location if the animal is moved for during or after treatment Comment Any user comment See also Treatments 2012 Agritec Software 9 2 3 9 2 4 9 2 5 9 2 6 9 2 7 Male file Physical condition With this event you can record the date and some physical measurements such as weight girth height and score at various points or events in the animal s life Type Optional field to define the type or class of the measurement event It can be used in advanced reports to compare up to three Physical Condition events side by side for each animal using the IID_LstPCondition variables You usually can ignore this field Comment You may enter a Comment into the record of an animal Only the Comment event with the latest date will be displayed in the Status sheet of the female file and also in the parity column of the Female History Card Change field value This event changes the value of the status of the animal It is most commonly used to easily change the animal ID when a temporary ID is replaced by a permanent ID such as when applying a farm tag to a replacement female already identified with a supplier tag If you want the original ID to become the register or alternate ID when new tag is applied you can configure in the Options menu in On Off to automatically move the primary ID to
147. SRE R HERE REMOV R DER BY E RE The Query report is shown below zi Query BETWEEN 01 JAN 2004 AND 31 DEC 2004 DATE ASC F ID ASC max Brit O h Eon _ FF cs ID BIRTHDATE REMOVEDATE BIRTHINGDATE ENDLACDATE gt 178 01 03 04 09 21 03 10 09 03 m 119 E 01 15 04 12 20 03 01 08 04 si 01 15 04 11 17 03 11 28 03 162 01 17 04 01 06 04 01 17 04 13 01 27 04 11 05 03 11 27 03 257 01 27 04 05 21 03 06 12 03 353 01 27 04 01 04 04 01 22 04 152 01 29 04 12 31 03 01 22 04 78 01 29 04 01 02 04 01 22 04 386 12 14 02 02 03 04 01 12 04 01 29 04 2 02 09 04 05 31 03 06 19 03 26 02 14 04 10 10 03 10 30 03 198 02 17 04 11 29 02 12 19 02 m 109 02 19 04 01 18 04 02 12 04 115 02 19 04 01 18 04 02 12 04 m 69 02 25 04 07 09 03 07 31 03 220 02 26 04 02 13 04 02 26 04 02 26 04 02 13 04 02 26 04 19 2 1 9 Export historical parity data We work with a company that requires historical data for females that have been culled Within 2004 because they have done some carcass evaluations autopsies postings etc on these animals They would like to know what their reproductive histories show compared to their physical condition The data needs to contain the basic information of each parity liveborn stillborn weaned dates The file generated must be exported to Microsoft Excel format Use Query report designer this type
148. Software Arrival date Birthdate of the animal Number of Farrowings recorded in a female s history This value can be different from Parity if Initial Parity does not 0 when a female is entered into the breeding herd Parity Initial Parity Births Births only refers to recorded Farrowings It Litter ID of the female User variable Booli User variable Bool2 User variable Boo3 User variable Bool4 Breeding Value Sow Productivity Any user defined Comment inserted in the Current Status sheet CurBirthLocation CurLabels CurGroupDate CurGroupId CurLoci CurLoc2 CurLoc3 CurParity CurPreweaneds Dam DateTime1 DateTime2 DateTime3 DateTime4 Decimali Decimal2 Decimal3 DueBirthDate DueHeatDate DuePrebirthDate DuePregCkDate DueWeanDate 246 Porcitec Manual 2012 Current farrowing location A Location event that is entered within 14 days before or after a farrowing event Assigned labels separated by semicolon Date of last group change Current group Id Location level 1 Location level 2 Location level 3 Current parity number of the breeding female Current number of preweaned animals of females with lactating status Dam of the animal defined in Genealogy sheet of the File User variable DateTime1 User variable DateTime2 User variable DateTime3 User variable DateTime4 User variable Decimali User variable Decimal2 User variable Decimal3 Estimated Farrowing date calculated from th
149. Tech BirthLitWeight BirthLitWeightCount BirthLoc1 BirthLoc2 BirthLocation 2012 Agritec Software Variables 251 User variable Text1 User variable Text2 User variable Text3 User variable Text4 User variable Text5 User variable Text6 User variable Text7 User variable Text8 User variable Text9 If the To be Removed checkbox of the Current Status sheet of the File is checked TOBEREMOVED will be 1 if not checked it will be 0 The date on which a breeding animal enters or is transferred from other farm to the breeding herd Number of abortions The average weight per animal at weaning from litters weaned Includes animals weaned from nurse litters Begin active parity date It uses the arrival date for received females Begin parity date Farrowing date Interval in days from farrowing to previous farrowing Problem at farrowing Technician at farrowing Litter birth weight Number of animals for the litter birth weight Farrowing location level 1 Farrowing location level 2 A location entered within 14 days before or after a farrowing BirthOrNurseDate CGLiveborn CGWeanWeight ConceptDate CountAdjWeanWeight CountNurseAges CountWeanWeight EndLacDate EndParityDate FeedIn FosterOff FosterOn FstHNSDate FstServDate GestationDays IID BirthUserFields IID ConceptService IID Female IID FstService IID LstService IID LstTreatmentParity IID Parity IID PrevParity 252 Porcitec Manual 201
150. The proportion of services that involve repeat breeders Formula Count of breeding females served for 2nd time in parity record 100 Count of services in period 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 419 STANDARD WEANED PIG SALES RATE The proportion of weaned pig sales that are standard pigs Formula Sum of numbers of weaned pigs sold as standard pigs in period or cohort 100 Sum of numbers of all weaned pigs sold in period or cohort STILLBORN RATE The proportion of total born pigs that are stillborn Formula Sum of numbers of stillborn pigs in period or cohort 10096 Sum of numbers of total born pigs in period or cohort TOTAL BORN PIGS BIRTH LITTER The average total born litter size calculated on a periodic or cohort basis Formula Sum of numbers of total born pigs in period or cohort Count of farrowings in period or cohort WEANED PIG LB PRODUCED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR Formula Sum of live weights of pigs weaned and weighed in period 365 Average breeding female inventory days in period WEANED PIG SALES BREEDING FEMALE YR Formula Gross revenue pork weaned pigs ij 365 Average breeding female inventory days in period 2012 Agritec Software 420 Porcitec Manual 2012 WEANED PIGS BIRTH LITTER The average number of weaned pigs produced per birth litter Formula Sum of numbers of weaned pigs in period or cohort Count of farrowings in period or c
151. VII Database conversion 270 1 Converting the ener nh nnn nnmnnn nr nnns nn nnn nnn 270 2 Import from PigChamp ss 270 3 Import from PIQWIN e 272 4 Import from 273 5 Import from Herdsman iret 273 6 Import from Farm WindoOWS 273 T Import from PigGCare reni enAni p gnzaneieniesni 274 8 Import from PigCare 3000 112r a ntde ceecdieneveeacendencatenercectescencaueterecaueece 274 9 Import from 274 10 Import from PigKNoWSs sn nennen nennen nn nnne nn sane nennu nene nnmnnn sane nna 275 11 Import from WinPig 275 12 Import fom PigTales 1I IUe 276 Part XVIII Importing and exporting data 278 1 Export animals to another Agritec database 278 2 Import animals from another Agritec database 279 3 Merge females from different databases sn 279 4 Import weights 280 5 Import prospective breeding animals 281 6 Import multiple events from Agritec Excel format 282 Import multiple events from text files ss 283 8 Using MS Excel to
152. XPENSE PORK WEANED PIG PRODUCED Formula Breeding production stage labor expense pork Sum of numbers of weaned pigs in period BREEDING LABOR EXPENSE TO GROSS REVENUE PORK WEANED PIGS Formula Breeding production stage labor expense pork 10096 Gross revenue pork weaned pigs BREEDING LABOR EXPENSE TO TOTAL LABOR EXPENSE PORK 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 415 Formula Breeding production stage labor expense pork 10096 Total labor expense pork BREEDING TOTAL EXPENSE PORK WEANED PIG PRODUCED Formula Breeding production stage total expense pork 10096 Sum of numbers of weaned pigs in period BREEDING TOTAL EXPENSE TO GROSS REVENUE PORK WEANED PIGS Formula Breeding production stage total expense pork 10096 Gross revenue pork weaned pigs 96 BREEDING TOTAL EXPENSE TO TOTAL PRODUCTION EXPENSE PORK Formula Breeding production stage total expense pork 10096 Total production expense pork ENDING BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY The number of mated and unmated breeding females on the last day of the report period FARROWING RATE The proportion of breeding females which farrow from a cohort of females served 2012 Agritec Software 416 Porcitec Manual 2012 Formula Count of farrowings in period or cohort 100 Sum of breeding females served to farrow in period or cohort LITTERS FARROWED BREEDING FEMALE
153. Y Chart Cross tab Performance SQL Query Data list SQL Query Histogram le Simple Breakdown Crosstab Data List Report organized in columns Report for management purposes Shows the distribution of a selected variable in a bar chart Shows the distribution of a selected variable in a pie chart Analyzes one or more variables in relation to another variable used as a category breakdown Graphical representation of a breakdown Tabulates the results of one variable against the other Statistical trend reports for a set of herd variables Extracts information from the database Advanced version of Query designer You can arrange columns fonts page footers b Pie Performance 2 XY Chart Task Schedule 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 205 15 2 Basic Data List report designer Some predefined reports are created using a basic data list report designer This report designer is not available to create new reports It only allows you to customize the predefined ones These reports are basically lists of data organized in columns You can hide show or define the title for each column You can also define the font size of the entire report If you prefer to completely redesign the report using the more flexible features in the advanced report designer click Convert and Save button The Convert and Save button creates a new report for the more advanced Data List Report Designer
154. YPE ORDER BY PARITY SERVTYPE The Query report is shown below LES D Et Foe 2 Query PARITY SERVTYPE SERVICES BIRTHINGS RATE TOTALBORN AYG TOTALBORN b OA 18729 13760 73 4 149875 10 8 1A 13332 10853 81 4 123013 11 3 N 24 2N 3 3N 12 12394 6 12 10619 6 92 127192 46 7 6 11 9 7 6 12 2 11 4 11 11 2012 Agritec Software 32 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 6 Farrowing rate and litter size of females by breeding technician I want to know the farrowing rate and litter size of females by breeding technician I only want to look at the results of females who were bred by the same technician all matings per female between 1997 and 2002 The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables SERVICERESULT Columns SERVTECH Group Yes SERVBIRTHING Function Avg TOTALBORN Function Avg Criteria SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN 01 AND 2002 DEC 31 Or you can use SQL directly SUSHI CE Stages abe PRICES SUM SERVBIRTHING AS BIRTHINGS AVG 100 0 SERVBIRTHING AS RATE AVG 1 0 TOTALBORN AS AVG_TOTALBORN E W G T ROM SERVICERESULT HERE SERVDATE BETW ROUP BY SERVTECH I EN SoS WAN NOI AND 2002 The Query report is shown below Li Query LES 5 Export FE Close BIRTHINGS RATE 29 63
155. a a a aa a N aa aa emal daai 140 Part XI Group file 142 1 Group Mo aena A cents E AA ANAA 142 2 Group management System cece ee eeeeeeee ee eeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseseeeeeseseaeeeseeseneeeeeseneeeee 143 Kaicrlhiiud me 143 4 Recording group data 1111icecciiteeec eed ieee onu dervenadvaceeectedeveendenetecauderrecadeere 144 5 How to begin working with group nnne nnne nennen nennen nnn nnn nn nn inne nnns 145 6 Group setup exambpl es 5 2 1c te ee nat tienne sens tes 148 Nursery pregrowing growing and finisher st nnne nennen nnnm nnnn nnnm n nnns ennen nennen ea 148 Only dynamic 150 Six lines and breeding females ccsecssecssecseeceseeseessnesseseneeseesseesseesenesseeseesneeeseessuerseesseesseesenenseeseneneeesenenes 150 7 GROUP CVC INS i H 152 r 152 Move IN sn nn nn nr Un Se Nes Re ne Re me nn en ne ne 153 Move OUL ee a cet eee en re te ate se ntm 153 Weaned In uulnus E E Te E ones nee nde deed DEDE annee Re 154 WG all lee ec net 154 Death 154 Feedin _ 154 Ration in 155 Inventory 156 Location 156 Purchase 156 Sale
156. abase is compressed in a ZIP file Download and unzip it to your hard disk Finally use the Database restore option of Porcitec to add it into the Database Management system To restore the converted database 1 Click the link in the notification e mail to download the converted database to your computer 2 Select Open to open the ZIP file In some Operating Systems you first need to save it in your hard disk and then open it 3 Unzip the compressed file to your hard disk the Desktop might be a good place 4 Execute Porcitec click File and then Restore 5 Click the button of Get Backup From box and select the above file 6 Click Ok 17 2 Import from PigChamp PigChamp data files can easily be converted to Porcitec To create a batch file of your data to send to Agritec for conversion follow the instructions below Note about data integrity Please run Pigchamp s Data Integrity Report and fix any errors that are important to you before you submit your database to Agritec for conversion If you choose not to do this data integrity errors will be 2012 Agritec Software Database conversion 271 ignored for example a service before a weaning Note to herds using 1000 day format Before creating your Batch file you must convert your 1000 day date format to Month Day format To change the date format in PigChamp for DOS 1 Go to Setup 2 Go to Screen Options 3 Select Date Format Month Day Note for users of PigChamp vers
157. ables that are permanent to the life of the animal such as genetics birthdate origin entry date and other variables in the Current Status sheet of the female file It contains the variables related to the current parity of the female or her last parity if she has been removed Parity table Each record or row is a parity The data of each record refers to a specific parity and contains the variables related to the birth and weaning of Pigs Service table Each record or row is a service The data of each record refers to a specific service PWDeath table Each record is a preweaned death event Treatment table Each record is a treatment event Mating table Each record is a mating event Performance table Each row is a period of time defined by the user This table includes all statistical data incurred in the breeding herd Complex tables 2012 Agritec Software 24 Porcitec Manual 2012 Primary tables are joined to build more complex tables by combining variables from multiple tables FemaleEx Table FemaleEx table joins the columns of the Female Parity Service tables Each record is a female and includes variables related to the current parity the last service in the parity and the last treatment ParityEx Table ParityEx table joins the columns of the Female Parity Service tables Each record is a parity and includes the female data the birthing and weaning variables and the service variables related to th
158. ach ingredient in the ration and enter the weight per batch 5 In data entry to enter Rations to the Group Lot record use the Ration In event The cost of the ration will be calculated from the cost of the ingredients You cannot overwrite it Produce ration inventory The Produce Ration function under Farm menu creates a ration inventory using the ingredients and a formula that you have previously defined in Options Feed Feed or Ingredients and Options Feed Rations This function increases the inventory of the ration and decreases the inventory of the ingredients according to the ration formula and the ration weight Note that this option only creates and increases a ration inventory The ration inventory is decreased only by using the Ration In event in the Group Lot record If you do not care to track the ration inventory and you consume the ration when it is made then you do not need to use this option See Ration In event Date Date of the ration creation Ration Ration name defined in Options 2012 Agritec Software Group file 161 Weight Total weight of the ration created See also Rations Feed or ingredients Feed in 11 8 3 Adjust ingredient cost and inventory When you take a physical inventory and it does not match the record inventory you can adjust it using Adjust Feed Inventory Additionally if you do not wish to control feed inventory enter feed costs here 1 Click the Farm menu at the top o
159. ading from former versions if you were using a former version of Porcitec or the Express demo edition e If you had a previous database file converted by Agritec you received the file in a backup format and you will use the Restore procedure to connect the database See Database restore We recommend you read the post at http agritecsoft com blog p 742 amp lang en that shows the basic steps to using Porcitec It will help you get the general picture about the common procedures in Porcitec See also How to get help Open database Data entry overview How to get help Browse this manual Before using Porcitec for the first time it is strongly recommended that you devote some time to read and understand this manual Aside from learning to install Porcitec you will learn how to use the software become acquainted with its features and how to customize it for your farm You will also obtain information regarding advanced topics such as the definition of calculated variables used in reports and you will find answers to the most frequently asked questions Search this manual If you do not see the topic you are looking for click the Search tab and type some keywords related to your query The Search function should return a list of relative articles Agritec website customer support You can access the Agritec website to get answers to frequently asked questions and to keep your copy of Porcitec up to date You can login to your Cu
160. age Settings Click Other Options sheet and enter 3 in the Columns Number box Finally click Ok 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 239 Other Print to previous page Mirror margins Endless page width Endless page height Large height in design mode Duplex Now the report designer shows 3 column divisors Arrange the footer fields to fit in the column space Click Preview button to see the results X Current Status Females PORCITEC KINGSTON Licensed to Blue Farm see ne al ea Printed 11 02 11 Ver 8 3 1 Current status Active Page Finally close the Preview button and click Save button to save the new report layout The new report will be saved to your User folder You cannot overwrite the original program report 2012 Agritec Software 24 Porcitec Manual 2012 15 11 5 How to insert bar codes into forms Many times data collection forms are printed from Porcitec for operators to record routine data and then the completed forms are entered into Porcitec Part of this process can be automated by using bar codes Print the animal ID as a bar code 1 From the report designer Data List click on Bar Code Object button in the left panel 2 Drag the object to the Detail band and click to drop it 3 Bar Code Editor parameter dialog will be displayed 4 In Code enter the variable name you want to see For example lt ds ID gt if the dataset is
161. and saves it to the User folder Then go to the User folder select the new report and click Design button to open the advanced designer iz Design _ 3 Summary Column Title Font Size Preview Save Convert and Save Close 15 3 Task Schedule report designer The Task Schedule is a report designer for management purposes For example it may be used to create a management report for vaccinations Options sheet Filtering Select a filter to include females according to their status or last event Days Enter the number of days from the above filter For example if Status Entered days will be the number of days from the Entry event Title This assistant allows up to 3 filters The title indicates the raised filter for each row in the report Global Filtering Additional filter you can use the variable names of FemaleEx table 2012 Agritec Software 206 Porcitec Manual 2012 15 4 15 4 1 Model Select the basis model of the report Then you can customize it enabling or disabling some columns See Basic Data List report designer to customize columns See also Management reports Management list Vaccinations Histogram report designer Histogram report designer A histogram is a graph that counts the number of occurrences of data points in a series of ranges or bins It shows the distribution of a determined variable The histogram designer allows us to specify this variable and other
162. andard weaned pigs sold in period or cohort NET FOSTERED Difference between the counts of preweaned pigs fostered on and nursed on less pigs fostered off and nursed off Formula Sum of pigs fostered on sum of pigs fostered off sum of pigs nursed on sum of pigs nursed off PREWEANING MORTALITY RATE COHORT Pigs that die between live birth and weaning expressed as a percentage of those at risk Formula Sum of numbers of live born pigs 2012 Agritec Software 418 Porcitec Manual 2012 from cohort of breeding females farrowed and weaned Sum of numbers of weaned pigs from cohort of breeding females farrowed and weaned 100 Sum of numbers of live born pigs from cohort of breeding females farrowed and weaned PREWEANING MORTALITY RATE TIME PERIOD Pigs that die between live birth and weaning expressed as a percentage of those at risk Formula Sum of numbers of live born pigs net fostered sum of weaned pigs in period 100 Sum of numbers of live born pigs net fostered in period REPEAT SERVICE RATE COHORT The proportion of a cohort of breeding females that are repeat breeders within a parity record Formula Count of breeding females in cohort served for 2nd time in parity record 100 Count of breeding females in cohort of breeding females defined as being served for the first time in parity record within a stated time period REPEAT SERVICE RATE TIME PERIOD
163. arm data In this screen you may enter the identity and contact information for your farm Name of Farm This is the farm name that will print on your reports Premise ID The Premise ID is provided by the government or administration for the purpose of traceability of food producing animals A premise is an identifiable physical farm location where activity affecting the health and or traceability of food producing animals may occur Additional fields Contact Person Address City State Country Telephone email Premises In a multi farm environment premises are the locations where animals are located Usually a premise is a farm but it depends on the organization of your company Sometimes premises are used for traceability purposes In these cases a premise is an identifiable physical location that represents a unique and describable geographic entity where activity affecting the health and or traceability of food producing animals may occur or represents the producer contact location when extensive grazing operations exist Porcitec can manage multiple premises A database may contain one or more premise but often each premise is assigned exclusively to a unique database Porcitec can work in two organizational models according to the requirements of your company A All premises as one database Useful when each premise has a low number of animals and the data is managed from the same site A unique database is located in the c
164. ary ID the register alternate ID or the electronic ID If you 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 6 7 enter replacement females using the supplier ID tags and later want to change the primary ID to a new ID you can automatically move the primary ID to the register ID Consult this option in Options ON OFF copy primary ID to register ID when modified Entering Locations When entering location events after the location is entered for the first animal you can save keystrokes by entering only the lowest level of the location in Location fields Porcitec reuses the location from the previous entry For example if the previous location entered is A B 2 you can simply enter 3 and the result is A B 3 Modify block of female IDs At some point you may wish to re use the IDs of removed females This makes it necessary to modify the IDs of the removed females In Porcitec it is easy to modify a large number of IDs very quickly Go to File Modify Female Block For example if you want to modify all ID codes from Y100 to Y200 type these two codes into Initial code and End code Check Only inactive to change only removed female IDs Check Add suffix Then type any character in the Suffix box and click OK Fast Keys You can press the Alt S keys to quickly save the event data without having to press the Enter key through every field For example if you are entering multiple inseminations and the only field that you want
165. as an internal code for example 51 for Farrowing 54 for artificial inseminations IDKEY It is an internal reference to recover the event record in the database It is for internal purposes DESCRIPTION Brief description of the modification It is usually the animal code or internal code and the event date 2012 Agritec 268 Porcitec Manual 2012 16 14 Expressions and functions Porcitec allows you to use expressions and functions when you operate with variables CDDays date Returns the number days from a date to today DateDiff from to Returns the difference in days between two dates DaysToText days Returns the number of days in a readable text format For example 1 year 5 months 3 days DaysToShortTex days Returns the number of days in an abbreviated readable text format For example 1Y 5M 3D Divz dividend divisor Returns the result of dividend divisor If the divisor is 0 then it returns a blank value FormatDate date Formats the date according to the configuration of Porcitec It includes serial dates Gregorian 14FEB12 etc IncMonth date months Returns a date increased by a specific number of months Percent dividend divisor Returns the percent result of dividend and divisor dividend divisor 100 If the divisor is 0 then it returns a blank value WeekNumber date Returns the week number according to Porcitec configuration 2012 Agritec Software Top
166. as follows Management Lists and History cards used for task planning and management of females Also called action lists Breeding Herd Analysis and other reports pertaining to the entire breeding herd Services Reports specific to service performance Farrowings Reports specific to farrowing and weaning performance Herd All farm reports includes breeding and non breeding animals Group Lot Reports specific to defined groups of animals usually growing Feed and Feed and financial reports Financial User Custom or modified reports created by the user See also Defining report parameters Report designers 14 2 Defining report parameters Most reports use a similar report parameter form It may include breakdowns filters sort order and other options Breakdowns The breakdown option is common to analysis reports Selecting a breakdown defines the columns on your report For example e Period breakdown each column is a time period e Parity breakdown each column is a parity e Genetics breakdown each column is a genetic line After choosing the breakdown you can add a filter Filters Filters extract a subset of data For example e if you select period breakdown then add a Parity 1 filter your columns are periods but only Parity 1 females will be included in the report e if you select Parity breakdown then add a Genetics X filter your columns will each be a parity but 2012 Agritec Software 18 P
167. as prospective breeding females See also breeding finisher pig breeding pig sales breeding nursery pig breeding weaned pig finisher pig nursery pig pre weaned pig weaned pig BREEDING PRODUCTION STAGE Production stage in which breeding females and boars are kept and managed for the purpose of producing weaned pigs Comment 1 The output of the breeding production stage is the weaned pig Comment 2 Weaned pigs leaving the breeding production stage may enter the nursery production stage and subsequently be moved to the finisher production stage Alternatively weaned pigs may be placed directly into the finisher production stage Wean to finisher system See also finisher production stage nursery production stage weaned pig weaned pigs breeding female year weaned pigs mated breeding female year COHORT Agroup of animals which share one or more events in common within a defined time period Example 1 All finisher pigs marketed during the month of December 1 event Example 2 All nursery pigs placed during the 12 week of the year 1 event Example 3 All breeding females that were farrowed then weaned during a reporting period 2 events Example 4 All breeding females that arrived at the farm entered the breeding herd and were mated during the first quarter of the year 3 events See also contemporary group finisher pig nursery pig breeding female CONCEPTION Conceiving or becoming pregnant C
168. ast cost feed formulation is combining many feed ingredients in a certain proportion to provide the target animal with a balanced nutritional feed at the least possible cost Though least cost formulation is a mathematical solution based on linear programming it requires the professional knowledge of animal nutritionists Feed formulators also need to be aware of the variations of nutritional requirements for different genetics at various stages of their lifespan The linear programming performs what it is designed to do and it is based on the information put in by the formulator So in essence the formulation program is only as good as the nutrient and ingredient parameters entered into it See also Rations Weight gain In a dynamic continuous flow situation it is recommended to record inventory with weights at the end of the time periods you want to run your reports Ending weights then become beginning weights for the next period For example the formula for average daily live weight gain includes the ending weight of animals in the period minus the beginning weight If you do not have inventory events with weights at the end of report periods or column periods the weight gain that occurred in the time period is completely missing from the calculation 2012 Agritec Software Group file 163 Therefore it is important to decide when you want to run growth performance reports either monthly quarterly every 6 months yea
169. ated Litters mated Average Farrowing Farrowing Totibomper Livebom per Pigs weaned mortality rate service Farm name inventory female year _ female year parity rate interval farrow farrow por litter period interval Farm K 2900 x EN CLE LES DEM C e LEE E 563 20 Farm B 730 20 wx 86 01 70 144 13 20 1273 4 11 15 70 945 30 16 58 ox Farm 3153 70 2170 60 229 30 340 20 LS Lr 1305 ex 11 08 60 Sox 1589 30 535 40 Farm C 2387 2129 70 239 342 xx 8362 40 1227 ox 100 Dag s 942 DES o EL Farm J 21 01 60 239 NBN x 8742 ww 1827 40 sos 1128 sx 925 s 1983 sx 6 78 ex Farm E 3185 80 20 76 50 237 em 3 52 40 EU 147 37 90 12 98 70 10 88 40 9 22 40 19 47 70 6 90 80 Farm G 3146 19 99 40 2 30 40 3 63 83 86 sow 148 88 50 1285 10 95 o 926 con 1933 con 682 10 Farm A 1913 225 20 ass 5872 05 Moon ass wx 4479 20 609 20 Farm F x 18 95 20 BBR 14975 11 33 20 1085 20 949 x Md vs 100 Farm H 3016 50 ws Pa 357 70 79 25 30 149 16 60 12 91 60 10 59 20 8 78 20 msn s s 233 355 Sw 7088 15000 w 1080 1040 835 x 17 41 sow 658 sow Farm histogram by Weaned mated female year 3 3 or Benchmarking Groups Multi farm analysis 365 DEMO VERSION www agritecsoft com Benchmarking Groups DATE BETWEEN 1 1 2009 AND 3 31 2009 Property of DEMO
170. ator of central tendency See also entry to first service interval WEANING WEIGHT The weight of a pig at weaning Productivity measure AVERAGE WEANING WEIGHT PIG Formula Sum of weights Ib of weaned pigs in period or cohort Sum of weaned pigs weighed in period or cohort Calculation 5985 13 3 Ibs 450 See also birth weight litter birth weight live weight live weight gain litter weaning weight Copyright 2005 National Pork Board All rights reserved Used by permission 2012 Agritec Software se Porcitec Manual 2012 22 3 Annotated Dictionary Growing Production Stage AGE AT SALE Days between birth and sale of a pig Comment 1 Day of birth is counted as day 0 BASE MIX Auniform mixture of macro minerals micro minerals vitamins and carrier blended together in one product generally 40 Ibs or more and added to energy and protein sources to make up a complete feed See also complete feed energy premix protein minerals BASE PRICE Price received for pigs before net adjustments discounts and sort adjustment See also discount net adjustments sort adjustment CALCULATION OF FEED CONVERSION The ratio of feed disappearance to live weight gain does not include the weight of pigs that die However it does include the feed they consumed This recognizes that the output of the production stage is measured in terms of saleable product CARCASS The eviscerated slaughtered pig after the removal of lun
171. base dialog box when you open Porcitec If it is empty the Alias will be the Database Path Note By default Firebird uses Port 3050 If you are using a firewall you will need to enable this port so users can access their databases externally See Firewall information If you installed your database using the Restore command the database will be added automatically and you will see the file name in the dialog list If you need to connect a file you have moved or copied to your computer then please see How to set up for a single user installation and How to connect to a database in a network installation Single user database connection This example is for a single user environment and is the most common configuration The database resides on the same computer as Porcitec without a network installation No other Porcitec applications are accessing the database from different computers If you have installed Porcitec in network mode please see Network database connection To connect the database 1 Click File and then Open Database 2 Click Add Connection 3 In Database Path click the folder button 4 Locate the database file on your computer for example C MyDatabases MyDatabase fdb Select the database you want to use 5 Click Open 2012 Agritec Software s Porcitec Manual 2012 4 4 6 Enter a descriptive name in Alias box for example My Blue Farm 7 Click Ok Database backup The need to backup databases on a re
172. basic installation guide Agritec cannot offer support for the installation of the necessary software environment since it is an external product Please contact your Pocket PC representative for installation or problems 2012 Agritec Software 174 Porcitec Manual 2012 Windows Mobile 6 or higher already includes NET Compact Framework 2 0 in ROM memory Some devices with Microsoft Mobile 6 0 do not include Microsoft SQL Server for example Psion Workabout Pro In this case it is necessary to install it Installing NET Compact Framework 2 0 Redistributable Note Windows Mobile 6 0 or higher includes this feature so it is not necessary to install it Click the following link and execute the installation program http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 9655156B 356B 4A2C 857C E62F50AE9A55 amp displaylang en Installing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile 3 0 Edition Device SDK Note Windows Mobile 6 0 or higher usually includes this feature so it is not necessary to install it Click the following link and execute the installation SqlMobile30DeviceSdkENU msi program http www microsoft com downloads details aspx FamilyID 5BD8ABAA 5813 4DB3 B23A 24551DE2ECC 1 amp displaylang en Next you must install SQL Server Mobile by manually copying the cab files to the device Copy the Sglce30 platform processor cab file to your device from the following directory C Program Files Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Device Mo
173. be allowed to do it For example choosing current date option yy mm adds 5 characters If an active female ID is more than 5 characters and you try to add yy mm you will get an error message Text to Add Select the text to add to the animal ID when the removal event is entered Position Select Prefix to add the text at the beginning of the ID or select Suffix to add the text at end of the ID Another option is to modify a batch of ID s of removed females when needed by using Modify Female Block See also 2012 Agritec Software 5 9 Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm Modify female block Event fields Each animal file has a list of events that can be added to the animal record In this section you can optimize the events for efficiency of data entry Many events include several optional fields that can be turned on or off to display in the data entry screens You can select the data fields you want to use depending on the data you routinely record For example for herds that do not record litter birth weights at farrowing this field can be turned off in the farrowing event by simply unchecking this field which will speed data entry Additionally you can define new custom fields expanding the data managed by each event type Name Name of the event Predefined events such as Mating or Abortion are not modifiable Name can only be entered for User Events Alias Alias for this event You can type a
174. bile v3 0 lt platform gt lt processor gt For example if you have a Pocket PC 2003 device you must copy C Program Files Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Device Mobile v3 0 wce400 armv4 sqlce30 ppc wce4 armv4 cab Another example if you have the Psion Workabout Pro it uses Windows CE 2005 In this case you must copy C Program Files Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Device Mobile v3 0 wce500 armv4i sqice30 ppc wce5 armv4i cab Finally in the device click Start Programs and File Explorer Execute the file that you have copied in the above steps To check that it is installed on the device click Start Settings System Remove Programs and you will be able to see Microsoft SQL Mobile 2005 2012 Agritec Software Handheld computer 175 13 2 5 Main menu in a Pocket PC The main menu shows several options QuickData 49 1 39 ok Enter Events Net Sync View Cards USB Link x Z Totals Delete Events Date 8 5 11 ZIMMERMAN FDB Enter Events Click here to enter any event in the QuickData database Net Sync Synchronize the device database with a remote server using the network via Ethernet or Wifi This option requires the installation of QuickData Server an application available for Ultimate editions Porcitec installation is not required in the farm The server is synchronized using Internet so it can ble placed in any location The data is synchronized in
175. ble and other optional parameters for the definition of the graphic b Distribution of Removal Reasons DATE 05 01 0 BHX Number 3 Total 131 Percent 19 68 Chart Type QuickLink E amp Print K Close Creating a pie chart 1 Click Reports 2 Click New 3 Double click Pie Summary sheet Title Title of the histogram that will appear on the top Comment Text showing the dialog of the report selection 2012 Agritec Software 24 Porcitec Manual 2012 Variables sheet Table Name of the table used Variable Variable or mathematical expression of the function to be analyzed Filtering Allows a search filter style SQL to be specified to limit the analyzed animals Example isactive 1 and services gt 3 Axis sheet There are 3 ways to define the ranges or bins Automatic Uniform and Free 1 Automatic Scale Porcitec automatically creates bins according the data 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 215 2 Uniform Scale When the variable is numerical then you can define the ranges of a uniform scale defined by minimum and maximum values Mask Mask of the horizontal axis if it is numerical Examples 0 0 0 000 Minimum Minimum value of the horizontal axis Maximum Maximum value of the horizontal axis Increase Increase between columns of the horizontal axis Leave Range X Open You may include or exclude any data found outside the a
176. bles PWDEATHEX Columns PWDDATE ID PWDNUMBER PWDDAYS PWDREASON BIRTHLOCATION Criteria PWDDAYS lt 6 AND PWDDATE BETWEEN 2004 12 1 AND 2004 12 31 Sorting PWDDATE ID Or you can use directly SQL ELECT PWDDATE ID PWDNUMBER PWDDAYS REASON BIRTHLOCATION OM PWDEATHEX RE PWDDAYS 6 AND DATE BETWEEN 2004 12 1 AND 2004 12 31 ER BY PWDDATE ID z iS Er ee T g S qom x The Query report is shown below 7 Query Ey Export E Close PWDDATE ID PWDNUMBER PWDDAYS PWDREASON BIRTHLOCATIO 12 20 04 3316 2 1 CHI FA A 0002 12 21 04 0035 1 1 Lal FA A 0006 2 10035 2 1 RUN FA A 0006 12 21 04 0260 1 2 RUN FA A 0007 12 21 04 3305 1 1 LOW FA B 0005 12 21 04 3316 1 2 CHI FA A 0002 12 21 04 6593 1 1 RUN FA B 0008 12 22 04 0035 1 2 RUN FA A 0006 12 23 04 0260 1 4 LOW FA A 0007 12 23 04 5979 1 2 RUN FA A 0005 12 24 04 5949 1 1 Lal FA A 0004 12 24 04 5979 1 3 RUN FA A 0005 12 25 04 1696 2 1 LOW FA B 0007 12 25 04 5949 1 2 LAI FA A 0004 12 26 04 5949 1 3 LOW FA A 0004 12 28 04 1696 1 4 RUN FA B 0007 B v 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 355 19 3 3 Foster reasons I would like to record the foster reasons in the foster event Then I want to get a report between 2 dates for example the year 2007 displaying total foster breakdown by reason For now w
177. born stillborn and mummies Total weaned in current parity from Wean and Part Wean events Includes number weaned from Nurse litters Age of pigs at weaning for a female s birth litter The weaning date of a female s birth litter Number weaned from a female s birth litter Interval in days from wean to first service Gestation location level 1 Gestation location level 2 A location event recorded within 100 days after an Entry or Weaning event Female ID 2012 Agritec Software IID_Female IID LstHns IID LstTreatmentServ IID Nextparity IID Parity IID PrevService IID Service IID ServMatingi1 IID ServMating2 IID ServMating3 Matings NService ObservedHeat Parity PregDiagDate PregDiagresult PriorServInt PriorServResult ServBirthing ServConception ServDate ServGroupId ServHourl 2012 Agritec Software Variables 255 Foreign key to related female Foreign key to the last HNS event if the HNS result is this service Foreign key to last heat induction treatment before the service Foreign key to next parity Foreign key to related parity Foreign key to prior service Internal ID for this service Foreign key to first mating Foreign key to second mating Foreign key to third mating Number of matings in a service Service number of the parity Observed field in the last Heat Not Served event Refers to a specific parity in the record of the female Pregnancy diagnostic date in current servic
178. born alive in the period The sum of pigs weaned from females with birthing events in the period Includes Weaning events of nurse litters Pigs weaned with a Partial Weaning event are counted on the date of the following Weaning event The sum of total born to birthing events in the period Number of females with farrowing event in the time period and have ended their lactation The sum of born alive from birthing events in the period to females that have ended their lactation Number of conceptions The total number of conceptions for 1st services Count of days from birthing to first service used for statistical purposes Sum of liveborn weights for litters with weights at farrowing The count of gestation lengths in the period used for statistical purposes Weaned females served 1st service Count of wean litters age for litters with weaning ages Number of animals weighed at weaning The number of females removed in the period with a removal type of slaughtered The number of females removed in the period with a removal type of death The number of active females in inventory on the last day of the period EndingFemaleParity EndingMaleInventory EndingUnmatedFemaleInventory Entered EntryAgeCount EntryAgeInt EntryFstServiceDays EntryFstServiceInt EntryRemovalNotServedCount EntryRemovalNotServedDays EntryRemovalNotServedInt FemaleDays FemalesTransferredIn FemalesWeaned FstServiceConceptDay
179. born for the lifetime of the female The total number of animals weaned for the lifetime of the female Total number weaned from a female s birth litter for the life of the female Total number weaned per year First HNS date for the life of the female Last HNS date for the life of the female Current location Last comment event in the lifetime of the animal Last location event date in the animal s record Maternal granddam of the animal defined in Genealogy sheet of the File Maternal grandsire of the animal defined in Genealogy sheet of the File Morphologic score entered in the Current Status sheet of the File Animal name entered in the Current Status sheet of the File 2012 Agritec Software 000000 Origin OriType POFstServDate PGrandDam PGrandSire PhotoDir1 PhotoDir2 RegisterId RemoveDate RemoveReason RemoveStatusCode RemoveType RemoveTypeId ReproStatus ServiAge ServLstDate Sire SiteName StatusCode StatusDate 250 Porcitec Manual 2012 Animal origin Origin type 0 raised 1 purchased First service date in the lifetime of the female NULL if unkown initial parity is not zero or farrowing without service Paternal granddam of the animal defined in Genealogy sheet of the File Paternal grandsire of the animal defined in Genealogy sheet of the File Directory of photo 1 Directory of photo 2 Register or alternate ID of the animal The date an animal is removed from the her
180. by last digits of Id sise 126 Calculate Contemporary GroupS cccceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeneeeeseeeeeensees 126 Individual file 129 Individual file 5 oce RS A LS a EUER 129 Events oA Vau senium 129 Location cL 129 Treatment 130 Physical condition we 131 Heat not served a 131 Let T UT RESP 131 2012 Agritec Software EE Porcitec Manual 2012 EI M 131 Feedin xa 132 User event 192 Offspring weaning wee 132 Transfer to breeding herd 132 Ju M s isme de net en tn te nn 133 Part IX Male file 135 A LEE E PE PE PE D EE 135 AI lix 135 IDEM rR E 135 TPO AtMO ame 135 Ph sical CONdItION moe 137 Comment ie M 137 Change field Valu ee ara SG 137 FOC E Le EP PE 137 Ucpcip2glqe 137 OPTS PLING ETUDES 138 Semen Collec m 138 FRemOVal EcL D 138 Part X Semen file 140 TL a aaen a aa eaa a
181. c 1 In the source computer go to File and then Backup 2 Select the database to copy 3 Place the memory stick in the Destination Directory and click Ok 4 Take the memory stick to the destination computer 5 Go to File and then Restore in the destination computer 6 Enter the path of the backup file in Get Farm Backup From 7 Select the desired connection in Restore Farm Backup If it does not exist you can create one See also Database backup Database restore 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm 5 Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm 5 1 Options menu Adapting Porcitec to the farm The first thing to do when setting up your farm is to select your preferences for program configuration in the Options menu Here you will select program and reporting options and define the fields you want to use for events It is important to review each option in the list Although some may not pertain to your situation many are important to enhance your data entry and reporting experience All options are farm specific they only influence the active farm If you have more than one farm database you will need to configure each farm separately The main Options categories include e Configuration e Technical e Feed e Financial Each Option is explained in detail in this manual The Options menu can be acce
182. c orders the records in an alphanumeric way This means it sorts using both numbers and letters The range 102 110 includes 102 103 104 110 but also 102A 108533 105RN 4 etc It is important to understand this when defining a range that may include both letters and numbers Numbers are always sorted by priority over letters Unitary sequence When the variable is a number only you can use the operator This indicates an incremental sequence For example to select a group of females by parity entering 1 5 in the range box is exactly the same 123 4 5 Integer sequence Using the operator to define a sequence the interval can be defined between parenthesis For example 0 10 2 means from 0 to 10 in interval of 2 It is the same asn entering 0 2 4 6 8 10 Decimal sequence Using the operator to define a sequence the decimal interval can be defined between parenthesis For example 0 1 0 2 means from 0 to 1 in interval of 0 2 It is the same than entering 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 10 All operators can be mixed Some examples In All Females report I want to include only females of parity 1 2 and 3 Parity box 1 3 2012 Agritec Software 190 Porcitec Manual 2012 In All Females report I want to include females with Id from H100 to H200 and also H205 Z450 and from N102 to N110 Id box H100 H200 H205 Z450 N102 N110 In the Multifarm report I want to create 3 groups of farms The first group includes t
183. cated If a farm has a copy of Porcitec they can get any report by connecting to their database that resides in the bureau according to assigned privileges See Open a farm Microsoft Excel ou can use Microsoft Excel to create a powerful spreadsheet for benchmarking reports Porcitec users can automatically upload the data to a web server daily or QUNM weekly Then by simply opening the Excel document from any part of the world Excel charts and benchmarking from several farms are available for viewing This can work offline connecting to the Internet only to refresh the data See Microsoft Excel Benchmarking 3 Digital Dashboard Agritec designs a customized Digital Dashboard to share information between farms See Digital dashboard 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 22 Porcitec Manual 2012 2 2 1 2 2 Getting started How to start The first step is to download Porcitec from the Agritec website and install it If you have paid for a commercial version you must login to your Customer Space See Installation steps topic The second step is to set up the database e The default database included with the program is completely empty If you do not have a historical database you may simply begin entering data into this file e See Upgr
184. ccording to the type of device For the desktop application you can use Agritec variable expressions like Services Birthings 100 For the handheld application you must use SQL expressions For example StatusCode current date StatusDate AS Status The above expression is a SQL expression and returns the status code and the number of days For SQL expressions the AS keyword is necessary Col There are two columns 1 or 2 displayed in the Result Sheet You may choose which column you wish your new variable to be displayed The rows of column 1 are displayed first scroll down the grid to display the rows for column 2 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm 5 12 Textreplacements You can customize Porcitec by defining the terminology of some expressions by modifying Text Replacements in the Options menu Female File Information When you open the Females file you will see a field to the right of the Id code that shows the female s current parity and status You may add to or change the variables shown in this field if desired In this row type variable name to add a new variable You may add a label to describe your term by typing it next to the variable For example Current Parity CurParity will show Current Parity 4 if she has 4 parities Group Lot File Information The text replacement feature works the same way in Group Lot File 5 13 Data validation Some numbers ent
185. characters including the dashes Tip When entering locations in Fast Entry you can save keystrokes by entering only the lowest level of the location in Location boxes Porcitec reuses the location from the previous entry For example if the previous location entered is A B 2 you can simply entry 3 and the result is A B 3 Options Configuration Location Format Fam Type Fam Date Number of Levels Benchmarking One Level Format Two Levels Evert Fields C Thee Levels User Event Sublypes On OIf Label Level 1 Label Level 2 Result Sheet Room Pen Text Replacements Dats Vabdstion Handheld C Format Level 1 Format Level 2 Techrical joo sz sz x Time Interval Genetics User Field L1 User Field L2 Origin Destination Production Stages Removal Reasons Preweaning Desth Res Growing Death Reason lt gt Removal options You can easily reuse an animal ID code by automatically adding the year or other text to the animal ID with the Removal event In this way IDs of removed animals can be used again in the future However it is important to note that the field size of the animal ID is limited to 10 characters Therefore be careful when choosing the number of additional characters to append to the ID If your IDs of active females contain several characters and you try to append more than 10 total characters you will get an error message and will not
186. cial health of your farm or operation In Porcitec you can keep track of your income and expenses profit and loss and know your cost of production You will optimize your farm performance by analyzing the financial results Financial management works with Accounts and Cost Centers An account is the category you assign to each item of expense or income You must previously code your income and expenses in Options in the Accounts section A cost center is a profit generating business segment whose manager seeks cost revenue or profit data For example if a producer sells weaned Pigs the breeding herd can be considered a cost center Likewise when selling market Pigs the growing herd can be considered a cost center A cost center can also be a specific location or a group lot ID For example a utility expense may be assigned to the Utilities account However if the utility expense was generated in the farrowing barn you might want to assign it to the breeding herd cost center You can allocate each income and expense to your own defined cost centers when you enter these items into the Financial file Porcitec works under the Accrual Principle This principle means that revenue expense is recorded in the income statement at the time of the transaction that causes it and not at the time of the cash inflow or outflow for an expense For example the feed purchasing increases the feed inventory and the feed expense usage decreases the inve
187. citec will be used only on one computer and no other users or computers will access the database via a network If you want to install Porcitec in a network you must follow other steps Please see Installation in network multi computer environment After the installation if you have a database you need to create the connection See Single user database connection See also Open Database 3 2 Downloading files from your Customer Space Once you have paid for your program you must login to your Customer Space to download your program using your new login and password that was sent you in the e mail that verified your payment Do not download Porcitec Express from the public web page of Agritec In your Customer Space click your Pack link then click the Download link The latest program release version will be the first in the list and is the version appropriate for most users You will also find manuals in PDF format components for a network environment updates and the latest beta version For detailed instructions see the following 1 Go to http www agritecsoft com web site 2 Click Customer Space 2012 Agritec Software 32 Porcitec Manual 2012 web site PORCITEC Computer application dedicated to administ management of the pig farm Get free version no demo VAQUITEC Computer application dedicated to administ mananarmant nf dain and haaf farme 3 Enter your Email and password to authenticate you then
188. citec will reject the deletion if the code is used in any database record and is necessary to preserve historical consistency Codification Edit 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm 6 zy Save and Close Save BREED 1 Alias 1 Name Name of the codification for example BREED 1 if we are defining genetics or Low Productivity if we are defining removal reasons Alias Optionally you can define an Alias You can enter a code of a few characters or numbers Aliases are used to speed data entry by allowing you to type the alias instead of selecting the name For example when you enter a removal reason in data entry you can simply enter the first letters of the reason or type the alias Save and Close Click this button to save the record and close the form Save and New Click this button to save the record and add another one Cancel Click this button to cancel the changes in the record See also Using Event Browser to merge codifications 5 3 Farm type Here is where you select your farm type or production system For example if your farm is breeding to wean only the growing related segment will be hidden so as not to overwhelm the user with events and reports that are never used The default setting is appropriate for most farms as it allows all options events and reports 2012 Agritec Software EE Porcitec Manual 2012 5 4 5 5 F
189. consumption and conversion must be ignored You can easily create a custom report to show the desired information e To get the conversion rate of a stage by period of time go to Reports Groups Dynamic Group 2012 Agritec Software 152 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 7 11 7 1 Performance report Select Periods in the breakdown option and then enter the stage in the filter Group events Create Group This event only exists in Event Entry and it creates a group With this event you will create your new group of animals define the type of group and location and establish the beginning inventory for the group Event Date Date the group is created group Id The Id you assign to the group You may enter up to 10 characters in this field A note about creating group Id s Id s can be used as a filter for group reports Consider the information you will want from your reports For example you may want to code all nursery groups beginning with the letter N Then if you want to run reports to look at nursery performance only you can add the filter N in the report parameters Likewise if you have more than one location for your nursery in addition you might want to include a code for the barn or room for example the filter for Nursery Barn 2 would be N2 Now you can run reports looking at only those groups that have been in this stage and location Type Select the type of growing group A group is either Static as in All in Al
190. cord the source of the purchased animals Suppliers must be previously coded in Options 11 7 12 Sales This event records the pig sales to the packer or to an external farm It decreases the inventory and weight in value If the account field is filled then the event is linked to the financial data Type Type of sale it can be a undetermined sale growing sale or breeding sale according to sold animals Number Number of sold animals Buyer Buyer Id for the sold animals Total Weight Total weight of sold animals You must be unit consistent use always the same unit system Amount Total amount of sold animals Account Account used to link to financial data To get financial reports this field needs to be filled See Accounts Index Index value supplied by the packer Back Fat Back fat value supplied by the packer Lean Lean value supplied by the packer 11 7 13 Intra database sell This optional event records pig sales to another production stage within the same farm database It is used to assign a value to animals in a growing Id to know the exact cost of each stage If the account field is filled then the event is linked to the financial data This event is only available from Event Entry It creates a sell and purchase event in the corresponding group Id Number Number of sold animals Destination group Id group Id of the group the Pigs are moved to Entering the Id in this field will generate a corresponding
191. cords Press the Event Entry button on the Main menu or F4 or click Farm and then Fast Event Entry to access to this option Event Entry offers 3 modes to enter data depending on your methods of data collection and your preferences F E E MI ast Event Entry Data entry is by ID code This may be the easiest and most efficient way to enter data especially when entering multiple events such as from individual animal barn cards The data is instantly assigned to the animal record as it is entered You must use the appropriate Animal file for editing data Batch Event Entry Data entry is by single event Because of Porcitec s unique grid structure data fields common to many animal records can be quickly copied replaced or filled similar to a spreadsheet Data is entered by selecting a single event that may be common to multiple animals such as a pregnancy check insemination or entry into the herd The data is not assigned to the animal record until you click the Process button Once data is processed it cannot be edited in Batch Entry You must use the appropriate Animal file for editing data 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Pending Processing Multiple events for the same animal can be added to the grid The data is not assigned to the animal record until you click the Process button Once data is processed it cannot be edited in Batch Entry You must use the appropriate Animal file for editing data P
192. ctivating this option will help reduce data entry errors However entering the code of a male or semen batch into a mating event that has not previously been entered into its respective file will create an error message and the mating event will be disallowed Deactivate uncheck this option if you choose not to code all the males or batches of semen Allow service event to served or diagnosed pregnant females This is on by default It allows additional service events to be added to the record of a female who has a first service event in her parity and a status of served or diagnosed pregnant such as in the case of a female who returns to heat and is rebred Upon deactivating this option a served female cannot be served again unless a negative diagnostic event is entered prior to another service Verify empty location in Location event If this feature is checked when the Location event is entered in Event Entry the program will verify that the entered location has not already been assigned to another animal Allow a farrowing event if the mating event is missing This is on by default to allow a user to enter an existing herd into Porcitec without requiring the entry of all historical data For an intact herd with complete historical data or when entering a new herd it is advisable to uncheck this feature to promote data integrity This will require the user to estimate and enter a missing mating event that results in a farrowing F
193. cy or time between the conception service and subsequent farrowing calculated on a periodic or cohort basis Formula Sum of all gestation lengths in period or cohort where gestations ended with farrow event Count of farrowings in period or cohort AVERAGE LACTATION LENGTH Days between farrowing and final weaning of breeding females calculated on a periodic or cohort basis Formula Sum of lactation lengths of mated breeding females that were either weaned or nursed off in period or cohort Count of mated breeding females that were either weaned or nursed off in period or cohort AVERAGE BIRTH LITTER WEIGHT The average of a group of litter birth weights calculated on a periodic or cohort basis Formula Sum of birth litter weights Ib in period or cohort Count of birth litters weighed in period or cohort AVERAGE MATED BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY Formula Sum of mated breeding female days in period Days in period 2012 Agritec Software 410 Porcitec Manual 2012 AVERAGE NON PRODUCTIVE DAYS BREEDING FEMALE YEAR Formula Sum of nonproductive breeding female daysin period x 365 Average breeding female inventory days in period AVERAGE PARITY OF BEGINNING BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY The average parity of the breeding female inventory on the first day of the report period Formula Sum of parities of beginning breeding female inventory Beginning breeding female inventory AVERAGE PARITY OF ENDING BREEDING FEMALE
194. d The reason an animal is removed from the herd Status of the breeding female at remove event Removal type Removal type 0 Death 1 Slaughtered 2 Transferred 3 Exported Reproductive status indicated by a numeric value 0 None unmated breeding female 1 Open not pregnant but with at least one mating event in her history record 2 Served served assumed pregnant 3 Diagnosed Pregnant served with a positive pregnanc Age of the female at first service The birthdate must be recorded for this to be calculated Last service date in a female s record defined by the date of the first mating of the last service Unlike ServDate variable which is null when it occurrs before Arrival Date in recipient farm if the female was transferred ServLstDate is always the las Sire of the animal defined in Genealogy sheet of the File Site name of location level 1 Current status of the breeding female A female will have her status updated to the following by the corresponding events E Entry H Heat Not Served S Served N Pregnancy Diagnosis Negative or Observed not pregnant P Pregnancy Diagnosis Positive Date of the last event that has updated the STATUS variable 2012 Agritec Software Texti Text2 Text3 Text4 Text5 Text6 Text7 Text8 Text9 ToBeRemoved AvailableBreedingDate 16 3 Parity Abortions AvgWeanedWeight BeginActiveParity Date BeginParity Date BirthingDate BirthingInt BirthingProblem Birthing
195. d Names box 2012 Agritec Software Importing and exporting data 285 10 Click Next and click Finish The file generated is text type and can be modified with any editor like Notepad or similar It should look something like this ID DATE MALE B344 01 12 02 MALE1 m7547 01 12 02 MATEZ 3474 01 12 02 MALES 18 10 ERP integration Enterprise resource planning ERP is an integrated computer based system used to manage internal and external resources including tangible assets financial resources materials and human resources It is commonly used in companies with a medium high size Usually these companies manage the invoices from this ERP for their accounting management Porcitec cannnot replace these ERPs since Porcitec is focused mainly to production and the ERP is the best option to continue managing the accounting When the company receives income for animal selling or invoices for feed vet services etc this data is entered in the ERP In parallel it is necessary to enter the same data in Porcitec if you want to control the Group Lot inventory income expenses and production measurements The data can be entered from the data entry option but it is more efficient to use the filters to automatically import the data generated by the ERP to avoid the double entry task The ERP software needs to offer the capability to export to CSV format Then you can use the Farm Import Data option of Porcit
196. d Pigs to raise the Weaning event can be configured to automatically add Pigs to the Group file Every group created will correspond to a group or lot of Pigs The group can be defined by a location a cohort weekly production etc depending on the farm organization Porcitec supports multiple production stages and several types of management systems All In All Out Continuous Flow Monitored Flow etc ID ID for the group It must be unique and it cannot be reused Group Type A group can be dynamic or static according to how they are managed See Group type topic Register ID Alternative ID Initial Location A group must always be tied to a location The location for a dynamic group never changes A static group may be relocated multiple times Initial Location defines the first location of the group The New Group Location event updates the current location value Locations are defined under Options menu See Locations topic Open Date Creation date of the group 2012 Agritec Software Group file 143 11 2 Group management system Basically there are three types of management systems for groups All In All Out system A definable number of animals are assembled and maintained for a definable period of time The group is created and stays intact until all animals in the group are finally sold or transferred and the inventory becomes zero The financial and feed information is specific for each group This is
197. d breeding female contributes one unmated breeding female day for each day of its life in the breeding herd between arrival and first service Comment 4 Prospective breeding females are not considered part of the unmated breeding female inventory Productivity measure AVERAGE UNMATED BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY Formula Total unmated breeding female days Number of days in period Calculation 21 937 60 1 365 See also arrival date breeding female breeding female inventory mated breeding female mated breeding female day service date mated breeding female mated breeding female inventory prospective breeding female WEAN LITTER Total number of pigs weaned from a breeding female during one lactation Productivity measure WEANED PIGS WEAN LITTER 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 395 Formula Sum of weaned pigs in period or cohort Count of weanings in period or cohort Calculation 5824 10 5 555 Comment 1 All weaning events including those with zero pigs should be included in the denominator Productivity measure AVERAGE WEANING WEIGHT WEAN LITTER Formula Sum of weights Ib of weaned pigs in period or cohort Count of litters weaned and weighed in period or cohort Calculation 71 318 128 5 555 See also birth litter breeding female lactation weaned pig weaning WEANED PIG the breeding herd A pig that has been weaned but not yet transferred to the nur
198. d event and click Ok 4 Click Ok in the event fields form 5 Enter 31 JAN 10 in the Last Date box 6 Select One Month in Period box Now the filtered females will appear 7 Click Modify Block button 8 Select Header event and click Ok 9 Fill the birth date box and select genetics with the new values 10 Click Ok See also Event Browser Select Individual for Breeding Herd This feature automates the transfer of animals from the individual file to breeding female or male file or to sales The animals must have birth dates recorded to use this feature 1 Enter a minimum and maximum age for the individuals 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec 103 2 Click Search button to preview the individual selection 3 Double click the individual to transfer 4 Enter Sale or Entry to Breeding Herd in the Destination 5 Optionally you can enter a new location or a comment 6 Click Ok and repeat for each individual that you want to transfer 7 Click Save And Close to apply the changes 6 18 Change Female ID Codes This option under the Farm menu is used to change the IDs of a block or group of breeding females using a mask It is especially useful for modifying the IDs of removed females so that the IDs can be used again for new females Initial Code and End Code Optional filter to select a group of females by ID code For example if you enter W100 for Initial code and W200 for End code all IDs from W100 to W200 will be modif
199. d up using the database backup function It is strongly recommended that you manually copy this folder from time to time to an external storage source This folder is located at the above directory path UserReports Default 3 8 1 Upgrading from Express Demo version This topic like the manual is written for commercial editions of Porcitec Most articles pertain to both commercial and free editions but if you are using the Free Demo edition not all will be exact To upgrade your 2007 demo database to 2009 demo please see the specific topic for the Free edition Important Do not use copy to move database files from former versions The database must be restored in order to rebuild the internal structure and update it to the new Firebird motor version The Free Demo version does not include the backup feature so it is necessary to use the commercial edition of Porcitec to do a backup of the database and finally to restore it in order to rebuild its internal structure First you need to know where you placed your database 1 Start the Porcitec Free Demo 2 Click File and then Open Database 2012 Agritec Software 42 Porcitec Manual 2012 3 8 2 3 8 3 3 Select the database that you want to convert and click Edit Connection button 4 Remember the values database path server If you cannot open the Free edition then you need to know where the database is placed You can use the Search tool of Windows to search f
200. db files Porcitec database files Second you need to do a backup restore operation 1 Start the commercial edition of Porcitec 2 The first screen is the database selection form if not go to File and then Open Database 3 Click Add Connection 4 Fill the form with the above values database path server and click Ok 5 Click Open button to open the database It will be updated 6 Click File and then Backup do a backup of the database 7 In the main menu click File and then Restore 8 Select the database backup file in Get Farm Backup From 9 Select the current farm alias in Restore Farm Backup To 10 Click Ok Upgrading from 2009 SE or 2011 Databases Firebird the database motor has been updated to 2 5 version If you are using a network installation you must update Firebird to 2 5 The database update is automatic When Porcitec is opened for the first time user database connections paths are automatically imported Note that databases are not copied just the connections path User Reports The update is automatic When Porcitec is opened for the first time user reports are automatically imported Handheld Device If you are using a Pocket PC unit please update your device to NET Compact Framework 3 5 and Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3 5 SP1 for Windows Mobile Then install QuickData again See Handheld computer chapter for more details Upgrading from 2009 version Databases The way to upgrade your
201. designer In this case we use three joined tables current parity next parity and feed event The SQL statement is shown below SETEC NextParity Totalborn as NextTotalBorn SUM FeedIn Weight ParityEx LactationLen AS AvgFeedIntake FROM JOIN Parity NextParity ON NextParity IID Parity ParityEx IID NextParity JOIN FeedIn ON FeedIn IID Master ParityEx IID Female WHERE Feedin BETWEEN EISE hm gilet e E y EndLacDate AND ParityEx BirthingDate BETWEEN 1JAN2000 AND 31DEC2007 GROUP BY NextParity Totalborn ParityEx LactationLen ORDER BY NextParity Totalborn x T 19 2 3 32 Average parity of removed females by age at first service What is the average parity of removed females by age at first service in 2007 Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Tables FemaleEx Variable ServiAge Variables to CurParity Analyze Functions Count Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering RemoveDate BETWEEN 1 JAN 2007 AND 31 DEC 2007 Use the Classes box to categorize the breakdown See Defining ranges For example you can enter 0 220 221 230 231 240 241 250 251 260 261 270 271 280 281 290 291 19 2 3 33 Total born litter size of females served more than 7 days after weaning I want a
202. dividual BirthDate Individual RegisterID FROM ServiceResult LEFT OUTER JOIN Individual ON ServiceResult ServMale Individual Id AND Individual Sex M WHERE ServiceResult ServDate between 1 JAN 2007 AND 31 DEC 2007 ORDER BY ServiceResult ServDate 19 2 1 22 Removed females by parity and genetics crosstab I want to know the number and percentage by parity and genetics of removed females within the year 2006 The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table FemaleEx Column Variable Parity Row Variable Genetics Filtering RemoveDate BETWEEN 1 JAN 2006 AND 31 DEC 2006 Percents On 19 2 1 23 Previous current and subsequent performance in nurse females I want a list of females used as nurse females and to see their production in previous and subsequent parities from 2000 to end of 2007 Use Query report designer In this case we use three joined tables previous current and next parity The SQL statement is shown below ELECT 5 eue EV n O PrevParity TotalBorn as PrevTotalBorn CurParity BirthingDate CurBirthingDate Hl e 00 00 NULLIF PrevParity NSERVICES 0 as CurBirthingRate 1OTALBORN TaS UD Get Orn Grae Ero nye NSE IR VIE 7 100 00 NULLIF CurParity NSERVICES 0 as NextBirthingRate NextParity TotalBorn as NextTotalBorn JOIN Parity NextParity ON NextParity IID Parity CurParity IID NextParity JOIN Parity E
203. down Creates a service cohort report using the breeding performance table e Group Lot Performance Trend Creates a report using the group performance table e Closeout Performance Cohort Creates a report for closeout group When possible use week numbers in heading If selected Porcitec uses the week number instead of the date when the breakdown is by period the interval is week and the first day of each period matches with start of the week Variables Sheet Use this sheet to define the report variables Title Title for the row Enter any text to describe the row Expression Mathematical expression to calculate the cell value It can be a simple variable for example Services or an expression Liveborn Stillborn Mask Optional mask of the cell Examples 0 0 0 000 2012 Agritec Software 24 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 Served Ist service after weaning fryer inten 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 225 15 10 SQL Query report designer 15 10 1 SQL Query report designer This report designer is a powerful visual tool that you can use to build test and save SQL statements for use in application data queries In the query screen the SQL sentence can be directly typed in the box However most of cases is easier to use the wizard clicking Wizard button ii Query 5 Export Close ENTRYDATE 20050 02 18 04 20135 04 08 04 b 20137 04 08 04
204. dows Mobile Then install QuickData again See Handheld computer chapter for more details 3 8 4 Upgrading from 2006 and 2007 version Former versions of Porcitec placed databases and reports under C Program Files folder This file organization has been eliminated by Microsoft from Windows Vista and replaced with C ProgramData Note C ProgramData folder is defined in Windows Vista For Windows XP or older the folder is C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Databases The way to upgrade your former database is by using the Restore Database option to recover a backup created from the former database This procedure will automatically restore the database to the new program directory path as explained above 1 0pen Porcitec 2007 click File and then Backup 2 Select the appropriate database 3 Select a Destination Directory for the backup file and click Ok 4 Open Porcitec 2012 click File and then Restore 5 Select the backup file from the location you just saved it to when you created it and then click Ok Important Do not use copy to move database files from former versions The database must be restored in order to rebuild the internal structure and update it to the new Firebird motor version 2012 Agritec Software EN Porcitec Manual 2012 3 9 3 9 1 Custom Report Designs e The Data List report designer has been replaced Porcitec maintains back compatibility with older user reports so you can continue
205. ds Transfer to breeding herd 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Porcitec Manual 2012 19 19 1 Database consults Database consults Porcitec includes a set of powerful tools to analyze the data Often the same question can be solved using one or more types of the Report Designer For example the number of females removed by removal reason is a distribution We can use the Histogram List Data or Query report designers All reports show the same results All report designers use the variable system see Agritec Variable Dictionary The variables are defined in this document Additionally you can create new variables from the existing ones using mathematical expressions or functions This chapter will serve as a basic tutorial for using the database tools included in Porcitec It has been designed like a forum you will find dozens of questions that Porcitec users have sent us and the corresponding solutions We try to show how to solve questions using the several types of report designer however you may use the one most comfortable for you If you have new scenarios or consults please send us the questions See also Basic Customization 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 291 19 2 Breeding herd consults 19 2 1 Lists 19 2 1 1 Active unmated breeding females I would like to create a list of all active unmated breeding females i
206. ds to display using Result Sheet in Options menu of Porcitec desktop application ate de CardForm 5 1 16 03 FA C 1 10 9 417107 4315 2 4315 4315 See also 2012 Agritec Software 13 2 9 13 3 13 3 1 13 3 2 Handheld computer 179 Result sheet Event fields Keyboard in Pocket PC Agritec recommends the use of a physically integrated keyboard for Pocket PC at least a numeric keyboard However you can use the SIP Soft Input Panel Click the keyboard icon placed in the bottom right of the screen to show the SIP To go to the next field you can use the pen or press Tab key or press Enter key When you are editing the last field of the form and you press Tab or Enter the current record is saved and a new one of the same type is added to allow you to enter another event Problems If you press Tab and the cursor does not jump to the next control please open options of SIP by clicking the arrow near the SIP icon then click Options Select Word Completion sheet and disable Suggest words when entering text and Enable auto correct Psion Workabout MX device Psion Workabout device Porcitec supports the old Psion Workabout device however Agritec recommends that you use a new device since our development for Psion Workabout has been discontinued The Psion Workabout model is now obsolete and it has been replaced by Psion Workabout PRO Install QuickData in a Psion Workabout To communicate P
207. duction stage total expense pork in period i 100 Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib FINISHER TOTAL EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW Formula Finisher production stage total expense pork in period Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at beginning of period Ib 4 Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib FINISHER TOTAL EXPENSE TO GROSS REVENUE PORK FINISHER PIGS Formula Finisher production stage total expense pork Gross revenue pork finisher pigs LIVE WEIGHT GAIN FINISHER PIG Average total live weight of gain of a pig in the finisher production stage Formula Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at beginning of period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period 16 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred ou
208. e Pregnancy diagnostic result in this service 0 Negative 1 Positive 2 Inconclusive 3 Observed Not Pregnant Interval in days from service to prior service within the same parity Prior service result Same or different parity Numeric variable used to calculate birthing rate in conjunction to AVG operator 0 Service did not result in a birthing repeat remove 1 Service resulted in a birthing NULL for unknown service results Numeric variable used to calculate conception rate in conjunction to AVG operator 0 Service did not result in a birthing repeat preg check 1 Service resulted in a birthing It excludes unknown results and removals Service date Group Id at the time of service The Group event must be entered before the service date or on the same date as the first mating in the service The hour of the first mating event in a service ServHour2 ServHour3 ServLstDecimali ServLstText1 ServMale ServMale1 ServMale2 ServMale3 ServMaleGenetics ServResult ServResultDate ServResultDays ServResultID ServTech ServTechi ServTech2 ServTech3 ServType LstTreatmentServ 16 5 PwDeath IID_FEMALE IID PARITY 256 Porcitec Manual 2012 The hour of the second mating event in a service The hour of the third mating event in a service User field Decimali of the lastest mating event User field Text1 of the lastest mating event The male used in a homospermic service all matings pe
209. e The total number of litters weaned for the lifetime of the female The total number of liveborn for the lifetime of the female The number of liveborn for litters weaned or nursed off during the lifetime of the female 2012 Agritec Software LfMummies LfNetadded LfNetFostered LfNetFosterParity LfPreweanedMortality LfRecordedPwDeaths LfServices LfStillborn LfSumAdjWeanWeight LfTotalborn LfTotalWeaned LfWeaniNum LfWeanedYear LfFstHnsDate LfLstHnsDate Location LstLifeComment LstLocationDate MGrandDam MGrandSire Morphscore Name Variables 249 The total number of mummies for the lifetime of the female The sum of animals fostered on minus fostered off for the lifetime of the female as recorded with the Foster event The total number of net fosters for the lifetime of the female Includes both foster and nurse events Animals fostered on with a foster event fostered off with a foster event nursed on with a nurse on event nursed off with a nurse off event with the corresponding wean event The average preweaning mortality for the lifetime of the female The total number of preweaned deaths for the lifetime of the female The total number of services for the lifetime of the female The total number of stillborn for the lifetime of the female The sum of litter weights at weaning for litters weaned in the lifetime of the female Includes nurse litters The total number of total
210. e ServResult BirthingDate TotalBorn FROM ServiceREsult WHERE NService 1 AND PrevEndLacDate BETWEEN 2007 1 1 AND 2007 12 31 ORDER BY PrevEndLacDate Id 19 2 1 15 Previous birthing location I would like to create a list of all service results within year displaying service date service result and to see the next parity data as parity number birth date and total born Also I want to see the current birth location and the birth location of the previous parity Using SQL SELECT A ID A BIRTHLOCATION B BIRTHLOCATION AS PREV BIRTHLOCATION A GENETICS A SERVDATE A SERVRESULT A SERVRESULTDAYS A BIRTHINGDATE A PARITY A TOTALBORN A LIVEBORN A STILLBORN FROM SERVICERESULT A LEFT JOIN PARITY B ON A IID PARITY B IID PARITY WHERE A SERVDATE BETWEEN 2005 1 1 AND 2005 12 31 ORDER BY A SERVDATE A ID 2012 Agritec Software 302 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 1 16 Current repeat females I want to see a list of females that have had two or more services in their current parity In this list I would like to show female Id status service date and number of service Use Query report designer or List Data report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables FEMALEX Columns ID STATUSCODE SERVDATE NSERVICE Criteria ISACTIVE 1 AND NSERVICE gt 1 Sorting ID Or you can use directly
211. e for example C MiDatabase txt 5 Use the Agritec Services to get the new database See Converting the database topic 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 278 Porcitec Manual 2012 18 Importing and exporting data 18 1 Export animals to another Agritec database You can create an XML file of a selection of animal histories to export from a donating farm database to import into a recipient database This may include breeding females males and individuals This procedure is commonly used to transfer animals from one farm to another Warning This feature irreversibly modifies the farm history in both databases Always create a backup of your databases before using this procedure 1 Open the donating database 2 Click Farm in the main menu 3 Click Export Females to Another Database The export dialog will appear Animal IDs for exporting Click the Select Animals button to add animal IDs e Select ID Code filter if you want to type individual animal IDs Type the IDs directly into the Value box separated with a space If you have a list of the female IDs in a Excel document you can select the Excel column then copy and paste them directly into the Value box in one step e Another option is to select a block of animals by using a filter such as current status or arrival date Export options It is very important to consider when choosing one of these op
212. e backup ice ioi ececciei cc eeccce iecore ste pentes nono ite poca 58 5 Database restore 22 nn nn te ent iere etes eds Los 59 6 Rebuild database nn denses sent 60 7 Cl an Database erate ects enn ele ete ad ee nine ren 60 8 gt Execute Agritec Script 3 elec 60 9 How to Sync the data between two computers nnn nnn 61 Part V Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm 63 1 Options menu Adapting Porcitec to the farm ss 63 2 Defining 63 KE C UuuEqg AA 65 4 Farm data 2 ee ne T 66 LEM CIUIL IG e 66 6 Application format leno eir nent tee Ori eedecedaevaccuaeeeeeecuaes 67 7 Location ONM ate sicsec est m 69 8 Removal options iniu cadet ecec snendecdeecdacudevnsueadshedecedeies ene vehivee ex 70 9 Event fields ETTE 71 quem 72 11 Result SRO C IM P 74 12 Text replacemenis 2 2 1d irn seeewecususeweccsstetesdestewecess 75 13 Data v lidation eire Lt trece cee beeen ren
213. e date of the last service in the current parity gestation length in days as defined by the user in Options Time Intervals Date to observe for estrus determined by the average length of an estrous cycle as defined by user in Options Time Intervals It includes served and weaned females Date to perform a pre Farrowing task determined by number of days before the estimated Farrowing date as defined by user in Options Time Intervals Date to test for pregnancy confirmation determined by number of days after service as defined by user in Options Time Intervals Date for a lactating female to be weaned determined by the number of days after Farrowing as defined by user in Options Time Intervals 2012 Agritec Software EID EntryAge EntryDate EntryWeight FstBirthingDate Genetics HeatLstDate HNSFstServCount POHNSFstServCount Id IID_CurParity IID EntryEvent IID Female IID LstHns IID LstPCondition IID LstPConditionA IID LstPConditionB IID LstPConditionC IID LstTreatment IID LstUserEvent1 IID LstUserEvent2 IID LstUserEvent3 IID LfFstHns 2012 Agritec Software Variables 247 Electronic Identification Age at entry The date on which a breeding animal enters the breeding herd The weight of a breeding animal when it enters the breeding herd First farrowing date Genetics or breed The date of the last heat recorded for a female heat not served or service event Number of Heat Not Serv
214. e days Comment 2 By definition only mated breeding females contribute productive days See also gestation day lactation farrowing nonproductive day PROSPECTIVE BREEDING FEMALE Afemale pig which is kept for the purpose of future entry into the breeding herd Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 391 Comment 1 Prospective breeding females may be weaned pigs nursery pigs or finisher pigs being raised under the same conditions as other growing pigs destined for meat production See also breeding female mated breeding female unmated breeding female REMOVAL DATE The date on which a breeding female or boar was physically removed from the breeding herd See also boar breeding female removed boar removed breeding female REMOVED BOAR A boar that is no longer consuming feed or resources of the breeding herd Comment 1 Removals include the death sale transfer or gift of the animal See also breeding herd removed breeding female REMOVED BREEDING FEMALE A breeding female that is no longer consuming assets or resources of the breeding herd Comment 1 Removals include the death sale transfer or gift of the animal See also breeding herd removed boar REPEAT BREEDER See RETURN TO SERVICE REPEAT SERVICE The act of serving a repeat breeder See also repeat breeder repeat service rate cohort repeat service rate time period service REPEAT SERVICE RATE COHORT T
215. e following image shows the result Adding a breakdown Number of records between two values in percentage 2012 Agritec Software 2 Porcitec Manual 2012 Following the above example now we want to show the number of records between 100 and 199 but as a percentage of the total number of records The new expression is SUM IIF lt ds EntryDays gt gt 100 AND lt ds EntryDays gt lt 199 1 0 100 COUNT Adding a breakdown Number of records between two values in percentage of a subset of records Following the above example now we want to show the number of records between 100 and 199 as percentage of a count of a subset of records not all records For example the subset could be females with genetics value The expression for counting the number of females with a genetics value is SUM IIF lt ds Genetics gt null 0 1 In consequence and following the above example the percentage value is SUM IIF lt ds EntryDays gt gt 100 AND lt ds EntryDays gt lt 199 1 0 100 SUM IIF lt ds Genetics gt null 0 1 How to format the decimals The above example can generate numbers like 34 23145 or 1 243664 To format the expression value to a readable format like 34 32 or 1 24 right click the Text box and select Display Format option catio ds REGISTE ds GENETICS STATU FormatD ds C FormatDat AA 4 COUNT
216. e last service in the parity Important The record begins with a birthing event Service related variables in this table are of the same parity as the birthing and refer to the service after the weaning event ServiceEx Table ServiceEx table joins the columns of the Female Parity Service tables Each record is a service and includes the female the parity and all services a single parity Note that in a service that results in a birthing the birthing occurs in the next parity so if you need birthing information pertaining to a service result use ServiceResult table instead of ServiceEx ServiceResult Table ServiceResult table joins the the Female Service Parity tables Each record is a service and includes the female data services data and the next parity birthing variables that may result from the service The record begins with a service event and ends with the weaning event in the next parity PwDeathEx Table PwDeathEx table joins the columns of the Female Parity PwDeath tables Each record is pre weaned death event and includes the female and the parity table information TreatmentEx Table TreatmentEx table joins the columns of the Female Parity Treatment tables Each record is a treatment and includes the female and the parity table information For example if you need the information about one female ID genetics to include all her parities farrowing date liveborn you need to use the ParityEx table instead of Fe
217. e live weight of a group of substandard nursery pigs Formula Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of numbers of substandard nursery pigs sold in period or cohort NURSERY AVERAGE DAILY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 423 Formula Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period or cohort Ib sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period or cohort Ib sum of live weights of pigs transferred out of nursery Ib sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery Ib sum of live weights of pigs transferred into nursery Ib Sum of pig days in period NURSERY AVERAGE DAILY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW Formula Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at end of period Ib sum of live weights of nursery pigs at beginning of period Ib sum of live weights of standard pigs sold in period or cohort Ib sum of live weights of substandard pigs sold in period or cohort Ib sum of live weights of pigs transferred out of nursery Ib sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery Ib sum of live weights of pigs transferred into nursery lb Sum of pig days in period NURSERY FEED EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT Formula Nursery production stage feed expense pork in period Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib 4 Sum of live
218. e manage 3 foster reasons runt low viability and litter size The Foster event has a user field which you can use to record the reason for fostering The reason value is recorded in the UFText1 field of the Foster table Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables FOSTER Variable UFTEXT1 Variables to FOSTERS Analyze Functions Count Sum Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering FODATE BETWEEN 1 JAN 2007 AND 31 DEC 2007 19 3 4 Average weaning age The average weaning age is reduced by females that are weaned prematurely because of savaging poor underline or other problems So I want to know the average weaning age only for animals weaned from birth litters at 10 or more days of age weaned between 2003 and 2004 The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables PARITYEX Columns WEANIAGE Function Avg Criteria WEANIDATE BETWEEN 1JAN2003 AND 31DEC2004 AND WEANIAGE gt 10 Sorting Or you can use directly SQL SELECT AVG 1 0 WEANIAGE FROM PARITYEX WHERE WEANIDATE BETWE AND WEANIAGE gt 10 I IN 1JAN2003 AND 31DEC2004 The Query report is shown below E Query E Export E Close 2012 Agritec Software 356 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 4 19 4 1 19 4 2 Other Poor condition females I want to mark thin poor condition females at weaning Later
219. e the Activation Key in your Customer Space on the Agritec website Finally you must enter this Activation Key in the Enter Activation Key option of your application You must be logged in Windows as Administrator 1 Open Porcitec 2 Click File in the main menu and then click Enter Activation Key 3 With the mouse select Machine ID value right click and select Copy 4 Open your web browser and log into in your Customer Space at www agritecsoft com 5 Click your Pack link 6 Click Get Activation Key 7 Put the cursor over the Machine ID box right click and select Paste 8 Click Submit button 9 Now your Activation Key is created in the same page under Submit button With the mouse select the Activation Key right click and select Copy 10 Return to Porcitec at Enter Activation Key put the cursor over the edit box right click and select Paste If you are typing the Machine ID make sure that you type zeros instead of the letter O This mistake is very common and generates errors 11 Click Ok Common questions Is it necessary to have Internet in the same computer No you can copy your Machine ID to other media paper USB memory or have someone read it over the phone and access your Customer Space from any other computer How does Agritec Product Activation work Product Activation works by validating that the software s product key required as part of product installation has not been used on more PCs than is allowed by the
220. e who has access to Porcitec and which functions they can access It can be useful in environments where more than one person can access the Porcitec database This feature is integrated with the Windows authentication system All users declared in Porcitec must first be added to the Windows user accounts This feature is disabled by default To enable it click File menu and then Users Click Active User Control button to activate the user management function You will see that the button now has a frame which means that the Users function is now working If this feature is active any Windows user not declared in Porcitec will be treated with the lowest privileges which includes not being able to enter data among other issues When you activate this feature you need to add all Windows users that can execute Porcitec in order to provide the required privileges to each one To add users in the system click Add button User Name of the user The user name must be the same as that used in Windows Open Reports Enable user to open reports Edit Reports Enable user to edit reports using any report designer Data Entry Enable user to enter data 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec 105 Edit Options Enable user to modify the settings of Porcitec under Options menu Delete Animal Records Enable user to permanently delete animal records in the database See also Track activity 6 20 How to u
221. eate Group Lot Id De Date Group Lot ID Ser Sheet Select the event from a list Add Add a new event Edit Edit the selected event before it is processed Replace The real advantage of using the Batch grid method is to copy fields of shared data into the records of other animals in the batch Using Replace you have the option to copy all fields except the ID code from the first record into all others or you can replace a single column with the same field data into all records in the column Typical examples are the Date field when all females are weaned on the same date or the Semen field if all females are inseminated using the same semen code Any data fields that are shared with the entire batch or group of females such as date breed group semen code technician etc can be copied to the fields of other animal records using the Replace button Fill In By selecting this button you have the option to fill the grid by duplicating the data entered into the fields of the first row to any number of additional rows and increasing the ID code by 1 This feature can be used to quickly enter a batch of replacement females if the ID codes are consecutive In addition you have the option to fill the grid with ID codes by using a filter and you can import data from external sources Reset Clears the data entered in the current sheet Batch One event or in all grids Batch All events Edit History Opens the animal file
222. ec 2012 Databases In Windows XP it will be located at C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Porcitec 2012 Databases e New Location It is similar to the Add It Automatically but it allows you to define the database location It can be in the local computer or in a remote computer See Add a Connection in Open database e Database Select an existing database if you want to overwrite a database stored in the computer with the new backup Make sure you want to do this because you will destroy the database 4 Click Ok 5 The restored database entry is created and added in the Open database list 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 4 6 4 7 4 8 NOTE Restoring a database to the server in a network When you restore a database placed in a remote server the local computer cannot delete the database to overwrite it It is a restriction of the Restore feature You have two options 1 Delete the file in the server before the restore using Windows Explorer 2 Use Porcitec to restore directly to the server If Porcitec is running in the server then it can delete the file See also Cannot attach to services manager Rebuild database This function recalculates all database variables When a new version is released some new variables may be added These new variables will be empty and are only updated as you enter new events To update them retroactively this function needs to be executed
223. ec Software 388 Porcitec Manual 2012 Comment 1 A breeding female is considered part of the mated breeding female inventory effective of its first service date i e the date on which an unmated breeding female becomes a mated breeding female Comment 2 mated breeding female contributes one mated breeding female day for each day of its life in the breeding herd between first service and removal Comment 3 Where no service event is recorded in an animal s Parity O record its date of first service may be estimated by counting 114 d back from its first farrowing date Productivity measure AVERAGE MATED BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY See also breeding female breeding female inventory mated breeding female mated breeding female day service date unmated breeding female unmated breeding female inventory MATING Insemination of a breeding female Comment 1 One or more matings in the same estrus period comprise a service See also breeding female estrus service MORTALITY RATE Death losses per unit time Comment 1 Expressed as percentage of the population at risk during the report period Comment 2 Mortality rates of breeding animals should be calculated on an annualized basis Comment 3 Mortality rates of growing animals should be calculated on a cohort basis Productivity measure BREEDING FEMALE MORTALITY RATE NURSERY MORTALITY RATE TIME PERIOD NURSERY MORTALITY RATE COHORT See also average breeding female inven
224. ec applications may not start after you install security update 925902 507 017 and security update 928843 MS07 008 on a computer that is running Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 Install update 935448 from the Microsoft Download Center to solve it http support microsoft com kbid 935448 2012 Agritec Software Problems and error messages 373 21 10 Virus or Trojan horse program is detected in Porcitec 21 11 Some antivirus like Trend Micro can detect false positives reporting virus or Trojan horse warnings Porcitec uses a protection system to obfuscate its code In this way we protect our software against hackers and piracy but at the same time some antivirus programs cannot analyze the Porcitec files The antivirus program may report a false positive or place the files in quarantine If your antivirus cannot analyze Porcitec and reports a possible virus the solution is to put Porcitec as Trusted Programs in your antivirus program NOD32 and Kaspersky among other antivirys do not detect a false positive in Porcitec Directory is controlled by other NET file This problem can arise using Paradox or DBase tables in the importer This is usually caused by one of two things 1 A table is already open on another machine for which Porcitec is not configured to use the same net file Solution all machines using this database must be configured to use the same shared net file See Options Local Area N
225. ec to get another added to your Customer Space for your new computer 2 Do a database backup in the old computer You can use a memory stick to transfer the backup 3 Restore the backup file in the new computer 4 If you have created custom user reports you must copy these report files to the new computer Click Reports menu in upper left of your screen and then Open User Report Folder Your user reports are in a folder named Default Use the Copy and Paste function to copy the custom reports from the original computer to the identical folder in the new computer Installation 51 3 12 Installing Consultant edition in the same computer In some scenarios it is necessary to install the Enterprise and Consultant editions in the same computer For example a company with 3 separate 1000 Enterprise licenses on different computers plus one Consultant license for 3000 females It is necessary to execute the installation for each edition 1 Execute the normal installation according to Installing Porcitec topic 2 Enter the License Code for the Enterprise edition See Entering the License Code topic 3 Create a Shortcut from your desktop to Ramat exe application for the Consultant edition You can copy the Porcitec icon from the desktop 4 Click the new icon and right click 5 Click Properties 6 Add consultant at the end of the Target box The result would be lt Installation Folder gt Ramat exe consultant 7 Click Ok No
226. ec to import the generated data There are 4 data types to be imported from the ERP 1 Group Lot Purchases See Financial Production events 2 Group Lot Sales See Financial Production events 3 Feed In See Financial Production events 4 Incomes and Expenses See Financial events Group Lot Purchases Sales and Feed In data is imported from named files to Batch using the Farm Import Data Agritec Batch CSV files option These files need to use a specific name file and be placed in a folder before they can be imported Income and Expense data is imported from Farm Import Data Financial Sales and Financial Purchases options This file can use any file name 2012 Agritec Software 2 Porcitec Manual 2012 18 11 18 12 Extracting Porcitec data using MS Access First of all you need to create a ODBC connection Please see Create a ODBC connection 1 Create a blank database with MS Access 2 Click File Get External Data and then Link Tables 3 In File Type select ODBC 4 Click Computer Data Origin sheet 5 Select My Agritec Database 6 Select the tables that you want to manage usually FEMALEEX PARITYEX SERVICEEX SERVICERESULT TREATMENTEX and PWDEATHEX Create a ODBC connection Download the ODBC connector from Windows 32 bit http agritecsoft com files extern Firebird_ODBC_2 0 1 152_Win32 exe Windows 64 bit http agritecsoft com files extern Firebird_ODBC_2 0 1 152_x64 exe you can use the Firebi
227. ed When it is checked the Change Field Value event copies the ID to Register ID alternative ID when the main ID is changed This can be useful to track ID changes or when replacement females with a temporary ID are later given a primary farm ID 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 5 11 Show alert at first service if no heat not served event Check on if you want to be alerted if there is no heat no service event recorded before first service Enter date cannot be earlier than Arrival date The Arrival date of an animal can be found in the Current Status sheet of the animal file The Arrival Date must be earlier than or equal to the Entry date for all events in the animal record to be counted in reports This is checked on by default and reminds you to modify the Arrival date if the Entry date is modified In the case of females transferred from another farm you will want to turn this off See Export females to another database Add codifications if they do not exist when importing When the data is imported from external files Excel xml or from a handheld device it could contain codifications that do not exist in the receiving farm genetics techs Checking this option the new codifications are added automatically to the receiving farm This behaviour sometimes is not desirable for example in a multifarm environment with a consistent an unique set of codifications Result sheet When you open the Females
228. ed events before the first service in the life of the female It may include HNS events before Entry date Number of Heat Not Served events before the first service in the life of the female and after Entry date Primary animal identification Foreign key to current parity Foreign key to entry event Internal female identification Used to link several tables together Using a relational model sometimes is necessary to join 2 or more tables For example SQL can use Females ID and Parity ID to join these 2 tables but it is not efficient more time co Foreign key to the las heat not served in the lifetime of the female Foreign key to last physical condition event Foreign key to last physical condition event with A type Foreign key to last physical condition event with B type Foreign key to last physical condition event with C type Foreign key to last treatment Foreign key to last user event 1 Foreign key to last user event 2 Foreign key to last user event 3 Foreign key to the first heat not served in the lifetime of the female IID_POFstHns IID_POFstService IsActive LacDate LactationStatus LfAbortions LfAvgBirthingint LfAvgGestation LfAvgLiveborn LfAvgStillborn LfAvgTotalborn LfAvgTotalWeaned LfAvgWeaniAge LfAvgWeanedWeight LfBirthingRate LfBornYear LfCountAdjWeanWeight LfGestationDays LfLittersWeaned LfLiveborn LfLivebornLitWeaned 248 Porcitec Manual 2012 Foreign key to the fi
229. ed expense pork in period Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib FINISHER FEED EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW Formula Finisher production stage feed expense pork in period 100 Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at beginning of period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period 16 Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib FINISHER FEED EXPENSE TO GROSS REVENUE PORK FINISHER PIGS Formula Finisher production stage feed expense pork Gross revenue pork finisher pigs FINISHER FEED EXPENSE TO TOTAL FEED EXPENSE PORK Formula Finisher production stage feed expense pork Total feed expense pork FINISHER FEED LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 431 Ratio of feed disappearance to live weight gain measured in the finisher production stage Formula Weight of finisher feed Ib disappeared in period or coho
230. ed on must also have been fostered off their birth litters See also birth litter cross fostering foster off preweaned pig GESTATION DAY Aday on which a breeding female is gestating Comment 1 Gestation days accumulate between conception and farrowing or termination of pregnancy abortion or removal of a pregnant breeding female Comment 2 When counting or accumulating gestation days the day of conception is counted as day 0 Comment 3 Gestation days that do result in a farrowing are considered as productive days Comment 4 Gestation days that do not result in a farrowing are not considered as nonproductive days See also abortion conception farrowing lactation day mated breeding female day nonproductive day productive day unmated breeding female day GESTATION LENGTH Period of pregnancy or time between the conception service and subsequent farrowing or abortion Comment 1 The day of service is considered to be day 0 Productivity measure AVERAGE GESTATION LENGTH 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 385 See also abortion conception conception service farrowing service GILT Afemale pig kept for purposes other than breeding Comment 1 A female pig which is kept for the purpose of future entry into the breeding herd is a prospective breeding female Comment 2 A female that has entered the breeding herd but not yet mated is an unmated breeding female See als
231. editing your existing custom reports using the former report designer However Agritec recommends you use the new report designer to create or modify new reports and even to re create your former custom reports There is no converter to upgrade your user reports so former user reports cannot be exported to PDF format unless you install PDFCreator for this purpose e A few variable names of Performance reports have been renamed to be more intuitive It may be necessary to modify your custom performance reports according to the new names If you receive an error trying to run an older user report check the error message for the variable name and replace it with the new one See Agritec Variable Dictionary To move your custom user reports to the new directory 1 Using Windows Explorer open C Program Files Agritec Porcitec Reports US folder 2 Select all files 3 Right click and select Copy 4 Open Porcitec 2012 click Reports in main menu and then click Open User Report Folder 5 Right click in the files panel and select Paste Handheld Device If you are using a Pocket PC unit please update your device to NET Compact Framework 3 5 and Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3 5 SP1 for Windows Mobile Then install QuickData again See Handheld computer chapter for more details Network installation Installation in network multi computer environment This type of installation is required when Porcitec will be used from more than one computer via
232. ee the differences between versions Public Key 328540 License Code U Lectura de derecha a izquierda 7 Click OK to activate the License Code 2012 Agritec Software Installation Commercial Registration Commercial version has been paid Enter your License Code if you have purchased a comercial version of Porcitec If you have not paid for a commercial version yet If you have acquired Porcitec from Internet or a CD or a promotion and have yet to pay you can use the free version You can contact www agritecsoft com to see the differences between versions Public Key 32854D License Code 9 3DKefghdfhyvhbikhikhe vkRSD kaG5nBL 7iiPaz usiE TGOms4JJ7a3nBN13Csl 20MLrIGw LU dfghfghdfghD j2zLFPgLLi 75 nbkpbaobTBRVPNID vffvHgJSbv678s808bmvbnmqy4b svw y ZzwfvbGYedvdPPoKaMxYB298wsVvK3MkswTG29DnSp4 FmRijlw uyg I sELuSovkfZVJIf fIPOQDPasheapngY cNjoNY sfoq3ctF vd iVr2gzghsfasDK5KmeFuaJkB qs8Y CF zrew38VmQMx ISbwazqP mUMhrxgfKx0mew siGS1PUOXIKPp57w dSi0aLV ofghdfah2kU s X Cancel 8 To check the activation click Help the menu bar and then About If you need to update your license code 1 Go to http www agritecsoft com web site 2 Click Customer Space 3 Enter your Email and password to authenticate you then click Enter You received this information in an e mail sent to you when your created the order 4 Click the desired pack you may have more than one 5 C
233. eeding female Comment 1 Day of farrowing is counted as day 0 Comment 2 Applies to breeding females whereas weaning age applies to pigs Productivity measure AVERAGE LACTATION LENGTH See also cohort farrowing lactation length nurse off weaning weaning age LITTER Group of pigs associated with a lactating breeding female Comment 1 Term is not sufficiently specific to be useful without qualification Preferred terms are BIRTH LITTER WEAN LITTER NURSE LITTER Productivity measures TOTAL BORN PIGS BIRTH LITTER WEANED PIGS BIRTH LITTER WEANED PIGS WEAN LITTER LITTERS FARROWED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR LITTERS FARROWED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR See also birth litter wean litter nurse litter farrowing farrowing date total born pigs weaned pigs weaning LITTER BIRTH WEIGHT Total birth weights of all live born pigs in a litter Comment 1 Pigs should be weighed within 24 hr of birth Comment 2 Litter birth weights should be recorded prior to any cross fostering Comment 3 Include pigs that were born live but have died before weighing Productivity measure AVERAGE LITTER BIRTH WEIGHT See also cross fostering birth weight litter live born pigs LITTER WEANING WEIGHT Total weight of all pigs weaned off a breeding female during one lactation 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 387 Productivity measure AVERAGE LITTER WEANING WEIGHT See also litter wean
234. em to other groups of farms You can customize the benchmarking reports by adding new expressions changing the terminology or filtering by any criteria There are two types of multi farm reports e Consolidation Two or more farms are summed or merged e Comparative Farms are compared side by side using columns Each column can be a farm or a group of consolidated farms There are two ways to get multi farm analysis Porcitec for desktop Porcitec for desktop includes multi farm features See Multi farm analysis with multiple databases Agritec Online Porcitec for desktop includes multi farm features but Agritec offers another and more powerful alternative based in the Web A digital dashboard is a business management tool used to visually ascertain the status or health of your business enterprise though key performance indicators Agritec Online uses visual at a glance displays of data pulled from disparate production systems to provide flags action notices next steps multi farm analysis and summaries of farm systems See Agritec Online Multi farm analysis with multiple databases Each farm is a separate database All codifications and options are created uniquely for each farm How to do a comparative between farms In a comparative report you are comparing the performance between farms Each farm or database is a column 1 Go to Reports menu Breeding Statistics sheet and then double click Performance Analysis
235. emale cannot be slaughtered until treatment withdrawal time has expired If this is checked on a female cannot be removed from the herd with a removal type of slaughtered if she has a treatment event in her record and the withdrawal time has not expired Need to end lactation before removal This is on by default to promote data integrity It requires the user to enter a Weaning or Nurse Off event to a lactating female before a Removal event can be entered Reset location at weaning This is on by default It prevents a Location event entered at farrowing from displaying on reports once a Weaning event has been entered for a female It assumes the female is given a new location at weaning so her location will be empty until a new location event is added to her record Add Pigs to Individual file with Register Pigs event The Register pig event is used to identify individual animals at farrowing When this box is checked on Pigs are automatically entered into the Individual animal file when a Register Pigs event is added in the Females file Automatically dry off the dam with Individual wean event Porcitec allows you to add pre weaned animals to the Individual file using the Register Pigs event in the Female file Then from the Individual file you can wean each offspring individually This option automatically adds the weaning event to the Female file when all individuals of the litter have been weaned Copy primary ID to Register ID when modifi
236. emo8 Memo10 peer ees iA Memoli a 6 IReportTitle Pagel TirxReportPage v PORCITEC GetVarFarm FarmName N 1 ColumnHeader ColumnHeader 1 a Code Location RegisteriD Genetics ar Event ae Status Date Parity Entry Days from Entry amp BP E E E MERE 200 10 197 6 1 6 ds GENETICS STATU JFormatD ds C FormatDat 05 Footer Footer1 iFrame TfrxFrame LargeDesignt 1 false LeftMargin 1 MirrarMarnine Foleo z background page picture CORNE CO 6 TT a 0 3 3 Create field Create caption If the report layout does not have the Footer band click Insert Band button at left and then select Footer band TFont 2 40 O false 0 Footer1 true PrintChildIfIn false ParentFont To add the expression click Text button Move the mouse to the Footer and and left click to drop the text box O 2012 Agritec Software EE 24 Porcitec Manual 2012 TFont Height 2 40 KeepChild false Left 0 Name Footer1 ParentFont true PrintChildIfIn false amp D E E RE MEER 2340 At this point the designer needs the expression for calculating the desired value Adding a counter To add the number of records of the list you must use the
237. ended into a single mixture See also base mix premix COST CENTER Support activities important to and used by profit centers or other cost centers l e an equipment cost center supports the crop profit center DAILY LIVEWEIGHT GAIN The live weight gain of a pig divided by the number of days between two weighings Comment 1 The day of the first weighing is considered to be day 0 Productivity measures NURSERY AVERAGE DAILY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT BASIS NURSERY AVERAGE DAILY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 FINISHER AVERAGE DAILY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT BASIS FINISHER AVERAGE DAILY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW See also live weight live weight gain DISCOUNT An adjustment to the base price paid for a pig carcass due to tissue damage injuries etc See also carcass sort adjustment FEED CONVERSION RATIO FCR Ratio of feed disappearance to live weight gain Comment 1 Feed disappearance is apparent intake rather than actual intake Comment 2 FCR has little meaning unless the composition of the feed the type of pig and the live weight range over which it was estimated are stated Comment 3 Synonymous with FEED EFFICIENCY FE Productivity measures NURSERY FEED LIVE WEIGHT GAIN FINISHER FEED LIVE WEIGHT GAIN See also feed disappearance live weight gain FEED DELIVERY COST OF GOODS Money paid for delivery of purchased complete
238. ent identification X Label Text associated with the horizontal axis It is optional Y Label Text associated with the vertical axis It is optional Filtering Allows a search filter style SQL to be specified to limit the analyzed animals The user has 2 conditions A Treatments within 30 days after farrowing B Only farrowings within year 2004 Enter in filtering TREATDATE BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 0 AND 30 AND BIRTHINGDATE 2012 Agritec Software 212 Porcitec Manual 2012 BETWEEN 1 JAN 2004 AND 31 DEC 2004 6 Click Axis sheet There are 3 ways to define the ranges or bins Automatic Uniform and Free Select Automatic Scale Porcitec automatically creates bins according to the data 7 Click Preview button to see the chart 8 Click Save button to save the report The Histogram report is shown below W Dstibuion ee 0 Number jai Total 47 Percent 44 68 APE COB ENR MIC NEU TIL TOL VO YOD TREATMENTS Click any bar to show more information Filtering 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 213 15 5 Pie report designer 15 5 1 Pie report designer A pie chart is a circular chart divided into segments illustrating relative magnitudes or frequencies In a pie chart the arc length and consequently the central angle and the area of each segment is proportional to the quantity it represents Together the wedges create a full disk The pie designer allows us to specify this varia
239. ent since it is an external product Please contact your Pocket PC representative for installation or problems Please see http msdn microsoft com en us library bb986876 aspx for more information Installing NET Compact Framework 3 5 Redistributable Click the following link and execute the installation program http www microsoft com download en details aspx id 65 Another option is to copy manually the corresponding CAB file into the Pocket PC and then execute it The file name is NETCFv35 wm armv4i cab and the default location is C Program Files Microsoft NET SDK CompactFramework v3 5 WindowsCE Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3 5 SP1 for Windows Mobile Click the following link and execute the installation program http www microsoft com download en details aspx id 17020 Next you must install Microsoft SQL Server by manually copying the cab files to the device On the desktop computer start Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder drive Program Files Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition v3 5 Devices wce400 or wce500 CPU architecture type 2012 Agritec Software Handheld computer 173 Use Windows Explorer to copy the sglce platform processor cab file to a folder on the device For example if you have a Pocket PC 2003 device you must copy C Program Files Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition v3 5 Devices wce400 armv4 sqlce ppc wce4 armv4 cab Another example if you have a Pocket PC 2005 device you must copy
240. entral office The codifications and options are shared by all premises If it is required any premise can install Porcitec in their computer and then create a remote connection to the central database via a local area network or Internet The Client Server architecture allows concurrent network access for users to edit records print reports and easily carry out simultaneous operations of any kind Any location is formed by up to 3 parts or levels separated by a dash In some scenarios it is common to use the first level of the location to specify the farm or premise The Premises option defines the premises or farms managed in the current database Defining this codification allows you to filter reports by premise and display additional information related with the premise B Each premise is a separate database Useful when each premise has a high number of animals or the data of each premise is managed from several locations In this model each premise is a separate database All codifications and options are created uniquely for each farm The databases can be located in a single computer or in each farm location This model allows a bigger autonomy for each farm because they do not need a network However by using a network managers can install Porcitec in their computer and connect remotely to each database to access information or print out reports For multi database reporting the server computer is called Data Center In a Data Cente
241. eport 17 Click Save button to save the report 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 229 15 10 3 Join tables with the Wizard In some cases it is necessary to join two or more tables The JOIN keyword is used in an SQL statement to query data from two or more tables based on a relationship between certain columns in these tables You can use the JOIN operator when you write the SQL statement or you can use the Wizard to automatically create the joins 1 The available tables appear in the right side of the screen Drag and drop the tables that you need to use to left side 2 In the field list box select the fields that you want to see 3 To link two columns of different tables drag and drop relationship column from a table to the other table The two columns must be the same type data After dropping the link is showed as a black line in the wizard Visual Query Builder lID LSTUSEREVENTI IID_LLSTUSEREVENT2 CT IID LSTLUISEREVENT3 ID POFSTHNS IID_POFSTSERVICE CT IID_PARITY IID_LPCONDITION L ID PREVPARITY ID PREVSERVICE IID SERVICE _ ID SERVMATINGT IID_LSERVMATING2 IID_LSERVMATINGS LTISACTIVE LACDATE _ LACTATIONFEEDIN Columns Criteria Sorting SQL Result Remove Duplicates 2012 Agritec Software m illD NEXTPARITY
242. ered into an animal record are validated by Porcitec to help detect data entry errors before saving records to the database You can specify the range of acceptable biological values that Porcitec will accept or reject in the Options menu under Data Validation 5 14 Handheld computers A handheld is a palm size computer which can be used at the barn level to enter and or consult farm data Porcitec can manage one or more handhelds even if they are of different brands or models so the data to be entered can be shared by several employees See Handheld Computer The first step to operate with HHC is defining them in Porcitec Go to Options and then Handheld Computer in Porcitec Click Add button to add new HHC Name Name you wish to assign to the device Parameters Usually you can leave it blank It customizes some devices e EIDLEN For RFID readers defines significant digits of the EID For example EIDLEN 5 uses the 5 right digits of the EID Model Select the device model See also 2012 Agritec Software 00000 Porcitec Manual 2012 5 15 5 16 Install QuickData in a Pocket PC Track activity The Track Activity option is used to monitor changes to the farm database It can be useful in multi user environments Any modification to the database is recorded in a table called LOG You can consult the table using the Query wizard in Reports Track Changes Modifying Events Check On to track changes when an user edit
243. erformance Analysis Breeding Statistics Parity Distribution Performance Analysis Breeding Select Parity breakdown Statistics Subset report by genetics Performance Analysis Breeding Select Genetics breakdown Statistics Farrowing Rate report Farrowing Analysis Breeding Select from several filters Statistics 2012 Agritec Software Getting started PigChamp report Porcitec report Report menu comments location Breeding Group Performance Groups Served Breeding Performance Statistics Litter Selection Litter Selection Breeding Lists D Farrow Location Performance Farrow Location Breeding Performance Statistics Pig Death Analysis Pig Death Cross tab Breeding Select from several Statistics breakdowns Repeat Estrus Repeat estrus Breeding Statistics Returns Post Weaning Wean to First Service Breeding Statistics Action List reports Management reports Sow Performance Report Female Lifetime Performance Database Applications Click New button in reports menu 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Installation 31 3 Installation 3 1 Installation steps The complete installation is composed of 4 steps 1 Download Porcitec from your Customer Space 2 Install Porcitec in your computer 3 Enter your License Code 4 Enter the Activation Key This is the simplest installation and the one appropriate for single users Por
244. errors Default Date If a date is not entered into the Date field of the grid by default the event date will be assigned the processing date If all records share the same event date the processing date may be selected from the Default Date box which will then be applied to all records in the grid This date box can also be used like a date calculator by highlighting the date in the box then typing or the number of days For example to calculate a due date from a service date simply type or use the calendar to select the service date in the box highlight it then type in gestation days and the due date will appear Entering data using Batch To enter data into Batch 1 In the main menu click Farm and then Batch Event Entry 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec ss 2 Select the desired event from the top of the grid or click the Sheet button in the left pane or the F5 key to bring up the Event Selection box 3 Select the desired event by typing the first letter s or selecting with the mouse if you have selected the Event Selection box 4 Enter data into the fields You can enter data directly into the grid or click Add to open the detailed form Entry into the grid This is the fastest way to enter data since it is entered directly into the grid The Allow Edit checkbox is checked by default to allow data to be added into the table Unchecking this feature will lock the table so that data cannot
245. ers you can use for lower level reporting 1 Click Options 2 Click Production Stages 3 Define one or more stages according to your production system Some farms define only one stage as growing others may define multiple stages such as nursery growing and finishing Define your locations Each group is always tied to a location 1 Click Options 2 Click Locations 3 Define one or more locations and tie them with stages Adding new Group to the database Each record in the group file is a group or lot of animals that may be in any production stage We use group to refer indistinctly to any group of animals whether they be defined as a cohort or by their location Each group can have one or more events added to its record The event specifies the movement of Pigs feed delivered treatments purchase sales or other data The Create Group event The first event for any group is the Create Group event whether for a new static cohort of Pigs or when defining a new dynamic group With this event you will create your new Group define the type of group and location and establish the beginning inventory for the group Click Farm and then Event Fast Entry in main menu Click Group icon mouse over the icons to see the text Enter the beginning Group date BR U N nm Select the Type either Dynamic for continuous flow or Static for All in All out or Monitored Flow Ui Enter the Location which you have previously de
246. es Title Columns are time periods Rows Variable Classes Title Filtering Table Name of the table used Filtering Allows a search filter style SQL to be specified to limit the analyzed animals Example isactive 1 and services gt 3 Columns Variable Variable or function to be analyzed in the horizontal axis Columns are Time Periods Check on this box if the report is a trend where the columns are time periods The report will ask the time period parameters when it is opened Classes Classes or bins can optionally defined for the horizontal axis Title Title for the horizontal axis 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 223 Rows Variable Variable or function to be analyzed in the vertical axis Classes Classes or bins can optionally defined for the vertical axis Title Title for the vertical axis Some examples Number of litters born by genetic line 15 9 Performance report designer This report designer creates statistical trend reports for a pre defined set of herd variables or custom mathematical expressions that can be defined The predefined variables are defined in the Performance table or Growing table Using these variables formulas and functions can be used to create new variables Type sheet Analysis Type e Herd Performance Standard breakdown Creates a general purpose performance report using the breeding performance table e Herd Performance Service cohort break
247. es onfarm txt and removed txt together into one zip file 12 Use the Agritec Services to upload this zip file for conversion to your new database See Converting the database topic 17 11 Import from WinPig To export data from WinPig Agrosoft follow the instructions below 1 Install PDF Creator in your computer or another PDF printer driver You can download it from http sourceforge net projects pdfcreator 2 Set the default printer to PDF Creator or other PDF driver This must be done before opening WinPig 3 Open WinPig 4 Click the Setup menu button Go to the Register tab and select the Auto Option tab on the right side of the window Make sure the 1000 Day System option is not checked Dates must be in ddmmyy format Click OK 5 Select the Print menu button Enter the from and to dates in the Period fields Make sure no other 2012 Agritec Software 276 17 12 Porcitec Manual 2012 filters are active Click OK Do not preview the report because WinPig will limit the number of pages to 100 that can be printed to screen You must print directly to the PDF driver 6 You will be asked to save your PDF document Select a location to save it and change the name of the file to Farrowed pdf default file name is Registration of sows _ Farrowed pdf 7 Follow these same steps for each of the registrations under the Sows menu item Entered Farrowed Medicine Removed Served SuppReg Weaned 8 Convert the above pdf files t
248. es to breeding females Comment 3 It is assumed that pigs fostered onto a breeding female are the same age as the pigs born to it Productivity measure AVERAGE WEANING AGE Formula Sum of lactation lengths of mated breeding females that were weaned in period or cohort Count of weanings in period or cohort Calculation 3788 14 8 d 256 See also farrowing lactation length weaning WEANING DATE The date on which a suckling pig was separated from a breeding female See also farrowing date weaning WEANING PERCENTAGE The proportion of pigs that are eventually weaned froma cohort of live born pigs Comment 1 Should be calculated on a cohort basis Formula Sum of pigs that are eventually weaned 10096 Sum of live born pigs in cohort Calculation 682 100 86 2 791 See also cohort weaned pig weaning WEANING TO FIRST SERVICE INTERVAL Days between date of weaning and date of next service 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 397 Comment 1 Day of weaning is counted as day 0 Productivity measure AVERAGE WEANING TO FIRST SERVICE INTERVAL Formula Sum of weaning and nurse off events to first service intervals in period or cohort Count of mated breeding females weaned and served or nursed off and served in cohort Calculation 806 6 5 days 124 Technical note Because underlying distribution is not normal average weaning to first service interval is not a good estim
249. esults use or N for Negative or P for Positive for Inconclusive and O for Observed Not Pregnant Not in Pig Mode 1 Press ESC In this moment the navigation mode is activated You can navigate between entered events and modify any data Press Menu and select Record 2 At the top the event will be listed with a B beside the event name for example farrow B 3 The right and left arrows will navigate you through the events To Edit an event press PS E and you can edit the event Keys in event forms PS A Activate insert mode 2012 Agritec Software Handheld computer Kum ESC Activate navigation mode PS V View female PS E Modify data event PS M Modify the date of a stored event PS D Enter default date This date will be assigned to following events Repeat the last female Id This is useful when recording prewean mortality after a birthing event or a wean event It is also useful when entering more than one mating on the same female PS R Erase event PS F First event PS P Previous event PS N Nextevent PS L Last event PS U Update event PS C Cancel changes PS X Close form ArrOWS Navigation between fields or events 13 4 Handheld control panel Porcitec provides a control panel to manage updates and synchronization with the devices 1 Connect the handheld to the PC you want to communicate with 2 In each handheld select the Link old Psion MX or USB Link Pocket PC option
250. eting a breeding female Deleting an animal from the database should only be done if the animal was entered in error and never actually existed Click Delete from the Female File This process removes the female record irrevocably when it has been entered by error LIL e To inactivate an animal for reasons of death sale transfer or culling you must use the Removal event Click Event Sheet on the Female file click Add Event select Removal and fill in the fields This procedure does not delete the animal s record from the data file 1 acing 558 1 es Add E vent 7 5 Events sheet This sheet lists all the events in the female s record ordered chronologically by date of event Any events can be added or edited in this folder When adding a female for the first time it is necessary to enter the events which define the current status of the animal For example e New or unbred female Enter an entry event e Served female Enter a mating event e Pregnant female Enter a mating event and a positive pregnancy diagnosis event The entry of events can be done either on this sheet or in Events Entry 7 6 Female events 7 6 1 Location This event is used to enter the location of an animal on the farm The last Location event entered for a breeding female becomes the current location and will print on the management lists making it easy to find an animal due for treatments Up to 3 location levels may be de
251. etter O if there are This mistake is very common and generates errors Do I need to enter the Activation Key in all computers if I am a network Only one Activation Key is required for each database server For example if you have a network with a server and several computers as clients you only need one Activation Key for the server 3 6 Installing your farm database After the software is installed you will need to connect your database The first screen you will see when you open Porcitec is the Database dialog This dialog contains the list of databases installed on your computer and options to manage them New farm database There is an empty database included with the program named MyData fdb that you will see in the database dialog If you do not have a historical database converted by Agritec you may simply begin entering data into this file If you prefer to create a new database using your farm name or want to add additional farm databases click Cancel at the Database screen and the program will open Then click File in the main menu and then New Database Give the database a name and it will be created and added automatically By default each farm is a separate database file Converted farm database If you had a database file from a former software program converted by Agritec you received the converted file in a backup format like MyFarm fbk and you will use the Restore procedure to connect the database See
252. etwork 2 There are leftover Ick lock files in the database indicating that it was previously opened with a different net file and didn t clean up after itself when it closed Solution delete the Ick files 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 22 22 1 22 2 Production and financial standards terminology 375 Production and financial standards terminology Production amp financial standards Annotated Dictionary of Production and Financial Standards Terminology is designed to provide information in regard to the subject matter covered This chapter is distributed under the copyright of National Pork Boar NPB the author and owner The dictionary has been included in its totality to conserve the original integrity Some of terms can not be used in Porcitec Production amp Financial Standards Copyright NPB 1999 Annotated Dictionary Breeding Production Stage ABORTION The delivery of fetuses or fetal membranes between date of service and up to and including the 109th day of pregnancy ADJUSTED 21 DAY LITTER WEIGHT An estimate of the average weight of a standardized litter of 10 pigs at 21 days of age Comment 1 Although there are published adjustment factors for pigs weighed in the range of 14 28 days of age the adjusted weaning weight is most reliable for litters weighed at 21 3 days Comment 2 This does not provide any mean
253. event enter the ID sex register alternate id genetics and weight for each offspring that you wish to identify These animals will then be created automatically in the Individual Pig Records file Genetics are assigned automatically if the dam and the sire have the same genetics 7 6 22 Farrowing This event records the farrowing data of a breeding female The parity of a breeding female increases by 1 on the date she farrows Event fields Date Date of event Live Number of animals born alive Dead Number of stillborn animals Mummified Number of mummies Litter Weight Total birth weight of the litter if weighed within 24 hours after birth Foster Net fostered on the date of farrowing Net fosters and a farrowing location can be entered directly with 2012 Agritec Software 12 Porcitec Manual 2012 7 6 23 7 6 24 7 6 25 7 6 26 the farrowing event to facilitate data entry Location The farrowing location of the female If it is not recorded the location is not updated Problems A code for farrowing problems Comment Comment Pre Farrowing This event is used just before the farrowing event and after the service event In some farms it is used to enter the female into the parity facilities other farms use it for some treatments before farrowing Its use is optional and it does not affect performance reports Abortion The occurance of an abortion is entered with this event The status
254. event such as a first in or last out date over one or more periods of time Each column is a time period Calculations are based on events as they occur in the time period Growth performance by Cohort All in All out The appearance of this report is similar to the above Growth performance Static report however the calculation method is different In this report the calculations are based on one common event that is shared by a cohort in a time period For example the cohort analysis may follow all animals in the group until the last had been marketed In this case the End Group Lot event is the shared event in the time period Groups are selected for analysis in this report only if they share a End Group Lot date in the time period Calculations are based from the beginning date to ending date of each cohort regardless of when events actually occur The only event that is true to the time period is the ending or close out date Example Supposing that the database only has 2 growing events 1JAN Move in 100 animals 2012 Agritec Software 20 Porcitec Manual 2012 1 FEB Marketed 95 animals and close the Growing Id Then the report would display Data displayed in period Move in 0 Move in 100 January Marketed 0 Marketed 0 Data displayed in period Move in 100 Move in 0 February Marketed 95 Marketed 95 Closeout Key performance indicators The data displayed is exactly the same as the Grow
255. eviously coded in Options Technician The technician administering the treatment Receipt Receipt or Document ID of vet It updates the last receipt value in Options Treatments New Location Record a new location if the animal is moved for during or after treatment Comment Any user comment See also Treatments Physical condition With this event you can record the date and some physical measurements such as weight girth height and score at various points or events in the animal s life Type Optional field to define the type or class of the measurement event It can be used in advanced reports to compare up to three Physical Condition events side by side for each animal using the IID_LstPCondition variables You usually can ignore this field Comment You may enter a Comment into the record of an animal Only the Comment event with the latest date will be displayed in the Status sheet of the female file and also in the parity column of the Female History Card Change field value This event changes the value of the status of the animal It is most commonly used to easily change the animal ID when a temporary ID is replaced by a permanent ID such as when applying a farm tag to a replacement female already identified with a supplier tag If you want the original ID to become the register or alternate ID when new tag is applied you can configure in the Options menu in On Off to automatically move the primary
256. example of a dynamic group e An animal can exist in only one dynamic group in a lifetime without individual ID e Live animals leaving dynamic groups can become a static group in the same production system or moved to harvest without individual ID Usually in dynamic groups animals moved in cannot be directly linked to the same animals moved out To determine your group type consider if the inventory in a group of animals regularly returns to zero and the entire group is closed out If so use the Static definition If the inventory in a location rarely returns to zero then you have a Dynamic group of animals Recording group data All In All Out system 1 Create a new group and add animals of similar age using Weaned in Move In Purchase or Inventory events Maintain the group system throughout the growing period and close the group once all animals are moved out or sold and inventory is 0 2 Record the feed delivered to each individual group If this information is not available then see Monitored Flow system 3 Enter expenses other than feed and animal purchases using the Financial Account Purchase option Enter the group ID in the Cost Center box Monitored Flow system 1 Create a new location in Options for the Monitored Flow group 2 Create a new Cost Center record which is where you will add the feed delivered and link it with the location Open new groups dynamic type and assign each of them to one of the pre
257. f week for service and farrowing For wean planning purposes I want to know how many females were served on the same day of the week that they farrowed in the year 2006 The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table ServiceResult Column Variable EXTRACT WEEKDAY FROM ServDate Row Variable EXTRACT WEEKDAY FROM BirthingDate 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 351 Filtering ServDate BETWEEN 2006 1 1 AND 2006 12 31 AND BirthingDate IS NOT NULL 19 2 4 7 Female removed by reason and parity crosstab I want to know the number and percentage by removal reason and parity of females removed in 2006 The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table FemaleEx Column Variable Parity Row Variable RemoveReason Filtering RemoveDate BETWEEN 1 JAN 2006 AND 31 DEC 2006 Percents On 19 2 4 8 Repeat service by service interval Of the number of repeat services in 2007 I want to know the breakdown by parity and the interval in days from repeat service to prior service I want to group the interval in days by 11 17 18 25 26 37 38 46 and 47 108 and use parity breakdown 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table ServiceEx Column Variable Parity Column Classes 0 6 7 Column Title PARITY Row Variable PriorServint Column Classes 11 17 18 25 26 37 38 46 47 108 Column Title DAYS TO RESERVICE Filtering ServDate BETWEEN 1JANO7 AND 31DECO7 Perce
258. f your screen 2 Click Adjust Ingredient Inventory 3 Click the Add button and enter the Ingredient name from the drop down box the current inventory and the price If you do not care to control feed inventory you can enter 1 in the weight field 4 The cost that shows in the Feed In event or is calculated for rations will coincide with the date of the Adjust Inventory cost 5 The last price entered for an ingredient is the price used to calculate ration cost so be careful to update feed prices concurrently with Group lot feed in events In other words don t enter 2 months of feed prices then enter 2 months of Feed In events in Group lot record It will use the last price updated regardless of the date 6 In data entry to enter complete feed and ingredients to the Group Lot record use the Feed In event The cost will be calculated from the cost entered in Adjust Ingredient Inventory but you can overwrite it and type anything in the cost field of the Feed In event 11 8 4 Automatic Feeding System An Automatic Feeding System AFS is based on individual feed supply controlled electronically Porcitec supports several types of AFS providing a powerful integrated solution Click Farm in the main menu and then click Synchronize Automatic Feeding System Nedap Velos Web http www nedap velos com Installing Porcitec for Automatic Feeding System 1 Microsoft Framework 2 0 and 4 0 are required You can download from Microsoft website if
259. feeds and feed ingredients See also feed cost of goods feed related services cost of goods FEED DISAPPEARANCE The total amount of feed that is consumed and wasted Comment 1 Includes both intake and waste Comment 2 Applies either to individuals or groups of pigs Comment 3 Used interchangeably with FEED INTAKE Productivity measure AVERAGE DAILY FEED DISAPPEARANCE ADFD See also feed intake pig day 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 401 FEED EFFICIENCY FE See FEED CONVERSION RATIO FCR FEED INGREDIENT Any component part of a pig diet See also base mix energy feed supplement minerals premix protein FEED INTAKE See FEED DISAPPEARANCE FEED SUPPLEMENT Dietary component containing high concentrations of protein vitamins and minerals Comment 1 Combined with an energy source e g corn barley to provide a complete feed See also complete feed energy protein minerals FINISHER Anything past nursery including grower and pre finisher FINISHER FEED Feed offered to pigs in the finisher production stage See also breeding herd feed complete feed creep feed nursery feed FINISHER PIG A growing pig beyond the nursery production stage See also nursery pig nursery production stage weaned pig FINISHER PIG INVENTORY A count of finisher pigs in a herd at a point in time See also asset balance sheet finisher pig nursery pig nursery p
260. file and sire file Creating the report geta simple list of the animals marked with the recessive gene you must use the filter Bool1 T for true For an example using SQL SELECT FROM Individual WHERE Bool1 T 19 4 6 User field duplications I use the User Field Text 1 as a third identification of my breeding females I want to check that all IDs are unique in the entire database in case I enter duplicates by error Using SQL ELECT F1l Textl F1 Id FROM FEMALE F1 IN ELEC Text1 FROM FEMALE GROUP BY Text1 HAVING COUNT gt 1 F2 l Textl F2 Texti m jee RIT Texel dabo DOr gA wn Nu UO pq Also you can use SELECT Textl LIST ID FROM female GROUP BY Textl HAVING COUNT gt 1 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 362 Porcitec Manual 2012 20 20 1 20 2 Multi farm analysis Multi farm analysis Agritec provides you with a powerful set of tools to work in a multi farm environment The multi farm analysis feature is only available with Porcitec Enterprise Edition and only available for some reports Porcitec includes features to generate comparisons or consolidations between several farms by period of time parity genetics or other breakdown It can group and consolidate farms and compare th
261. file and select an Id code for a female in her file you will see a folder tab called Results Clicking on this tab will open a sheet containing two columns one listing her reproductive performance for the current parity and the other a summary over all her parities or her lifetime average Most of the important parameters you would want to know about a female are listed here by default You will see information pertaining to her farrowing and weaning performance service results farrowing rate pre weaning mortality last service date due date etc as well as her lifetime averages However you may want to modify this list according to your preferences by adding or deleting the parameters of your choice You can do this by selecting the Options menu and then Result Sheet To add a new variable select the place where you would like the variable to display and hit the Insert key A blank row will be inserted into the table To delete a variable simply highlight the row you wish to delete and hit the delete key Title Type the text for the title or caption that you want to appear in the Result Sheet to describe the variable Expression Select a variable name or an expression to display in the Result Sheet Highlight the Expression column and click twice to access the drop down box containing the list of variable expressions Any variable of FemaleEx table can be used See Agritec Variable Dictionary Note there two types of expressions a
262. financial standards terminology 403 MARKET LIVESTOCK Livestock that will not be used for breeding purposes MINERALS Inorganic dietary elements necessary for essential body functions Comment 1 Macro minerals include calcium phosphorus and salt Comment 2 Micro minerals include copper iodine selenium zinc etc See also base mix complete feed energy feed supplement premix protein MORTALITY RATE Death losses per unit time Comment 1 Expressed as percentage of the population at risk during the report period Comment 2 Mortality rates of breeding animals should be calculated on an annualized basis Comment 3 Mortality rates of growing animals should be calculated on a cohort basis Productivity measure BREEDING FEMALE MORTALITY RATE NURSERY MORTALITY RATE TIME PERIOD NURSERY MORTALITY RATE COHORT NURSERY FEED Feed offered to pigs in the nursery production stage See also breeding herd feed complete feed creep feed finisher feed nursery production stage NURSERY PIG A pig that has been weaned and is currently in the nursery production stage Comment 1 Live weight of nursery pigs may be up to 70 Ib Comment 2 Pigs weaned directly from farrowing accommodations into nursery facilities are classified as nursery pigs Comment 3 Pigs sold or transferred at weaning are classified as weaned pigs Such pigs do not become nursery pigs until placement in a nursery facility 2012 Agritec Software
263. fined in Options 6 Enter beginning inventory and total weight of all animals 7 Now if you go to the Group file you will see the group records you have created 2012 Agritec Software Group file If you had your growing database converted from another software program Some fields may not have converted It is important to verify that your Groups are properly defined 1 Click the Group icon at the main menu In the left panel you will see the list of open or active Group IDs In the main screen you will see the list of events for the selected ID 2 Click Current Status sheet and verify that the Type and Location fields are defined for each Group This is important because you may want to use these fields as filters in reports You may also do this for any closed or historical group if you want them included in filtered reports In the View Box select All or Inactive to see the list of Ids Adding additional animals into the group record You can add additional animals to a Group record in several ways e Weaned In One or more animals are moved from the breeding stage at weaning into a growing stage e Wean Event Female file Animals are automatically added using the female Wean event You must enter the destination in the group Id field of the Wean event You can turn this field on in Options Event Fields Females Weaning e Purchase Used when you purchase group animals from an external farm or you may want to assign a va
264. fined in Options for a location event For females e A Location event entered within 14 days before or after a farrowing event is defined as the Farrowing Location e A Location event entered within 100 days after an Entry or Weaning event becomes the Gestation Location 2012 Agritec Software Female file Event Fields Event Date Date of the location event Location New location of the animal If the location starts by then Porcitec merges the new location with the current location For example a female is in ABC 45 entering 10 as new location Porcitec will use ABC 10 as new location Comment Any user comment See also Application format 7 6 2 Treatment This event is used to record any treatments given to animals These will include any medications or vaccinations used to treat or prevent any disease or injury Event Date The date of the event Female Id Code or Id of the animal Treatment The medication or vaccine used Treatments must be previously coded in Options Dose The dosage used in the treatment Units Units type Route Route of administration of the treatment Treatment Days The number of days duration of the treatment Withdrawal 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 7 6 3 7 6 4 7 6 5 The number of days the treatment must be withdrawn and the animals held before slaughter Reason The reason the treatment is administered Reasons must be pr
265. first service interval and farrowing rate by farrowing problem in a breakdown report Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceEx Variable BirthingProblem Variables to WeanFstServ Analyze ServBirthing Functions Count Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering Use the Classes box to categorize the breakdown See Defining ranges If you want to also include the litter size in the subsequent parity the configuration is more complex because it is necessary to join two tables Note that ServiceEx record does not have access to the subsequent parity litter size Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceResult JOIN Parity ON ServiceResult IID_Parity Parity IID_Parity Variable Parity BirthingProblem Variables to Parity WeanFstServ ServResult ServBirthing ServResult TotalBorn Analyze Functions Count Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering 19 2 3 12 Conception rate of females bred on their second service I want to know the conception rate of females bred on their second service recycles served within the year by parity The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables SERVICEEX Columns PARITY Group Yes SERVDATE Function Count SERVCONCEPTION Function Avg Criteria NSERVICE 2 AND SERVDATE BETWEEN 2005 1 1 AND 2005 12 31 Sorting PARITY Or you can use SQL directly Enel PARI COUNT VAS SERVES U
266. g a service The service date is determined by the first insemination or mating in the service Note Batches of semen may be previously coded and inventoried in the Semen file in the Animals menu If this option is used doses of semen will be automatically subtracted from initial inventory when an Insemination event is entered into a female s record Event Fields Date Date of insemination of the female Code Code of female Semen Code of the semen batch or male ID Doses Number of doses used Portions can be specified i e half doses 0 5 Technician Code of technician Technicians should be previously coded in the Options menu Breeding Group Code of breeding group See Group 2012 Agritec Software 122 Porcitec Manual 2012 7 6 30 Entry of breeding females 7 7 This event defines the entry of new breeding females into the farm Some fields can be hidden or shown according to farm preferences such as breed birthdate origin sire dam etc To customize the screen for the Entry event in the main menu click Options Event Fields Entry The Entry Event is defined as the day a breeding female or male enters the breeding herd ID Code Every animal must have an ID code for correct identification All events in the program such as mating birthing etc are entered by ID Code NOT by location The field for ID Code allows up to 10 alphanumeric characters The ID Code field is alphanumerical and thus will
267. g data file to include with this farm please see the next section The text file created must look as follows 6425A HEADER TGs 3 3 6425 A HEADER2 0 007 5 6425A 31MAY01 ENTER FEMALE 0 YES 6425A 31MAYO1 AI C1216 0 6425A 22SEP01 FARROW 11 0 2 6425A O9OCTO1 WEAN 9 6425A 150CTO1 AI C1354 0 2 Growing data For growing data the procedure is similar 1 Go to Reports 2 Go to Growth Reports 3 Go to History 4 In the history screen select History type select LOCATION for dynamic systems or GROUP for static systems History beginning date gt BEGINNING History ending date gt END Selection method gt ALL Output format gt BATCH Output device gt ASCII Name your file as STATIC TXT for the Group data and DYNAMIC TXT for the Location data These files will now be saved in the same directory as your Pigchamp program Important The filter automatically assigns the FEED account to feed events and SALES account to sales events from PigChamp Porcitec needs to relate purchases or sales with financial accounts So if you use sales or feed events then you need to go to Porcitec Options Accounts and define 2 accounts FEED for feed expenses and SALES for pig sales Otherwise growing performance reports will not show feed expenses or sales 3 Send the data Compress all farm files BREEDING TXT DYNAMIC TXT STATIC TXT together into ONE zip file PER FARM using WinZip
268. gs END FROM Service Another example the Score variable contains the score entered in the Physical Condition event It is a numeric value in this example from 0 to 100 You can assign a text category according the number for example 0 49 bad 50 79 good 80 100 excellent The sql statement would be SELECT CASE WHEN Score BETW WHEN Score BETW WHEN Score BETW END FROM Femalel EN 0 and 49 THEN Bad EN 50 and 79 THEN Good EN 80 and 100 THEN Excellent E Eri x See any SQL manual for more information 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 231 15 11 Data List report designer 15 11 1 Data List report designer It is a complete and powerful report designer which can be used to create virtually any type of report It works in a very similar way to Microsoft Access or Crystal Reports e You can create a custom herd performance report by choosing your own parameters and defining your own mathematical expressions e You can create a list data report that will include a summary of your data set e You can create your own custom female history card add move or delete data fields as well as data input boxes e You can modify any standard report by adding or deleting columns or rows including or removing data fields and performance measurements e You can query the database by using custom filter
269. gs heart liver intestines and ancillary organs or mesenteries bladder reproductive organs and blood Comment 1 There are national variations in the measurement of carcass weight Comment 2 Assume that the tongue and head remains attached unless otherwise specified See also discount sort adjustment CLOSEOUT Removal of a cohort of pigs from a production stage Comment 1 Enables calculation and matching of feed disappearance live weight gain and 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 399 feed conversion efficiency See also cohort feed conversion efficiency feed disappearance live weight gain nursery production stage finisher production stage COHORT Agroup of animals which share one or more events in common within a defined time period Example 1 All finisher pigs marketed during the month of December 1 event Example 2 All nursery pigs placed during the 12 week of the year 1 event Example 3 All breeding females that were farrowed then weaned during a reporting period 2 events Example 4 All breeding females that arrived at the farm entered the breeding herd and were mated during the first quarter of the year 3 events See also contemporary group finisher pig nursery pig breeding female COLD NURSERY NURSERY Secondary part of nursery stage where the environment is not artificially heated COMPLETE FEED A diet in which all feedstuffs are bl
270. gular basis is a major component of managing any production system Backups may be used to provide a means of recovery from a disaster situation It is highly recommended that all Firebird databases be backed up periodically This provides the best chance of successfully recovering a production environment in the quickest amount of time in case there is a disaster situation Online Backups can be done with Porcitec There is no need to shut down a database or to stop entering data in Porcitec in a network environment to backup The backup process takes a snapshot of the state of the database at the moment it begins so users can continue working while a backup runs allowing 24x7 operation Porcitec includes the backup and restore option Never make a direct copy of the Porcitec database file with the Porcitec program open and the Firebird services running or any computer or application that might be accessing the database using tools or commands like copy xcopy Winzip winrar Not only will the backup be unreliable but the disk level blocking used by the copy file tools can corrupt a running database Select the Database to Backup Check the databases to backup Destination Directory By default in Windows Vista the backup files are located in C ProgramData Agritec Porcitec 2012 Backup In Windows XP they are in C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data Agritec Porcitec 2012 Backup Backup files have the fbk extension
271. he heading Clear does not Unit System Select the unit system that you want to use in reports and forms e Metric The decimal system of measurement based on the meter and the gram e Imperial The English units of measurements like pounds and tons Calendar Week Rule 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm e Defines different rules for determining the first week of the year Week number is used in some reports e First Day Indicates that the first week of the year starts on the first day of the year and ends before the following designated first day of the week e First Full Week Indicates that the first week of the year begins on the first occurrence of the designated first day of the week on or after the first day of the year e First Four Day Week Indicates that the first week of the year is the first week with four or more days before the designated first day of the week e Custom Expression Allows defining a numeric expression to calculate the week number Some examples of week calendars e ISO 8601 International Standard Week 1 contains January 4 Week Rule First Four Day Week Start of Week Monday e Most of America Asia Africa Sunday is the first day of the week Week 1 contains January 1 Week Rule First Day Start of Week Sunday e Arabic Saturday is the first day of the week Week 1 contains January 1 Week 1 contains January 1 Week Rule First Day Start of Week
272. he farm Ids 101 102 and 103 The second group includes farm 110 and the third group includes farms 115 116 117 and 118 I want to see 3 columns one column for each group to see the consolidated results Farm box 101 103 110 115 118 In the Parity Histogram report I want to see 5 parity groups 1 0 1 2 separately and 2 parities 3 to 6 combined and 3 including parity 7 and higher Parity box 0 2 3 6 7 In All Females report I want to exclude females of parity 3 4 and 5 Parity box 2 6 14 5 2 Introduction to filters Filters are used in most of the reports User Filters and report designers The following operators can be used Test if a text value is contained in another text value Using filters To select only the persons living in the city Sandnes City Sandnes Customers table 2012 Agritec Software Result EE LE Ev pem Using Quotes Note that we have used single quotes around the conditional values in the examples Filters use single quotes around text values Numeric values should not be enclosed in quotes For text values This is correct FirstName Tove This is wrong FirstName Tove For numeric values This 1s Corrects Year gt 1965 This is wrong Year gt 1965 The LIKE Condition The LIKE condition is used to specify a search for a pattern in a column Syntax column LIERE pattern A sign can be
273. he proportion of a cohort of breeding females that are repeat breeders within a parity record Formula Count of breeding females in cohort served for 2nd time in parity record 100 Count of breeding females in cohort of breeding females defined as being served for the first time in parity record with a stated time period Calculation 7 100 5 8 120 See also repeat breeder repeat service repeat service rate time period service 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 REPEAT SERVICE RATE TIME PERIOD The proportion of services that involve repeat breeders Formula Count of breeding females served for 2nd time in parity record 100 Count of services in period Calculation 11 100 8 496 131 See also repeat breeder repeat service repeat service rate cohort service REPLACEMENT To take or fill the place of REPLACEMENT RATE See BREEDING FEMALE ENTRY RATE RETURN TO SERVICE A breeding female observed in heat and served again more than 5 days after having been served Comment 1 Normal or regular return to service are those occurring 18 24 or 39 45 days after the previous service Comment 2 Early returns to service are those occurring 5 17 days after the previous service Comment 3 Irregular returns to service are those occurring 25 days after the previous service SERVICE One or more matings within a single estrus period Comment 1 A single estrus
274. hedule that is easy to use for this type of report Creating the report 1 Go to Reports and click New 2 Double click Task Schedule report designer 3 Enter the report title in the Title box 4 Click Options sheet 5 The report designer allows you to enter up to 3 filters according to the female status value In Filter 1 select Status Served 6 Enter 15 in Days 7 Enter Vaccine A in Title This columns defines the filter for the Vaccine A 8 Now you must define the second vaccine Go to the second column Filter 2 and select Status Lactating 9 Enter 6 in Days 10 Enter Vaccine B in Title 11 In the Filtering you can define a global filter if it is necessary for example by location origin etc Leave it in blank for this example 12 Click Save button to save the report 13 Enter the report name for example Vaccines and click Ok 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 14 Click Close Note In task reports use the Date to Exclude Overdue Females to exclude overdue females Listing the report 1 Go to Reports and select the User sheet 2 Double click the above report 3 In the parameter dialog you can specify additional filters or sort order 4 Uncheck Include Overdue Females if you want to exclude females with vaccinations out of the period defined in the top of this screen 5 Click Ok to see the report 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 305 19 2 1 19 Active males I
275. ial standards terminology 407 Formula Sum of live weights of substandard finisher pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of head of substandard finisher pigs sold in period or cohort See also contemporary group discount standard pig target market weight range SUPPLEMENT Afeed or feed mixture used to improve the nutritional value of basal feeds Supplements are usually rich in protein minerals vitamins antibiotics or a combination of all or part of these and they are usually combined with basal feeds to produce a complete feed TARGET MARKET WEIGHT RANGE An ideal or intended weight range within which a particular class of pigs is intended to be marketed See also standard pig substandard pig TIME SLICE Analysis of records over a period of time typically subdivided into a number of periods of length Records included in the analysis may or may not have events in common TURNS PER YEAR The theoretical rate of throughput of a nursery or finisher facility Comment 1 Pertains to all in all out production systems Comment 2 May be calculated at the site barn room or pen levels Comment 3 Based on the average number of days that each group occupies the facility plus the down time between groups required for cleaning Formula Turns yr 365 Days in facility Cleaning Days 7 16 2 72 Calculation Finisher turns yr Nursery turns yr 365 48 0 3 0 365 130 0 4 0 See also finisher productio
276. ied Status Filter Filter by All Active or Inactive removed status Modify Code e Incremental Code Rename the females starting from the Initial Number and increasing in 1 unit e Format to Mask Uses a part of the current female code and formats it according to the mask e Add Suffix Adds a suffix to the the existing female code Depending on the Modify Code selection additional options will appear Mask Mask to format the new codes It specifies the number of leading zeros See Initial Number Initial Number Initial number for female codes See Mask For example selecting 0000 in Mask and entering 98 as Initial Number the new IDs will be 0098 0099 0100 0101 Initial Position of Character and End Position of Character Defines the part of the female code to use for formatting It extracts a part of the preview ID and masks it It is only valid if you have selected Format to Mask For example your preview IDs are AB506 AY706 CD103 and you want to rename them to 0506 0706 and 0103 Mask 0000 Initial Position of Character 3 2012 Agritec Software 10 Porcitec Manual 2012 6 19 End Position of Character 5 Suffix Suffix to be added in the female code It is only valid if you have selected Add Suffix Preview Allows you to preview the block of IDs that will be modified Process Click the Process button to modify the IDs in the database Users The Users module allows you to defin
277. if the account is an Income or Expense you may also use a subcategory 6 In Group select the appropriate category 7 Repeat the above steps for each account you want included in your reports For other farm related expenses that are not entered directly with a group event you may add them using the Financial file To access this file click the Financial button on the icon menu or select Farm and then Account Registry List from the main menu For example a tractor purchase can be entered into the Financial file You may allocate an expense or income to a group Id by selecting the appropriate group Id from the Cost Center box All income and expenses that you want to record for the farm must first be defined in the Accounts section in Options whether they will be entered from the growing file or the financial file It is important to note that using the Financial file to record animal sales or purchases does not modify the inventory in animal files For example if a group purchase is entered using the Account Registry List the inventory is not updated in the group file You must use the events in the animal files to record inventory changes Group setup examples Nursery pregrowing growing and finisher Layout This is a common farm setup in many regions of North of America There are four stages nursery pre growing growing and finisher Nursery pre grower and growing are all in all out static After weaning a group enters
278. ig inventory weaned pig weaned pig inventory FINISHER PIG SALES INCOME Income from sale of pigs sold or transferred out of the finisher production stage 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 See also finisher pig sales income nursery pig sales income FINISHER PRODUCTION STAGE Production stage associated with finisher pigs See also finisher pig nursery production stage GENETIC PREMIUM The portion of income realized from the sale of pigs for breeding purposes over and above their value if sold as commercial pigs GROSS PROFIT The difference between gross revenue and cost of goods sold for a business during an accounting period Comment 1 Gross Profit Gross Revenue Cost of Goods Sold See also cost of goods sold gross revenue GROSS REVENUE The total income of a business from all sources during an accounting period Comment 1 Gross Revenue Cost of Good Sold Gross Profit See also cost of goods sold gross profit GROWER FINISHER An optional part at the beginning of the finishing stage immediately following the nursery stage LIVE WEIGHT The weight of live pigs of any age See also birth weight litter birth weight litter weaning weight live weight gain weaning weight LIVE WEIGHT GAIN The increase in live weight of a pig between two weighings Productivity measure LIVE WEIGHT GAIN NURSERY PIG LIVE WEIGHT GAIN FINISHER PIG 2012 Agritec Software Production and
279. ights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery in period Ib NURSERY FEED LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW Ratio of feed disappearance to live weight gain measured in the nursery production stage Formula Weight of nursery feed disappeared Ib in period or cohort Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at beginning of period Ib 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 425 Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery in period Ib NURSERY LABOR EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT Formula Nursery production stage labor expense pork in period Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period 16 Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nurse
280. ime period I want to see average lactation feed intake per day by time period Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ParityEx Variable BirthingDate Columns are time On periods Variables to LactationFeedIn LactationLen Analyze 2012 Agritec Software 346 Porcitec Manual 2012 Functions Count Arithmetic Mean Filtering 19 2 3 39 Entry to service histogram I would like to see the number of unmated females served by entry to ist serve interval in 10 day increments like 0 10 11 20 21 30 etc Use the Histogram report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables FemaleEx Variable POFstServDate EntryDate Filtering Axis Uniform Scale select the desired minim maximum an interval values Type Agritec Software 19 2 4 19 2 4 1 19 2 4 2 19 2 4 3 19 2 4 4 Database consults 347 Crosstab Number of females by parity and genetics I would like to see the number of active females by parity and genetics The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table FEMALEEX Column Variable CURPARITY Row Variable GENETICS Filtering ISACTIVE 1 Note You can use Classes to reduce the number of columns or rows of the parity or age Number of males by entry date and genetics I would like to see the number of males entered by date and by genetics The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table Male Column Variable EntryDate C
281. imilar codifications into one For example say you created OLD PARITY and OLD AGE as two different Removal Reasons in Options and now you want to merge the OLD PARITY reason into the OLD AGE reason You want to deprecate the OLD PARITY reason so it is no longer used Following the above example the steps would be 1 In main menu click Farm and then Event Browser 2012 Agritec Software 102 Porcitec Manual 2012 6 16 6 17 2 Click Filter button 3 Select Removal event and click Ok 4 Select Slaughtered as Type and OLD PARITY as Removal Reason click Ok 5 Select All in Period box Now the filtered removal reasons will appear This may take some time depending on the size of the database and speed of your computer 6 Click Modify Block button 7 Select Removal event and click Ok 8 Select Slaughtered as Type and OLD AGE as Removal Reason and click Ok See also Event Browser Using Event Browser to change header values The Event browser can be used to change header values in the animal Current Status sheet such as birthdate genetics etc After clicking Modify Block button you can select the event to apply changes The Header event is a special event that is applied to any animal that appears in the grid For example you may want to change the genetics and birthdate of females that were in entered in January 2010 1 In main menu click Farm and then Event Browser 2 Click Filter button 3 Select Entry to Breeding Her
282. ing as a service stop it via Control Panel Services e If itis an application just close it To remove an existing Server It is recommended that you uninstall a previous version of Firebird but it is not a requirement Installation 1 Execute Firebird 2 5 setup file You can get it from your Customer Space 2 Select the Installation Language and click Ok 3 Click Next button in the Welcome form is Setup Firebird Database Server 2 0 EJ Welcome to the Firebird Database Server 2 0 Setup Wizard This will install Firebird 2 0 3 on your computer lt is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup 4 Read the License Agreement and select I Accept if you agree 5 Click Next button in Information dialog 6 In Setup Destination Directory select the directory where you want to install Firebird Often the default directory is OK 7 In Select Components dialog select Full Installation and click Next 2012 Agritec Software Installation is Setup Firebird Database Server 2 0 Hog Select Components Which components should be installed Q Select the components you want to install clear the components you do not want to install Click Next when you are ready to continue Full installation of Server and development tools v Server components 5 5 Classic Server binary 1 9 MB Super Server
283. ing of females with their first birthing event in the period The sum of all female days in the period of females with one birthing event in their record The sum of days of age at birthing of females with their first birthing event in the period Period days Period days Number of positive pregnancy checks events in the period The sum of preweaned deaths recorded with the PwDeath event in the period 2012 Agritec Software Removed RepeatServices RowType ServAbortions ServAbortionsInt ServBirthings ServBorn ServConception ServDeaths ServDeathsInt ServFoundOpen ServFoundOpenInt Services Services1 Services7FromWean ServicesAI ServicesNatural ServicesPeriodBirth ServicesPeriodBirthAdj ServLiveborn 2012 Agritec Software Variables 265 The number of females removed in the period The number of repeat services in the period RowType The count of abortion events of females with a service date in the period The sum of days from service to abortion of females with a service date in the period The number of birthing events resulting from service events in the period The sum of total born to birthing events with service in the period Services with known conception result It excludes unknown results and removals The number of females removed with a removal type of death with a service date in the period The sum of days from service to death event of females with a
284. ing weight LIVE BORN PIGS Pigs that show evidence of life after birth Comment 1 Life is considered to be present after birth if any one of the following is observed breathing heartbeat pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles Comment 2 Calculated as live born pigs total born pigs stillborn pigs mummies Productivity measure LIVE BORN PIGS BREEDING FEMALE YEAR LIVE BORN PIGS BIRTH LITTER LIVE BORN PIGS MATED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR LIVE WEIGHT The weight of live pigs of any age See also birth weight litter birth weight litter weaning weight live weight gain weaning weight MATED BREEDING FEMALE Any breeding female which has been mated at least once and has not yet been removed from the breeding herd Comment 1 Breeding female inventory mated female inventory unmated female inventory Productivity measures LITTERS FARROWED MATED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR LIVE BORN PIGS MATED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR See also breeding female breeding female inventory mated breeding female inventory mating unmated female unmated breeding female inventory MATED BREEDING FEMALE DAY One live mated breeding female for one day Comment 1 Measured at the end of the day See also breeding female boar day gestation day lactation day pig day unmated breeding female day MATED BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY A count of mated breeding females at a point in time 2012 Agrit
285. ingful economic assessment unless used for within herd as opposed to across herd comparisons Reference National Swine Improvement Federation NSIF Adjustment factors for age days at weighing 2012 Agritec Software 376 Porcitec Manual 2012 Adjustment factors for number of pigs nursed after fostering ees RAR Rae See also litter weaning weight ADJUSTED FARROWING RATE The proportion of breeding females that farrow to a given number of services excluding those that did not have an opportunity to farrow Comment 1 The only way to accurately estimate this statistic is to follow the outcome of each service for up to 125 days to determine whether the result was a repeat service cull death abortion farrowing or failure to farrow Comment 2 Exclusions include breeding females that died or were removed for non reproductive reasons See also farrowing rate abortion cull breeding female failure to farrow farrowing repeat service service ANESTRUS FEMALE A breeding female that is assumed not pregnant and is expected to express estrus but has not been detected in estrus See also breeding female estrus ARRIVAL TO ENTRY INTERVAL Days between date of arrival on the farm and date of entry into the breeding herd for a prospective breeding female Comment 1 Day of entry is counted as day 0 Comment 2 Arrival dates and entry dates for animals placed directly into the breeding herd may be
286. inisher pigs sold in period Ib Sum of numbers of finisher pigs sold in period AVERAGE SALE PRICE CWT FINISHER PIG SOLD Formula Gross revenue pork finisher pigs 100 Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period Ib AVERAGE SALE PRICE FINISHER PIG SOLD Formula Gross revenue pork finisher pigs Sum of numbers of finisher pigs sold in period FINISHER AVERAGE DAILY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT BASIS Formula Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period Ib sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out in period Ib sum of live weights of finisher pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of finisher pig days in period FINISHER AVERAGE DAILY LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW Formula Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at end of period Ib sum of live weights of finisher pigs at beginning of period Ib sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold out of finisher in period Ib sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib sum of live weights of finisher pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib 2012 Agritec Software 430 Porcitec Manual 2012 Sum of pig days in period FINISHER FEED EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT Formula Finisher production stage fe
287. into the nursery then it is moved to pre growing then to growing Finally all groups enter the finisher which is continuous flow dynamic 2012 Agritec Software Group file 1 Nursery Pregrowing Growing Finisher N PG GR FN Nursery All pigs are weaned into one room and stay at this location for 28 35 days Depending on the operation and number of Nursery rooms Pre Grower All pigs from one Nursery room are moved into one pre growing room Grower All pigs from one pre growing room are moved into one Grower Room Finisher All pigs from one or more Grower Rooms get moved into one large Finishing location where there are many pens and there may be Finisher Pigs still in the room from a previous move Usually there is a silo feed bin or feed location for each stage N PG GR FN Sometimes there are 2 for each stage one for each sex Feed is usually made on the farm for each stage as required or as the feed bins get empty This grinding if the feed is independent of pig movement The feed bins get filled no matter when the pigs are moved In other words the pig movements are made weekly but feed is made every 2 days approximately for each stage Periodically usually after one month the total amount of feed made per stage of production and the number of pigs moved through each stage is known plus the inventory in each stage Requirements We want to know the mortality and inventory for each group in N PG GR
288. ions 2 2 First you must update your PigChamp database to PigChamp 4 0 before it can be converted to Agritec You will need PigChamp 4 0 or higher There is a utility called Convert PigChamp 2 2 in the Utilities menu This converts 2 2 to 4 x and then you can create the batch file that you need Note for users with a non english version of PigChamp spanish french The conversor is designed to import english batch files Before to generate the PigChamp reports it is absolutely necessary that you change temporally the language of your PigChamp 1 Go to Setup 2 Go to Screen Options 3 Select English in Language option 1 Breeding data To create a Batch file in PigChamp for DOS For Sow Boar Records 1 Go to Reports 2 Go to Breeding Herd Reports 3 Go to History 4 Answer the series of 5 questions as follows o History beginning date gt BEGINNING o History ending date gt END o Selection method gt ALL Output format BATCH o Output device gt ASCII o Name your file as BREEDING TXT o This file will now be saved in the same directory as your Pigchamp program 5 If you do not have growing files to submit with this farm compress BREEDING TXT into one zip 2012 Agritec Software 272 17 3 Porcitec Manual 2012 file PER FARM using WinZip or another file compression utility Then upload this zip file to the Agritec Server for conversion See Converting the database topic If you have growin
289. is by using the Change Field Value event Notes To change the ID code from Event Entry click the Edit History button in the left pane to bring up the animal record and follow the above instructions e If you modify a male code the insemination events related to this male are automatically updated e If you modify a Group Lot Id the financial related records are not automatically updated You must manually edit them using the Financial window Using Batch to enter a treatment to a group of entered females This example shows how to enter a vaccination into a group of entered females The same procedure can be applied for any event into any group 1 Go to Batch Event Entry 2 Select the desired event in this case Treatments 3 Click Fill In button click Filter button 4 Select a filter if desired and fill the filter parameters in this case Status Entered 5 Click OK to fill the grid with the animal Id codes 6 Enter the Treatment Id and the Route in the first row 7 Click Replace button 8 Select Copy Active Row and click Ok Using Batch to enter replacement females into the herd This example shows how to enter 100 new replacement females into the herd Creating the first Entry event 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec io 1 In main menu click Farm and then Batch Event Entry 2 Click Sheet and select Entry 4 Enter the first Female ID for example 1000 5 Fill the common fields for example
290. it data A cost center can be breeding stock growing stock crops etc Since feed consumed is usually the most important expense in a farm it is common to define Cost Centers according to the availability of the feed data For example a feed bin an All In All Out group or a Continuous Flow location e The ID of an All In All Out group is also the ID of this Cost Center e The ID of a Continuous Flow location is also the ID of this Cost Center For Monitored Flow where feed is consumed by more than one group ID you must create a record in the Cost Center option to record feed delivered under the File menu To create a new Cost Center click File in main menu and then Cost Centers Click New Cost Center button 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 170 13 13 1 13 2 13 2 1 Porcitec Manual 2012 Handheld computer Handheld computer A handheld is a palm size computer which can be used to enter and or consult farm data Porcitec can manage one or more handhelds even if they are of different brands or models so the work to be done on one farm can be shared by several users This is done by implementing a program called Quick Data System or QuickData This software which is installed in the handheld allows you to enter and to query farm data and communicate with the PC The collected data must be processed in Porcitec to update the records and statis
291. it is numerical Examples 0 0 0 000 Minimum Minimum value of the horizontal axis Maximum Maximum value of the horizontal axis Increase Increase or the step between columns of the horizontal axis Leave Range X Open You may include or exclude any data found outside the analyzed range of the histogram 3 Free Scale Sometimes it is necessary to define each class or range For example 0 10 11 50 defines 2 classes from to 10 and from 11 to 50 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 209 See also Database consults Treatments within 30 days after farrowing 2012 Agritec Software mo Porcitec Manual 2012 15 4 2 15 4 3 View a histogram To see the results of a report click Preview button in the designer screen or click Reports in main the menu and then double click the report that you want to open i Distribution of Removal Reasons DATE gt 05 01 05 AND DATE lt 10 31 05 _ Number Total 3 Percent 1813 OTH Chatt Type Auto Bar v Legend iv Maximum 7 I Target QuickLink 4 F Minimum 5 Pin v Increase fo Close The above histogram shows the distribution of removal reasons between 2 dates e Click a column to obtain detailed information about the animals e Click QuickLink button to open the selected animal card in the grid located in the right side e To zoom in on the area Keep the left button of
292. itec FARM Operations related with the entire farm data Fast Event Entry Enter data by animal ID code Best for entering multiple events to an individual animal record Batch Event Entry Enter data by event Batch data entry works similar to a spreadsheet and is very efficient for entering large amounts of data especially if many animals share the same data fields 2012 Agritec Software 2 Porcitec Manual 2012 2 4 Pending Processing Events Event Browser Select Individual for Breeding Herd Quick Data Import Data Export females to another database Export data for genetic supplier Synchronize automatic feeding system Adjust ingredient inventory Produce ration Financial Calculate Contemporary Groups Change Female ID Codes Shows all events pending processing in Batch Event Entry List of all data entered in the time period you select You can quickly correct a block of data that was incorrectly entered into a field of an event Automates the transfer from individual file to breeding female or male file or to sales Access handheld computer menu Import data from external sources such as text files Transfers females and their history from one farm or database to another Export animal data in Dbase format for genetic supplier Interface for Automatic Feeding Systems AFS Enter or adjust feed and ingredient cost and inventory Create a ration inventory using the ingredien
293. itment Control charts are a central technology for SPC A control chart is a plot of measurements of a variable The top and bottom borders are also known as the upper control limit or UCL and the lower control limit or LCL which are represented by plus and minus three standard deviations from the mean The purpose of any control chart is to help determine if variations in measurements of a variable are caused by small normal variations that cannot be acted upon or by some larger special cause that can be acted upon or fixed The type of chart to be used is based on the nature of the data The next figure shows a sample control chart constructed from simulated data This is an X chart where the value of the attribute is graphed Control limits are graphed The control limits are based on a priori knowledge of the distribution of the attribute when the process is under control The control limits are at three sigma For a normal distribution 0 2 of samples would fall outside the limits by chance This control chart indicates the process is out of control If this control chart were for real data the next step would be to investigate the process to identify assignable causes and to correct them thereby bringing the process under control 2012 Agritec Software Multi farm analysis 369 Upper Control Limit Lower Control Limit X Chart There are four major types of control charts The first type the x chart and related xbar r
294. l axis columns 2012 Agritec Software 218 Porcitec Manual 2012 Classes Optional classes or range defined for the columns Leave blank if you check Columns are time periods Title Title for the horizontal axis Columns are time periods Check this box if the report is a trend where the columns are time periods The report will ask the time period parameters when you click Preview or Open so you do not need to add dates to your filter Note If you select this feature your column variable must be a date variable such as ServDate BirthingDate etc Variables to Analyze One or more variables chosen on which to perform a mathematical function Only one variable for each row Add the first variable by typing the variable name variable names are not case sensitive or click the box in the right corner of the cell to bring up the variable list Use the Enter key to add new variables below or the Insert key to add new variables above Available functions For each variable to analyze one or more functions can be used Count Sum Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation and Geometric Deviation Filtering Allows a SQL style search filter to be specified to limit the analyzed data Example isactive 1 and services gt 3 Character strings which are case sensitive and dates must be enclosed using an apostrophe such as Servdate 11 20 12 or RemoveReason LAME iy Editor Table z Colum
295. l out or Dynamic as in continous flow Stage Select the appropriate production stage that you have previously defined in Options Location Enter the location for the group You can use up to three levels such as Barn Room Pen Number The number of animals in the group When creating a Dynamic group for an existing location already occupied by animals this number will be the current inventory on the date the group is created For a Static group this number will be zero The inventory for a static group is established with a Weaned In Move In or Purchase event Weight Total weight of the current inventory Comment Any user comment 2012 Agritec Software Group file 11 7 2 Move in The Move In event is used to move one or more Pigs into a group Id from another existing group Id The Move In event will automatically generate a corresponding Move Out event in the group from which the Pigs were moved from if you enter the origin in the Origin group Id field On the main menu click Event Entry select group then select Move In Fields Event Date Date the Pigs are moved in Animals Number of Pigs moved into the lot Total Weight Total weight of the Pigs Average Age Average age in days of the Pigs Optional Origin group Id group Id of the group the Pigs were moved from Entering the Id in this field will generate a corresponding Move Out event in the originating group 11 7 3 Move out The Move Out
296. l stages hot nursery cold nursery pre grower grower pre finisher and finisher This system is flexible enough to be applied to any management system Production Stages must be predefined in the Options section When you create your Group its stage is tied with the group using the current location EID Electronic ID for the location The RFID handheld can read location values directly from the transponder instead of typing them Location Managed by Automatic Feeding System Some Automatic Feeding System devices need location information Check this box to send the location data to the device 9 2 2 Treatment This event is used to record any treatments given to animals These will include any medications or vaccinations used to treat or prevent any disease or injury Event Date The date of the event 2012 Agritec Software 1 Porcitec Manual 2012 Female Id Code or Id of the animal Treatment The medication or vaccine used Treatments must be previously coded in Options Dose The dosage used in the treatment Units Units type Route Route of administration of the treatment Treatment Days The number of days duration of the treatment Withdrawal The number of days the treatment must be withdrawn and the animals held before slaughter Reason The reason the treatment is administered Reasons must be previously coded in Options Technician The technician administering the treatment
297. le Excel limit is 65536 rows e Some electronic devices weighing machines pregnancy checkers directly create CSV files e Some external software programs create CSV files to exchange information bookkeeping ERP BLUP systems To import the data 1 Click Farm and then Pending Processing Event in the main menu 2 Click Fill In 3 Under Import From External Files click Import 4 Enter the directory where the CSV files are Do not select a single CSV file you must enter the directory path 5 Select Agritec CSV Batch Files and click OK 6 You will see the imported data in the grid batch data entry screen Click Process button to process the data 18 8 Using MS Excel to prepare data for import Microsoft Excel is an excellent tool for preparing data to be imported into Porcitec Using MS Excel you can import data from most common formats DBase Xml text Access etc 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Once you have read the data using MS Excel you must rearrange the columns and format according to the Porcitec filter specification Most Porcitec filters work by importing the text format file with as separator list For example 1 Open Microsoft Excel 2 Click Open and select the format of your data in File Type 3 Select the file and click Ok 4 If necessary modify your sheet by hiding columns click right button and Hide or altering their order to comply with Porcitec filter specifications 5
298. le device can manage multiple farms e Female status validation in handheld device 13 2 2 Install QuickData in a Pocket PC Recommended hardware Device Pocket PC Operating System Windows Mobile 6 RAM 64MB or more Required pre installed software 1 NET Compact Framework 3 5 2 Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3 5 SP1 for Windows Mobile QuickData needs a pre installed software in the device Please see see Preparing environment Installating QuickData For Porcitec to communicate with the Pocket PC you must install the software ActiveSync 4 0 or higher for Windows XP or Windows Mobile Device Center for Windows Vista or Windows 7 This software is usually provided with the Pocket PC or it can be obtained from http www microsoft com windowsmobile downloads activesync41 mspx and http www microsoft com windowsmobile en us help synchronize device center download mspx 1 Cradle the handheld device and make sure that ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center has detected it 2 Execute Porcitec as Administrator if UAC system is activated Windows Vista or Windows 7 by default Right click the Porcitec icon and select Run As Administrator 3 In Porcitec click File Options and Handheld Computer 4 Enter an Id for the handheld for example 01 5 Select Pocket PC in Model box 6 Click Install QuickData 7 In the handheld device click Start Programs and QuickData to start QuickData Possible error messages e Access viola
299. lease see Data entry time saving tips for optimizing data entry ii Event Entry 16 02 07 Event Type Insemination Semen Technician Gg Consult Dose ad Options Hour Breeding Group Comment Location Entry mode selection buttons Form to enter event data WN e event 5 Animal panel Current status data is displayed in the bottom panel See also Fast Event Entry Batch Select the animal type female male individual or group Dae Type 09 02 07 Inseminat Semen 8 Dose 5 12 02 07 Inseminat 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 535 12 02 07 Inseminat 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 595 Dose 3 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 595 Comment 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 5I 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 535 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 595 Dose 122 esult Positive Test 13 02 07 Inserhinat Semen 595 Dose 4 Ci 13 02 07 Inseminat Semen 585 Dose 4 Ci 13 02 07 Inseminat Semen 585 Dose 4 Ci 13 02 07 Inseminat Semen 8 13 02 07 Inseminat Semen 8 14 02 07 Inseminat 14 02 07 Inseminat Semen 56 History panel The animal history is displayed in the right panel You can double click to edit an 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec Data entry time saving tips Farrowing 6 3 Fast Event Entry This may be the easiest and most efficient way to enter data especially when entering multiple events such as from individual animal barn cards The da
300. lick Get License Code Each pack has a different license and different License Code Also each program version has a specific license code In some instances you may be sent by default the license for the latest version If you have an older version number make sure to request the corresponding license code for your program version 6 The new license code will be sent to your email address within a few hours If the application returns an error in the license code e Double check that you are entering the correct License Code version Each License Code is specific for a particular version of Porcitec You can see the Porcitec version number at the top of the license form and at the top of your program when you open it or click Help About at the main menu The license number must match the version described in the body of the email you received e Some antivirus anti spy or firewall software can block the license system Please disable all of them before entering the License Code then you can enable them again 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 3 5 Entering the Activation Key The Activation Key is an anti piracy technology designed to verify that the product has been legitimately licensed Every computer has a unique identifier number called a Machine Id Porcitec application reads this Machine ID when you click Enter Activation Key in the File menu in the the main menu screen This Machine ID is then used to generat
301. ll reuse some entered field values Status Indicator This area shows the status of the entered data PD Number of events in the device pending to send to the server ER Number of events in the device with errors These events have been sent to the server and have been returned because of errors You need to delete them or fix them You can fix the animal card in the server ST Number of events the device that already have been sent to the server They are maintained in the device for historic or tracking purposes The deletion will not affect the results Data entry using Pocket PC Click Enter Events in the main menu to enter events The form shows the last event entered Click New to add a new event You can configure the event fields to be displayed in the Event fields in Options menu of Porcitec The bottom bar provides controls for the navigation insertion and deletion of records QuickData shows shortcuts in the right area of the bottom bar to enter common events 2012 Agritec Software Handheld computer 177 Event Status This button shows the event status It is useful when you browse between the records PEND Event pending to be sent to the server ERR Event with errors The server returned an error You can see the description of the error by clicking the button SENT Event already sent to the server RFID Starts the reader for electronic identification It can be used in conjunction with the physical button
302. ls of the litter have been weaned See Automatically dry off the dam with Individual wean at Options See also On off Transfer to breeding herd This event moves an animal from the pig file to the appropriate Females or Males file when they are ready to enter the breeding herd and adds the Enter event to the appropriate Female or Male file Fields such as genetics sire dam origin etc are also transferred Code Current Id code New Code New Id code to be assigned in the male or female files optional New Location Location to be assigned in the male or female files optional Weight Present weight of animal optional 2012 Agritec Software Individual file 133 Transferring a batch of females to breeding herd 1 Click Event Entry button at main menu 2 Click Batch one event 3 Click icon for Individual records 4 Select Transfer to breeding herd event 5 Click Fill in button 6 Select Fill rows with result of a filtering 6 Now select your filter usually Arrival Date and enter the date range 7 The grid will fill automatically Click Process button to transfer the animal records to the breeding herd 8 2 11 Removal The elimination of an animal from the herd is recorded with a Removal event The Removal Type death slaughter or transfer must be entered along with the reason for her removal Once the animal is removed she becomes inactive although the data remains in the database The animal can be
303. lue to your own raised animals e Move In One or more animals are moved in from another group Id within your production system When you enter a Move In event the corresponding Move Out event is automatically created in the corresponding group Removing growing animals Animals are removed from a group in several ways e Sell Event used when you sell group animals e Move Out One or more animals are moved to another group Id within your production system When you enter a Move Out event the corresponding Move In event is automatically created in the corresponding group e Death Note When all animals are removed from a Static group and the inventory becomes zero the last event for a static group must be a End Group Lot ID event This event changes the status of the group from active to closed Only static group lots with O inventory can be closed Financial 2012 Agritec Software 148 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 6 11 6 1 If you want to record financial data for financial reporting you must define your chart of accounts At minimum you may want to code accounts for animal sales and purchases and feed The following events in the group file have a field to enter the appropriate income or expense account e Purchase e Sell e Feed In To create an account 1 Click Options 2 Click Accounts under the Financial section 3 Click Add to add a new account 4 Enter the Id and description for the account 5 In Type click
304. lumns or adding variables not available in the list click the Convert and Save button in the Columns sheet The report will be saved to your User folder Go to the User folder select the report and click Design button This will open the report directly in the Report Designer By default management reports do not include boxes or forms to collect data To add boxes in the management reports you will need to customize them 1 Select the report and click Design button 2 Click Columns sheet 3 Uncheck some columns to create space 4 Check Box1 5 Enter the column title in Column Title 6 Check more boxes if you need more 7 Click Preview button to check the result 8 Click Save button to save the report in the User folder Basic customization Porcitec includes powerful report designers to create any report They are necessary for advanced customized reports but they can take some time to learn In most cases you can get the desired results using basic customization that does not require additional knowledge Most of the reports include the Filter options form where you can define the filters and sort order Once you have the desired result you can save your customized report by clicking the Save button in the Preview Window The report is saved in the User folder Example Create a list of served females in the herd 1 Go to Reports click Breeding Lists sheet and double click Current Status Females report 2 Select Current Status in the
305. m For reproduction traits the group includes sows of the same breed that farrowed at the same time It is necessary to execute Calculate Contemporary Groups periodically to calculate and update the average herd values of contemporary groups used in the SPI and BVSP formulas Litter weights must be entered at weaning for these formulas to be calculated The Calculate Contemporary Groups function is located in the Farm menu at the top of the Porcitec main menu screen Contemporary Groups Interval Interval in weeks to form the contemporary groups It is advisable to select enough weeks to include at least 30 litters but it is also better to keep the period length short Recalculate Period used to recalculate the groups 2012 Agritec Software Female file Select All Data e the first time you perform this calculation e if you have modified events older than one year e after you rebuild the database Select Last Year Data to periodically update the contemporary group data after new weaning events are entered Sow Productivity Index SPI provides a measure of sow productivity and is especially useful for making culling decisions or selecting for selecting the dams of replacement females Prolificacy is measured by the number of pigs born alive in a litter adjusted for parity Milking ability is measured by the weight of the litter adjusted to 21 days of age SPI is defined as SPI 100 6 5 L W Where L the adjusted
306. male Expression LastWeaned FemalesWeaned Percent of weaned bred by 7 days Expression Percent Weanings7Service FemalesWeaned Net fostered Expression NetFostered Average weaning age Expression SumWeanLitterAges CountWeanLitterAges Avg weight weaned pig Expression SumWeanWeight CountWeanWeight Recorded preweaned deaths Expression RecordedPWDeaths Preweaning mortality rate period Expression LiveBornLitWeaned NetFostered TotalWeaned LiveBornLitWeaned NetFostered 100 Weaned mated female year Expression TotalWeaned 365 MatedFemaleDays Weaned female year Expression TotalWeaned 365 FemaleDays POPULATION Ending total female inventory Expression EndingFemaleInventory Avg total female inventory Expression FemaleDays PeriodDays Ending unmated female inventory Expression EndingUnmatedFemaleInventory Ending mated female inventory Expression EndingFemaleInventory EndingUnmatedFemaleInventory Avg unmated female inventory Expression UnmatedFemaleDays PeriodDays Avg mated female inventory Expression MatedFemaleDays PeriodDays Ending male inventory Expression EndingMaleInventory Average parity Expression EndingFemaleParity EndingFemaleInventory Females entered Expression Entered Replacement rate Expression Entered 365 FemaleDays 100 2012 Agritec Software Females culled Expression Culled Culling rate Expression Culled 365 FemaleDays 1
307. maleEx table A female record from the Female table can have several parity records in the Parity table and in turn a Parity record can have several service records in the Service table For example the following SQL sentence SELECT Id Location Parity FROM ParityEx This sentence selects a data set where each row is a single parity and there are 3 columns Id Location and Parity It will show ID Location Parity 45 235 1 45 235 2 45 235 3 Location variable shows the current location because this field belongs to the Female table Female table always refers to the current parity or status of the female In the above example the Location value is always 235 for the ID 45 because in all cases it refers to the current value 2012 Agritec Software Variables 245 Now we want to see all service dates In this case Service table will be used 16 2 SELECT Id Location Parity ServDate FROM ServiceEx Each row is a service ID 45 45 45 45 45 Location 235 235 235 235 235 Parity ServDate 1 09 JAN 03 1 21 JAN 03 2 15 JUN 03 3 30 NOV 03 3 15 DEC 03 Note that Parity variable is valued at 1 for the first 2 services 9Jan03 and 21Jan03 These 2 services occurred in parity 1 Parity 2 includes only one service on 15Jun03 and finally parity 3 includes 2 services 30Nov and 15Dec Female ArrivalDate BirthDate Birthings BirthLitterId Bool1 Bool2 Bool3 Bool4 BVSP Comment 2012 Agritec
308. me saving tips for more tips See also Event Entry Data entry time saving tips Batch Event Entry Group Lot Inser Comment Create Group Lot Id De Date Group Lot ID 5 e Add Batch data entry works similar to a spreadsheet and is very efficient for entering large amounts of data Batch entry is event driven and is best used when a group of animals shares the same event such as entry matings pregnancy checks treatments weaning etc Fields of data can be copied to other records or entire columns filled with any value See an overview video at http agritecsoft com en porcitec videos batch entry batch entry htm Batch entry is only for entering data You cannot edit an animal file from the grid To edit or consult an animal record from Batch click the Edit History button in the left pane to bring up a record from the Animal file for editing In the main menu click Farm and then click Batch Event Entry There are two ways to enter data in Batch Entry directly into the data entry grid or by using the Edit Detail dialog box You can interchange the entry method as desired The two methods are compatible and either method will transfer the entered data into the animal s record Buttons and controls Animal Type 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec oa Select the animal file female male individual or group Group Lot Inser Comment Cr
309. measure AVERAGE ENTRY TO FIRST SERVICE INTERVAL Technical note Because underlying distribution is not Normal average entry to first service interval is not a good estimator of central tendency See also entry date unmated breeding female weaning to first service interval ESTRUS A period of sexual receptivity of a breeding female to the boar Comment 1 Does not necessarily imply mating or service Comment 2 Synonymous with heat period See also boar breeding female mating service EVENT DATE The date on which an event occurs Examples Events include farrowings weanings matings Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 383 See also arrival date entry date farrowing date service date FAILURE TO FARROW Occurs when a mated breeding female has not farrowed 125 days after presumed effective service Comment 1 The effective date of service is considered to be day 0 See also farrow mated breeding female service FARROWING Birth of a litter of one or more live stillborn or mummified pigs on or after the 110th day of pregnancy Comment 1 The corresponding service date is considered to be day 0 See also abortion failure to farrow farrowing date litter live born pigs mummies service date stillborn pigs weaning FARROWING DATE The date on which the first pig of a birth litter was born See also event date birth litter FARROWING FREQUENCY The period between the
310. mpact if I use artificial rather than natural insemination e Which animals should be eliminated due to low production e Which breeding technician produces the best results e Which feed facilitates optimal performance The number and type of queries is limitless By default Porcitec includes a number of pre defined reports You can modify them or create completely new reports Use the existing Report menu to select the type of report you want to modify or create Open Displays an existing report on the screen In most reports a parameter dialog will appear You can generate a report ordered by parameters you determine and specify a filter to select a subset of the population If you routinely use the same report parameters such as breakdowns or filters or report periods you can Save the report using a different name to quickly generate the report the next time you want to run it The report will be saved in the User folder with the new name Design You can modify a pre existing report and save it under a different name All modified reports are saved in the User folder so the original report cannot be over written New Create a completely new database report using tools such as Breakdown Query Histogram List Data etc All created reports are saved into the User folder by default 2012 Agritec Software 24 Porcitec Manual 2012 Types of New reports Basic data list Task schedule Histogram Pie Breakdown X
311. n Hour Breeding Group 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 4 _ 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 595 Dose 3 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 4 Comment 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 4 14 02 07 Inseminat Semen 625 3 Id Location Status fon T FE TPO eE r Tips e The animal ID list is automatically filtered as you being typing the ID 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 6 4 e The date is automatically filled entering only the day number as minimum For example if you enter 12 Porcitec will use the month and year used in the previous record If you enter 1203 Porcitec will use the year from the previous record e Type the first letters of the event type to select it Another efficient way is by typing the event Alias See Events e When entering locations you can save keystrokes by entering only the lowest level of the location in Location boxes Porcitec reuses the location from the previous entry For example if the previous location entered is A B 2 you can simply enter 3 and the result is A B 3 e You can press the Alt S keys to quickly save the event data without having to press the Enter key through every field if the fields contain the same data as the previous event For example if you are entering multiple inseminations and the only field that you want to modify is the date you can modify the date then press Alt S to save the event into the record See Data entry ti
312. n and click OK 2 To fill selected records highlight the rows you want to fill by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking each row with the mouse The last selection must be the source cell Click Replace button Select Copy only selected column of active row option and Only selected records and click OK See also Event Entry How to Entering same event in a group of animals 2012 Agritec Software 94 Porcitec Manual 2012 6 5 How to Enter 100 new females with a service in her record Data entry time saving tips Data entry using Animals File The Animal Files consist of five separate files There are three for the breeding herd which include Females Males and Semen In addition there are two files one for group and the other for Individual Pig Records These files are used if it is necessary to edit an event in an animal s record or to view the entire record and the animal s history The animal files are ordered by the individual animal s Id code or in the case of a growing group or lot of animals the growing Id They contain all the events in the animal s or group record including additional pages that may show the current status genealogy performance history and any notes or comments The animal files are selected by clicking Animals on the Main Menu The Females animal file can be accessed directly by simply clicking the icon button below the menu To Edit an event in an animal record 1 Press Edit
313. n my herd Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables FEMALEEX Columns ID ENTRYDATE Criteria ISACTIVE 1 AND STATUSCODE E Sorting ENTRYDATE ID Or you can use SQL directly SELECT ID ENTRYDATE FROM FEMALEEX WHERE ISACTIVE 1 AND STATUSCODE E ORDER BY ENTRYDATE ID The Query report is shown below E Export ENTRYDATE 20050 02 18 04 20135 04 08 04 MEE FRS eee TS ES 20138 05 13 04 20141 05 13 04 20142 05 13 04 20143 05 13 04 20144 05 13 04 20146 05 13 04 2012 Agritec Software 292 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 1 2 Service list between 2 dates I would like to create a list of all service within year and to see the parity related data as birth location wean date total weaned days lactating service date service male and service result Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables SERVICEEX Columns ID PARITY BIRTHLOCATION ENDLACDATE TOTALWEANED ENDLACDATE BIRTHINGDATE DAYS LAC Calculation SERVDATE SERVMALE SERVRESULT Criteria SERVDATE BETWEEN 2005 1 1 AND 2005 12 31 Sorting SERVDATE ID Or you can use SQL directly ELECT ID PARITY BIRTHLOCATION ENDLACDATE TOTALWEANED ENDLACDAT IRTHINGDATE AS DAYS LAC SERVDATE SERVMALE SERVRESULT ROM SERVICEEX HERE SERVDATE BETW RDE EIN
314. n new tag is applied you can configure in the Options menu in On Off to automatically move the primary ID to the register ID field when the primary ID is modified 2012 Agritec Software 132 Porcitec Manual 2012 8 2 7 8 2 8 8 2 9 8 2 10 Type Select the field name to change You have a choice of Animal ID Electronic ID Register ID and several user fields New Value New value that will replace the current value Feed in This tracks the feed consumed by an animal individually This area of data entry is essentially designed to view data received from electronic feed systems since manually entering feed weights and associated information per individual on even a moderate size herd is often considered to be excessively time consuming User event There are three User events that allow the entry of any custom event into the record of an animal For example you might want to record blood test results see Serology results for more information Or you might want to create a User event called Post birthing Then all comments pertaining to birthing can be entered using this user event It is used for filtering when creating reports Also it can be used for trial purposes by defining a subset of females and comparing variables Offspring weaning Weans the individual from the dam It indicates when the individual is separated from the dam It automatically adds the weaning event in the dam history when all individua
315. n reports Codifications are defined in Options For example the following screenshot is a simple Genetic codification Codification list Configuration Genetics Farm Type Farm Data Add Benchmarking Application Format Active Name Location Format gt BREED 1 Removal Options Event Fields L4 BREED Z Result Sheet Female File Handheld Text Replacements Data Validation Handheld Computer Track Activity Technical Time Intervals Genetics Production Stages Locations Location Level 1 Removal Reasons Preweaning Death Reasons Group Lot Death Reasons Treatments Ms x Cancel Help Active column shows the status of each codification Active means that the code name will be available for selection in data entry Some codes cannot be deleted for data integrity reasons In this case you may hide the code name by right clicking it then select Set as Inactive Name column shows the name of the codification It is the label that shows on reports Click Add button to add a new code name Double click or right click to Edit the selected record The next screenshot shows editing the record If you edit a code name the program will search the database and find and replace the old name with the new name in all records To delete a codification right click the record and select Delete in the contextual menu The Delete option is not available in all codifications Por
316. n stage nursery production stage Copyright 2005 National Pork Board All rights reserved Used by permission 2012 Agritec Software 408 Porcitec Manual 2012 22 4 Breeding Production Stage ADJUSTED FARROWING RATE The proportion of breeding females which farrow to a given number of services excluding those that did not have an opportunity to farrow Formula Count of farrowings in report period or cohort 100 Count of mated breeding females served to farrow in report period or cohort Count of breeding females removed for non reproductive reasons AVERAGE ARRIVAL TO ENTRY INTERVAL The average number of days between date of arrival on the farm and date of entry into the breeding herd for prospective breeding females calculated on periodic or cohort basis Formula Sum of arrival to entry intervals in period or cohort Count of breeding females arriving AND entering in period or cohort AVERAGE BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY Formula Sum of breeding female days in period Days in period AVERAGE ENTRY TO FIRST SERVICE INTERVAL Days between date of entry and date of first service for unmated breeding females calculated on a periodic or cohort basis 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 409 Formula Sum of entry to first service intervals in period or cohort Count of breeding females entering AND served in period or cohort AVERAGE GESTATION LENGTH Period of pregnan
317. nalyze multiple farms if the total females for all farms does not reach the limit of your license If you are managing several farms each farm with its own license on a separate computer and you want to get consolidated reports of all farms you cannot use a farm license You will need to purchase the Consultant edition This error message can also appear if you have decreased the number of females in your license and try to analyze past periods with greater inventory See also Installing Consultant edition in the same computer ISC ERROR CODE 335544352 Firebird the database engine cannot find the farm database file 1 Check database path in File Open Farm 2 Check that the database file exists and is not corrupted 3 Using Windows Explorer check that the Read Only property of the database file is Off ISC ERROR CODE 335544375 Unavailable database Firebird the database engine is not found There are usually 4 reasons 1 Firebird is not installed Make sure that it is installed See Firebird Installation 2 Firebird is not running Firebird needs to run as a service or program in the computer Go to Control Panel Firebird and check that it is running See Firebird Installation 3 The computer needs to be rebooted You may need to restart your computer after installing Firebird 4 Fbclient dll files does not exist or its version is incorrect Install Porcitec again ISC ERROR CODE 335544344 1 0 error for file Check
318. nalyzed range of the histogram 3 Free Scale Sometimes is necessary to define each class or range For example 0 10 11 50 defines 2 classes from O to 10 and from 11 to 50 Summary Variables Axis Automatic Scale G Uniform Scala C Free Scale Uniform Scale Mask Minimum Maximum Increase fo fo Leave range X open Free Scale See also How to create a histogram report step by step Pie chart for the remove reasons of females removed in 2004 15 5 2 View a pie To see the results of a report click Preview button in the designer screen or click Reports in main the menu and then double click the report that you want to open 2012 Agritec Software 26 Porcitec Manual 2012 ti Distribution of Removal Reasons DATE gt 05 01 0 BAX Number 3 Total 131 Percent 8 68 i 1697 7254 7280 Chart QuickLink 5 Legend F Maks Grin 3D Close The above histogram shows the distribution of removal reasons between 2 dates e Click a column to obtain detailed information about the animals e Click QuickLink button to open the selected animal card in the grid located in the right side e To zoom in on the area Keep the left button of the mouse pressed down and select the desired area Number Number of individuals belonging to the selected column Total Count total all the analy
319. nd to deliver better performance However there are a few important points to consider Hard disk performance tends to become a bottleneck before the CPU does It is important to remember 2012 Agritec Software 52 Porcitec Manual 2012 that CPU speed is only one part of the performance equation Hard Disk Selecting a fast and reliable hard disk drive configuration is one of the most important decisions to make when configuring a Firebird server You will get better performance from a fast hard drive than just about any other server configuration with the possible exception of networking hardware Hard disk drives can transfer data very quickly when they are reading adjacent tracks but they must interrupt this transfer every time they need to find data on another part of the disk For this reason the Firebird server is designed to read data in storage order whenever possible This works well when the Firebird server does not have to fight with another process for use of the disk For this reason itis a good idea to store the Firebird database on a separate physical hard drive In a simple configuration put the operating system and its virtual memory cache along with all applications on one drive and the Firebird database on a second drive If you have more physical drives available consider giving the virtual memory cache and the Firebird database cache each a drive to themselves IDE vs SCSI There are no Firebird specific reasons to
320. nd write dates codes etc Is ICR included in Porcitec Porcitec does not include the ICR application it must be acquired separately How much time will it take to set up the ICR Usually half a day for the average person How much time will it take to design a form and configure the ICR for this form You can design your own form usually in 2 3 hours However Agritec can provide you with standard forms What is the cost of the ICR The ICR that Agritec uses costs from 3000 USD However Porcitec can import data from most other commercial ICR applications so you can choose the package that best fits your needs Contact Agritec for more details Is the ICR precise It depends on several factors scanner form design please contact your ICR distributor for more details How many forms I can scan per hour 2012 Agritec Software EN Porcitec Manual 2012 6 11 6 12 6 13 This is variable and depends on the hardware of the machine that you use but on average it may be about one second per form Changing the ID code Sometimes it is necessary to change the animal ID code or group ID 1 In the main menu click Animals and then click the appropriate file Females Males 2 Select the ID code by entering it in the the Search box 3 Click Current Status sheet 4 Type the new ID Code in the large ID code box 5 To save click green check icon or Ctrl4S Another way to change the record ID code
321. ng female PARITY The number of times that a breeding female has farrowed Comment 1 Unmated females entering the breeding herd are assigned Parity 0 PREGNANCY RATE The proportion of breeding females that are confirmed or presumed pregnant from a 2012 Agritec Software so Porcitec Manual 2012 cohort of females served Comment 1 Breeding females removed from the herd before the result is known should be excluded from the denominator Comment 2 More useful when qualified by a time period e g 40 DAY PREGNANCY RATE See also cohort farrowing rate PREWEANED PIG A pig that is still nursing See also barrow finisher pig gilt intact pig nursery pig weaned pig PREWEANING DEATH Alive born pig that died prior to being weaned See also live born pigs post weaning death weaning PREWEANING DEATH A pig that dies between live birth and weaning See also cohort net foster nurse off preweaning mortality rate wean litter PREWEANING MORTALITY RATE Pigs that die between live birth and weaning expressed as a percentage of those at risk Comment 1 Preweaning mortality rate is calculated from a cohort of litters that are weaned or nursed off in the report period See also cohort net foster nurse off preweaning death wean litter PRODUCTIVE DAY A day on which a breeding female is either gestating or lactating Comment 1 Gestation days which do not result in a farrowing are not considered productiv
322. nge over time and by geographical locations Each production stage should have some form of measurable output See also all pork production systems are comprised of one or more of the following production stages each of which produces measurable output breeding nursery finisher PROFIT CENTER Profit making activities within your business l e pork cattle certain crops PURCHASED An animal that was born outside the business entity and acquired in the exchange for a sum of money SORT ADJUSTMENT Premium or discount associated with carcass weight See also carcass discount STANDARD PIG A pig sold within its target market weight range that is not substantially discounted from the base price Productivity measure LIVE WEIGHT SOLD STANDARD FINISHER PIG Formula Sum of live weights of standard finisher pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of head of standard finisher pigs sold in period or cohort Productivity measure STANDARD FINISHER PIG SALES RATE Formula Sum of finisher pigs sold as standard pigs in period or cohort Sum of head of all finisher pigs sold in period or cohort See also base price substandard pig target market weight range SUBST ANDARD PIG A pig sold outside of its target market weight range and or substantially discounted from the price received for other pigs in its contemporary group Productivity measure LIVE WEIGHT SOLD SUBSTANDARD FINISHER PIG 2012 Agritec Software Production and financ
323. ngs Services Number AI services Expression ServicesAI 2012 Agritec Software 19 Porcitec Manual 2012 AI services Expression Percent ServicesAI Services Number natural services Expression ServicesNatural natural services Expression Percent ServicesNatural Services Number of mixed services Expression Services ServicesAI ServicesNatural mixed services Expression Percent Services ServicesAI ServicesNatural Services Number homospermic services Expression HomospermicServices homospermic services Expression Percent HomospermicServices Services Age at entry Expression Divz EntryAgeInt EntryAgeCount Age at first service Expression Divz BirthFstServiceInt POCountAgeFstService Served 1st service after entry Expression POFstServ Entry to 1st service interval Expression EntryFstServiceDays POFstServ Served 1st service after weaning Expression CountWeanFstServ Weaning 1st service interval Expression WeanFstServ CountWeanFstServ Percent of served bred by 7 days Expression Percent Services7FromWean CountWeanFstServ Farrowing rate service cohort Expression Percent ServBirthings Services ServUnknownResult FARROWING PERFORMANCE Farrowings Expression Birthings Percent litters less than 7 born alive Expression Percent Birthings6 Birthings Avg parity farrowed Expression SumBirthParity Birthings Total born per farrow Expression Born Birthings Li
324. nimals sold out in period Sum of income from all animals sold in period Sum of number of substandard animals sold in period Sum of weights of substandard animals sold out in period Sum of income from substandard animals sold in period Sum of animal deaths recorded in period Weight of animal deaths recorded in period Weight of feed disappearence in period Sum of number of animals transferred in in period Includes move in and weaned in events Sum of all animals Transferred In Purchased Sum of weight of animals transferred in in period Weight of animals transferred in weight of animals purchased Ending weight of animals beginning weight Gross income Total expense of feed disappearance in period Total labor expense Total production expense Total feed expense for the entire farm Total labor expense for the entire farm Total production expense for the entire farm Sum of average indexes Sum of average back fat SumLean RowType Week PeriodDays CountSoldIndex CountSoldFat CountSoldLean 16 9 PCondition PcDate Comment IID_Master IID_PCondition Score Weight Height Girth PcType 16 10 GroupLot Id Loci Loc2 Stage 16 11 Performance Abortions ArrivalEntryCount 260 Porcitec Manual 2012 Sum of average percent lean 1 indicates that recordset is the summary 0 means data Codified week number year 100 week number Period days Count of average indexes Count of average back fat C
325. not served To monitor the estrous cycle of a female a Heat Not Served event may be entered for a female who is observed to be in heat but is not mated The program will then estimate the date of her next heat based on the number of days of a regular estrous cycle as specified in Options Time intervals for the Heat Not Served event Event fields Event Date Heat Control Technician Comment 2012 Agritec Software Female file 7 6 27 Embryo transfer Permits the entry of an embryo transfer procedure into a female s record The donating male and female and the technician performing the procedure may also be recorded with this event The status of the female will be updated to Served Event fields Event Date Boar Donating Female Technician Comment 7 6 28 Natural mating Natural matings to a female by a live male are entered using this event A mating event should be added for every consecutive date a female is mated during a service The service date is determined by the first mating or insemination in the service Date Date of mating Code Code of mated female Male Code of male Technician Code of technician Technicians should be previously coded in the Options menu Breeding Group Code of breeding group See Group 7 6 29 Artificial insemination Matings by artificial insemination are entered with the Insemination event An insemination event should be added for every consecutive date a female is mated durin
326. ns Variable Classes I xi Title Columns are time periods Variables to Analize Available Functions Count Sum Arithmetic Mean Standard Desviation Geometric Mean mag O Preview Save Close 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 219 15 7 Chart The XY Chart Report Designer analyzes one more variables relation to another variable used as category breakdown For example an XY Chart could show the farrowing rate by each parity In this case parity is the breakdown variable Categories or ranges for the breakdown variable can be specified You can specify mathematical functions such as count sum mean standard deviation or geometric mean The above example shows the farrowing rate by parity Creating a Breakdown Report 1 Click Reports 2 Click New 3 Double click XY Chart Summary sheet Title Title of the report that will appear on the top Description Text showing the dialog of the report selection Variables sheet Table Name of table used 2012 Agritec Software 220 Porcitec Manual 2012 Variable Breakdown or category variable used in the horizontal axis Classes Optional classes or range defined for the horizontal axis Title Title for the horizontal axis Variables to Analyze One variable chosen on which to perform a mathematical function Available functions Define a function t
327. nt location 2012 Agritec Software 130 Porcitec Manual 2012 8 2 2 EID Electronic ID for the location The RFID handheld can read location values directly from the transponder instead of typing them Location Managed by Automatic Feeding System Some Automatic Feeding System devices need location information Check this box to send the location data to the device Treatment This event is used to record any treatments given to animals These will include any medications or vaccinations used to treat or prevent any disease or injury Event Date The date of the event Female Id Code or Id of the animal Treatment The medication or vaccine used Treatments must be previously coded in Options Dose The dosage used in the treatment Units Units type Route Route of administration of the treatment Treatment Days The number of days duration of the treatment Withdrawal The number of days the treatment must be withdrawn and the animals held before slaughter Reason The reason the treatment is administered Reasons must be previously coded in Options Technician 2012 Agritec Software Individual file 131 The technician administering the treatment Receipt Receipt or Document ID of vet It updates the last receipt value in Options Treatments New Location Record a new location if the animal is moved for during or after treatment Comment Any user comment See also
328. ntory Only feed expenses usage and not feed purchases are used in the financial reports This method contrasts with cash basis accounting which records transactions only when cash has been exchanged between the relevant parties A expense is defined as consumption of a resource A revenue is defined as an influx of economic resource for the farm coming from third parties and whose origin is generally a commercial transaction as animales sales How to enter financial data Financial data should be entered into Porcitec according to its nature Some financial data also involves production data for example the purchase of animals It affects production group reports using the number and weight values and affects financial reports using the amount value In the animal purchase example you only need to enter the Purchase event in the group file It should not be entered as an Account Sale in Account Registry form Type of information Where to enter it Purchase of animals Group File Sale of animals Group File Consumed feed for All In All Out or Continuous Group File Flow system Consumed feed for Monitored Flow system Cost Center File Other expenses utilities labor etc Account Registry Other income not animal sales Account Registry 2012 Agritec Software 166 Porcitec Manual 2012 12 2 See also Account Registry List Import financial data Cost Centers Account Register Income and expenses can be displayed
329. nts On 2012 Agritec Software 0000000 352 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 3 19 3 1 d max sy sl as ME ok PARITY DAYS TO RESERVICE 0 Hi 2 3 4 5 5 T TOTAL 1147 2 1 3 1 2 9 222 11 41 333 1411 222 17 12 48 24 38 18 18 25 23 25 12 10 12 17 13 20 132 174 189 91 76 91 128 98 152 19 7 3041 218 1841 30 0 354 394 35 7 26 7 26 37 j 8 4 7 6 2 4 6 42 119 19 0 9 5 16 7 143 48 95 143 43 96 73 113 150 42 121 10 7 85 38 46 35 24 a7 16 9 8 8 9 126 278 19 0 135 127 7A 63 63 74 288 289 30 9 258 225 16 7 242 184 255 47 108 52 25 22 26 13 20 8 19 185 28 1 13 5 11 9 141 70 10 8 43 10 3 44 4 301 40 0 418 325 41 7 24 2 33 9 37 4 TOTAL 117 83 55 62 40 48 33 56 494 237 168 114 126 841 97 67 13 Filtering pg Excel Chart d Print Close Preweaned consults Percent pre weaning mortality by farrowing room I want to know the percent pre weaning mortality by farrowing room in the 6 first months of 2003 The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables PARITYEX Columns BIRTHLOC1 Group Yes BIRTHLOC2 Group Yes LIVEBORN Function Sum Alias Total_Liveborn NETFOSTERED Function Sum Alias Total_NetFostered TOTALWEANED Function Sum Alias Total_Weaned 100 0 SUM LIVEBORN NETFOSTERED TOTALWEANED NULLIF SUM LIVEBORN NETFOSTERED 0 Mortality Calculation Criteria BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 2003 1 1 AND 2003 5 31 Sorting Or you can use SQL directly
330. number of rows is 65536 e The columns with dates must be Date formatted 2012 Agritec Software Importing and exporting data e If the date is in serial format then the cells must have Number format It is not enough to change the format to number If you see the Error Button e near the cells it means that the number was saved as text Select the entire column then click the Error Button and then click Convert to numbers See http support microsoft com kb 291047 18 7 Import multiple events from text files Porcitec can import data from a text file specifically CSV format In this format each event type is a different text file and each row is an event The first row is the header and defines the column names The file can be created or modified with any editor like Notepad or similar It should look something like this ID DATE MALE B344 01 12 02 MALEI 7754 01 12 02 MALE2 3474 01 12 02 MALES In the above example the file is saved with AI CSV name and it is the insemination event The name of the columns are defined at http agritecsoft com kb_import technical_specifications htm If you use user fields you should not use the custom names Instead use the native names TEXT1 TEXT2 DECIMAL1 DECIMAL2 DATETIME1 BOOL1 Excel format is commonly used instead of CSV but CSV has advantages in some scenarios e CSV format allows you to load unlimited number of rows whi
331. o Start d 22 How sez ete ne ser ares a the sectes 22 Mai sr er sde ete 23 How to begin if you do not have an existing 24 Data entry C M 25 Navigating Porcile 27 Reports for former PigCHAMP DOS 28 Installation 31 Installation Steps PR 31 Downloading files from your Customer Space eee 31 Installing Porche Cie 33 Entering the License 34 Entering the Activation 38 Installing your farm database nennen nennen 39 Machine configuration 39 Upgrading from former enne nennen nnne nnn nnn nn nnne 40 Upgrading from Express Demo Version a eeeeeeeseeeesene eee etna nennen tn anna tns tnn anstatt nnnm nnmnnn ennnen nnne 41 Upgrading from 2009 SEor 2011 Upgrading from 2009 vers ion iieri ea ee ent Pere tuse MaS easet eet nous Upgrading from 2006 and 2007
332. o barrow intact pigs prospective breeding female unmated breeding female GILT POOL The inventory of unmated breeding female pigs that are eligible for mating Comment 1 A female which has entered the breeding herd but not yet mated is an unmated breeding female Comment 1 Prospective breeding females which are kept for the purpose of future entry into the breeding herd but are not yet eligible for mating are not considered part of the gilt pool See also prospective breeding female unmated breeding female unmated breeding female inventory HEAT PERIOD A period of sexual receptivity of a breeding female to the boar Comment 1 Does not necessarily imply mating or service Comment 2 Synonymous with estrus See also boar breeding female mating service LACTATION The production of milk by a breeding female between farrowing and weaning See also breeding female farrowing weaning LACTATION DAY Aday on which a breeding female is lactating Comment 1 Lactation days accumulate between farrowing and weaning Comment 2 When counting or accumulating lactation days the day of farrowing is counted as day 0 2012 Agritec Software 000000 Porcitec Manual 2012 Comment 3 Lactation days are considered as productive days See also farrowing lactation day mated breeding female day nonproductive day productive day unmated breeding female day LACTATION LENGTH Days between farrowing and weaning of a br
333. o Excel files See bottom part of this topic 9 Compact the xls files together in one zip file using WinZip or another zip utility 10 Use the Agritec Services to upload this file See Converting the database topic How to convert PDF files to Excel files There are many programs to convert PDF files to Excel files You can use what you prefer This topic describes the steps using PDF Converter Professional 7 from Nuance company 1 Purchase PDF Converter Professional 7 or download the free trial from http www nuance com products pdf converter professional7 2 Install it in your PC 3 Execute PDF Converter Assistant 4 Click File and then Open Select all PDF files generated from WinPig 5 Select Spreadsheet in Options menu 6 Select Excel Workbook in Options menu 7 Click All Files in Convert menu At this point the Excel files have been created They need a little arrangement before they are ready for the Agritec Software filter Using Microsoft Excel Calc or any other XLS editor open each Excel file andremove all rows above the first column header These are usually the first 16 rows of each Excel document The subsequent headers and footers that the PDF converter includes for each PDF page are automatically excluded by the filter Import fom PigTales 1 Execute Pigtales and open the farm database 2 From main menu go to Management Data Import Export Export Data 3 In File Type select Generic Transactions 4 Enter the file nam
334. o be used Count Sum Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation and Geometric Deviation Filtering Allows a SQL style search filter to be specified to limit the analyzed data Example isactive 1 and services gt 3 Agritec Software Report designers 221 15 8 Crosstab report designer Cross tabulation uses two variables and tabulates the results of one variable against the other An example would be the cross tabulation of parity and live born Each female may have several recorded parities the columns of the table and her number of live born the rows of the table is recorded for each parity So for each female those pairs of values are entered into the appropriate cell of the table A cross tabulation gives you a basic picture of how two variables inter relate It helps you search for patterns of interaction Obviously if certain cells contain a proportionately large or small numbers of cases then this suggests that there might be a pattern of interaction SERYMALEG GENETICS MT HL LR LW MH Filtering di Print Close The above example shows the number of litters born by genetic line Summary sheet Title Title of the histogram that will appear on the top Description Text showing the dialog of the report selection 2012 Agritec Software 222 Porcitec Manual 2012 Summary Variables Tite Variables sheet ii si Summary Table m Percents Columns Variable Class
335. o enter data at the barn level Bar codes or electronic identification can also be used with the handheld See Handheld computer _OCR i Optical Character Recognition OCR technology can be used to scan data collection forms and enter the data automatically into Porcitec See Automatic handwriting recognition Bar Codes The report designer included in Porcitec is prepared for use with bar code technology From forms you can read the bar codes of dates or female IDs or semen IDs from the semen bag The reader can be used in the handheld or in the 0700000 0564374 computer Network The Porcitec database can be accessed concurrently by dozens of users Porcitec accepts remote connections which means that users can consult or enter data at the farm level connect via local network LAN to the database and send the data to the bureau company Multiple users can enter data into the same database concurrently Porcitec prohibits conflicts or data integrity problems See Open a farm Reporting a Report designers Query Histogram Pie Performance Create any report Porcitec incorporates a set of powerful report designers which le 7 allows you to create any type of list graphic or statistical report by extracting the Gm UU se information directly from the database The designers include histogram pie SPC breakdown cross tabulation variable lists management perf
336. o the Nurse event alias and then press F and ENTER Nurse is not selected Instead you will get the Insemination event Try to assign letters that are not already assigned to active events or use numbers Combining events Certain events can be combined into one For example if you routinely enter a breeding group ID with a mating or insemination event both of these breeding events include an optional group field to enter the group ID The group ID can be entered with every mating or insemination event per service but note that it is necessary that the group ID be entered at least once with the first mating in the service Another example is the Foster field which is included with the Farrowing Event You can simply enter the net fosters for the litter with the farrowing event The Location and Comment fields are also optional fields included with several events Verify that the fields you want to combine are checked on in Options Event fields On Off Next it s important to review the default ON OFF settings in Options menu and verify if they are correct for your farm These are switches and are farm specific Some will validate the data as you enter it to help prevent errors and others are big time savers Please see the article On Off for an explanation of each setting Change Field Value event The Change Field Value event was designed to make it easy to change an animal ID from within Fast Entry It allows you to change the prim
337. of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for anyloss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document Printed septiembre 2012 in whereever you are located Special thanks to Publisher All the people who contributed to this document to mum and dad enter name and grandpa to my sisters and brothers and mothers law to our secretary Kathrin to the graphic artist who created this great product Managing Editor E logo on the cover page sorry don t remember your name at the enter name moment but you did a great work to the pizza service down the street your daily Capricciosas saved our lives to the copy shop Technical Editors where this document will be duplicated and and and enter name SUE Last not least we want to thank EC Software who wrote this great help tool called HELP amp MANUAL which printed this document Cover Designer enter name Team Coordinator enter name Production enter name Porcitec Manual 2012 Table of Contents Part I 1 2 Part Il o0 5 QN a Part Ill ON Oo BR WD a 10 11 12 13 14 Foreword 15 Introduction 17 Introduction 17 Main features ere er ne trente tr 17 Getting started 22 HOW t
338. of report allows a direct exportation to Microsoft Excel The setup screen is shown below Tables Columns Criteria Sorting 2012 Agritec Software PARITYEX ID GENETICS ENTRYAGE PARITY CONCEPTDATE BIRTHINGDATE LIVEBORN STILLBORN MUMMIES TOTALWEANED LACTATIONLEN REMOVEDATE REMOVEREASON REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 1 JAN 04 AND 31 DEC 04 REMOVEDATE ID PARITY 2 Porcitec Manual 2012 Or you can use directly SQL SELECT TDOP ENTRYACE CONCEPTDATE BIRTHINGDATE LIVEBORN STILLBORN MUMMIES TOTALWEANED LACTATIONLEN REMOVEDATE REMOVEREASON FROM PARITYEX WHERE REMOVEDATE BETWEEN 1 JAN 04 AND 31 DEC 04 ORDER BY REMOVEDATE ID PARITY 19 2 1 10 Pregnancy check result list I want to see a list of pregnancy check results within 2004 year Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables SERVICERESULT Columns ID SERVDATE PREGDIAGDATE PREGDIAGRESULT Criteria PREGDIAGDATE BETWEEN 1 JAN 04 AND 31 DEC 04 Sorting PREGDIAGDATE ID Or you can use directly SQL ELECT ID SERVDATE PREGDIAGDATI EGDIAGRESULT SERVICERESUL Jl Pyl DIAGDATE EEN 1 JAN 04 AND 31 DEC 04 R BY PREGDIAGDATE ID yal jac yg 00 Er A zx Q
339. of the device Vw Show the animal card File This menu bar contains more navigation options such as First Previous Next Last Cancel Edit Delete Record and Duplicate Records Save Save the modifications in the current event and prepare the form to enter the next event Event Change the animal type Females or Group Lot and the event type to enter new events Before you can change the event you must press Save button to save the current entered event lt Go to previous event gt Go to next event Direct Access Buttons Some contextual buttons can appear in the right bottom area of the screen These buttons are direct access to add new events related with the current event For example if you are entering pre wean deaths the direct access button will add a new weaning event Button codes DH Prewean deaths WN Wean FT Foster 2012 Agritec Software 178 13 2 7 13 2 8 Porcitec Manual 2012 RG Register Offspring BT Birthing See also Result sheet Event fields Duplicate Records Copy the current event creating multiple copies and increasing the ID This option is useful for batch event entry of Arrival or Entry events if the ID s are consecutive Enter the Number of Records field and then press Duplicate button Viewing a card To view an animal card from the Main Menu click View Cards button or from the Enter Events form click View button You can configure the fiel
340. of the female will change to Aborted and her abortion date is the beginning day of her abortion status An aborted female may be used as a nurse sow with a Nurse On event following the Abortion event In this case her status will change to Lactating however her parity number does not change because she did not birth More than one abortion event may be entered per female per parity Event fields Event Date Comment Pregnancy diagnosis When a pregnancy diagnosis is performed on a mated female the result may be entered using this event There are 4 possible outcomes e Positive test updates the status of the female from Served to Diagnosed Pregnant e Negative test changes the status of the female from Served to Diagnosed Not Pregnant e Not conclusive this is used if the result of the pregnancy test is questionable It will not change the status of the female but is a reminder she should be retested at a later date e Observed not pregnant this result is used for occurances later in gestation when a female presumed to be pregnant is observed to be no longer pregnant It will change the status of the female from Served to Diagnosed Not Pregnant Note When defining the current status and pregnancy state of the female only the last entered pregnancy diagnosis event is considered Previous entries are ignored For example a positive diagnosis entered after a negative one modifies the female s status to Diagnosed Pregnant Heat
341. oftware 150 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 6 2 11 6 3 Enter the feed delivered for each bin feed e To enter feed delivery for Continuous Flow unit go to Fast Event Entry Group Feed In event e To enter additional expenses go to Financial select Account Purchase enter the information In the Cost Center box attach the expense to the desired Cost Center e To enter deaths animal sales etc go to Fast Event Entry select Groups and enter the animal events for each group How to get the results e To get a list of deaths sales etc go to Reports Groups section e To get the totals for each group deaths sales by period of time go to Reports Groups Dynamic Group Performance report Select Periods in the breakdown option and then enter the group ID in the filter The information relative to feed consumption and conversion must be ignored You can easily create a custom report to show the desired information e To get the conversion rate of a stage by period of time go to Reports Groups Dynamic Group Performance report Select Periods in the breakdown option and then enter the stage in the filter e To get the conversion rate by stage go to Reports Groups Dynamic Group Performance report Select Stage in the breakdown option and then enter the period in the filter Only dynamic groups This example shows how to set up Porcitec if your growing production system is Continuous Flow For example if the
342. ohort WEANED PIGS BREEDING FEMALE YEAR The average number of weaned pigs produced per average breeding female expressed on an annualized basis Formula Sum of numbers of weaned pigs period 365 Average breeding female inventory days in period WEANED PIGS MATED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR The average number of weaned pigs produced per average mated breeding female expressed on an annualized basis Formula Sum of numbers of weaned pigsin period 365 Average mated breeding female inventory days in period WEANED PIGS WEAN LITTER Formula Sum of numbers of weaned pigs in period or cohort Count of weanings in period or cohort Copyright 2005 National Pork Board All rights reserved Used by permission 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 421 22 5 Growing Production Stage NURSERY PRODUCTION STAGE AVERAGE DAILY NURSERY FEED DISAPPEARANCE LB PIG Formula Weight of nursery feed disappeared 16 in period or cohort Sum of nursery pig days in period or cohort AVERAGE DAYS IN NURSERY Formula Sum of nursery pig days in period or cohort Sum of numbers of nursery pigs sold in period sum of numbers of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period AVERAGE NURSERY PIG INVENTORY Formula Sum of nursery pig days in period or cohort Days in period AVERAGE SALE PRICE CWT NURSERY PIG SOLD Formula Gross revenue pork nursery pigs 100 Sum of live
343. olumns are Time Periods On Row Variable Genetics Filtering Number of females by parity and age I would like to see the number of active females by parity and age months The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table FEMALEEX Column Variable CURPARITY Row Variable CURRENT_DATE BIRTHDATE 30 Filtering ISACTIVE 1 Note You can use Classes to reduce the number of columns or rows of the parity or age Number of litters born by genetic line On our multiplier farms we want to know how many litters of a particular genetic line we can expect to be born at any given time For example if we mate a LW female with semen from a LR boar the outcome of this cross would be a MH animal We would like to know how many MH litters are expected to be born at any given time 2012 Agritec Software se Porcitec Manual 2012 The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table Column Variable Row Variable Filtering PARITYEX SERVMALEGENETICS GENETICS BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 2003 JAN 01 AND 2003 JUN 30 The Crosstab report is shown below zi Que SERVMALEG GENETICS DUR LR MT 21 TOTAL 1 1 3 LR 27 20 14 120 Lw 1236 896 499 440 3071 MH 494 442 253 186 1375 TOTAL 1790 1366 772 641 4569 Filtering Print Close Another option is to use the Query report The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables Columns PARITYEX GENETICS Grou
344. om service to negative pregnancy diagnosis of females with a service date in the period The number of females removed that had a service date in the period The sum of days from service to removal event of females with a service date in the period The sum of days from service to repeat service with a service date in the period The sum of females that return to service with a service date in the period The sum of stillborn pigs born to all birthing events with a service date in the period The sum of pigs weaned from females with a service date in the period The number of unknown service results with service in the period The sum of stillborn pigs born to all birthing events in the period The sum of days from birthing to first service for all females with their first service post weaning in the period The sum of parity numbers for females with a birthing event in the period Sum of weights of litters at farrowing The sum days of gestation lengths of females with a birthing event in the period 1 indicates that record set is the summary 0 means data Sum of parities of culled females The sum of age at weaning for natural litters weaned in the period The sum of litter weights at weaning for litters weaned in the parity Includes nurse litters The sum of pigs weaned from females with Weaning events in the period Includes Weaning events of nurse litters Pigs weaned with a Partial Weaning event are counted on
345. omment 1 Technically the fertilization and implantation of one or more ova eggs Comment 2 The terms conception rate and pregnancy rate are often used 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 381 interchangeably when referring to pigs See also pregnancy rate CONCEPTION RATE SEE PREGNANCY RATE CONTEMPORARY GROUP Agroup of pigs that are of the same sex and breed line combination that have been raised in the same management group and given the same opportunity to perform Comment 1 Acontemporary group is a specific example of a cohort Comment 2 Contemporary groups are kept in the same location and fed the same feed Comment 3 In some situations a contemporary group may be of mixed sex but all pigs in the group should be of the same breed line combination Comment 4 Acontemporary group for performance traits would be the pigs from one farrowing group that are raised in the same management group Comment 5 For reproductive traits a contemporary group is a group of females that farrowed in the same facility during a specific time period preferably three weeks or less Example All sows that farrowed during the first two weeks of September on a farm having two separate farrowing environments may be considered to comprise a cohort However the same animals would be considered to comprise two distinct contemporary groups as they did not share a common environment See also cohort
346. on your computer or network Edit Connection Modify the database connection if you have moved the file Delete Connection Delete the database connection It does not delete the database file only the connection from the Connection dialog When you click Add Connection or Edit Connection the Connection screen appears Connection E3 Remote Server Protacol Database Path FSAgritecDevelop R amat D ata mohan fdb Alias Optional Farm number 2 X cs Connection Type Type of connection to the database 2012 Agritec Software 4 3 Database management o Local Server Direct connection to the database This is usually used when Porcitec is installed in the same computer as the database o Remote Server The client process uses a network protocol to connect to a server process which then connects to the server database so avoiding many problems with permissions encountered when connecting to a local database The server may be located either ona remote computer or on the same computer as the client and the communication protocol used may be specified by the contents of the database string Server Name or IP address of the remote server Ask your network administrator Database Path This is the full path to the database on the target server For example C MyDatabases BlueFarm fdb Alias Connection description usually the farm name It is the name that will be displayed in the Data
347. onitor and compare performance or to record the observer of certain events Events that allow for the entry of Technician code are the mating events Artificial Insemination Natural Mating and Embryo Transfer There is also a Technician field in the events for Pregnancy Diagnosis and Treatment See also Defining codifications Farrowing problems Code all the problems of farrowing which may occur on the farm such as death cesarean assistance etc See also Defining codifications Induced farrowing There is an optional field included with the farrowing event labeled Induced In Options you may code this field as simply Yes or No or you may want to code for the day of gestation or hour of the day the female is induced See also Defining codifications Heat observations In the Heat Not Served event there is a field labeled Observed Heat for coding observations or management tasks related to an observed heat event See also Defining codifications Weight adjustment Porcitec will adjust the weight for up to three standardized ages when entering animal weights using the Physical Condition event in Females Males or pig You can define the target ages for weight measurements in Adjustment Days 1 2 and 3 If the animal is not weighed on the precise date of the target age the weight will be adjusted to the number of days specified 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm 5 29
348. online php 20 4 Uploading the Web server data from the desktop application The Agritec Online system manages two types of reports single farm level for farm specific reporting and multiple farm level for comparing and consolidating farms Examples of single farm level reports are female history cards management reports lists of deaths event lists etc Examples of multi farm level reports are Performance Analysis and Benchmarking 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 DEMO VERSION Benchmarking www agritecsoft com DATE BETWEEN 1 1 2009 AND 3 31 2009 Property of DEMO PORCITEC Printed 13 04 2010 19 21 43 orne pied Ver 100 Alfa Paget Avg mated Weaned Prewsaning Meaning tst female mated Liters mated Average Farrowing Farrowing Totalbomper Livebornper Pigsweaned mortality rate service Farm name inventory female year female year parity rate intervi farrow farrow per litter period interval Upper 10 3 631 2537 251 240 90 11 14219 12 66 11 62 994 11 58 549 Upper 25 6 783 2385 241 284 87 38 145 94 1283 11 38 9 79 13 38 586 Upper 50 15579 216 240 327 87 06 146 20 13 18 1148 951 1821 617 Average 25778 2054 235 339 82 83 147 45 12 76 1112 926 18 64 661 Lower 50 10 198 18 08 228 359 76 65 149 47 1207 10 53 8 82 19 43 734 Lower 25 6732 1713 228 357 14981 11 78 10 36 861 1972 7 88 Lower 10 3395 1565 233 355 7086 15000 10 80 10 10 835 1741 658 Avg mated Weaned Preweaning Weaning 1st female m
349. ool the procedure is the same but the formula is Divz GestationDays 365 115 FemaleDays Divz LastWeaned FemalesWeaned 2012 Agritec Software 436 Porcitec Manual 2012 Index vv Current Parity 4 75 NET Compact Framework 2 0 171 0 0246810 189 0 10 2 189 102 30H34 189 aborted 295 backup 58 Breakdown 217 219 Breakdown Report Designer 217 219 Creating a pie chart 213 Crosstab 221 59 zs Genetics 77 growing 142 143 145 150 reports 199 H histogram 210 installation 31 E litterid 116 Location 69 O Options 63 P Photos sheet 125 Pie 331 pie chat 213 Preweaning death 80 preweaning deaths 307 308 310 354 R Removal 80 repeat females 302 26 Semen 140 Semen Collection 138 spc 368 stages 77 StatusCode current date StatusDate AS Status 74 Tx Text replacements 75 Treatments 80 2012 Agritec Software Index 437 Js unmated breeding females 291 292 293 301 359 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Endnotes 2 after index 2012 Agritec Software Back Cover
350. optional parameters for the definition of the graphic zi Distribution of Removal Reasons DATE gt 05 01 05 AND DATE lt 10 31 05 _ Number 15 Total 131 Percent 16 13 Chart Type Auto Bar Legend 1 Maximum 2 Target Q QuickLink dead 7 Minimum amp Pint F 3D 10 W Chose Creating a histogram 1 Click Reports 2 Click New 3 Double click Histogram Summary sheet Title Title of the histogram that will appear on the top Comment Text showing the dialog of the report selection 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 207 Sume Variables Axis Tile enter the thle here Comenent Variables sheet Table Name of the table used Variable Variable or mathematical expression of the function to be analyzed X Label Text associated with the horizontal axis Y Label Text associated with the vertical axis Filtering Allows a search filter style SQL to be specified to limit the analyzed animals Example isactive 1 and services 3 2012 Agritec Software 208 Porcitec Manual 2012 Axis sheet There are 3 ways to define the ranges or bins Automatic Uniform and Free 1 Automatic Scale Porcitec automatically creates ranges according to the data 2 Uniform Scale When the X variable is numerical then you can define the ranges of a uniform scale defined by minimum and maximum values Mask Mask of the horizontal axis if
351. or sent by email See also Import females from another Agritec database 18 2 Import animals from another Agritec database 1 Open the recipient database 2 Click Farm menu Import Data 3 Select the XML file you created 4 Select Agritec XML format file and click OK 5 Go to Options menu On Off and remove the check mark from Entry date cannot be earlier than Arrival date 6 Click Farm and then Pending Processing in main menu 7 Check off Stop If Discrepancy in Batch before processing or go to Options On Off and check off the Show Alert if wean discrepancy 8 Click the Process button to add the female events to the database See also Export females to another Agritec database 18 3 Merge females from different databases Merging females from two databases is useful when you want to consolidate multiple farms into one unique database CAUTION Make sure you have backed up all farm databases before merging There is risk to corrupting the database if you do not follow the procedure correctly 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 18 4 NOTE In some cases you must re assign female IDs if they are duplicated in another database For this purpose you can use Modify female block 1 Open the donating database 2 If there are duplicate female IDs click File and then Modify Female Block Change the female IDs that are duplicated with the main database 3 In main menu click Farm and then Export
352. orcitec Manual 2012 only GeneticsX females will be included in the report You can select more than one filter For example if you select Parity breakdown then add a Genetics filter you must also add a Period filter The form is divided into two panels Select the filter option s in the left panel and then select the desired option in the right panel The parameters for each filter option are combined using the AND operator In other words only records that match all defined options will be included in the result Filters Order Every filter has options Select a filter from the filter column and select the desired filter options Select filter option Filter options Seivica tiia Service date Number of service ID Code Parity Register ID Current location Birthdate Entry date Range ai Dates Removal date Sire Dam From Text Text2 To User filter Bill x Cancel Order This defines the sort order of the filtered records Use the combo box to select the primary order variable and if desired the secondary order variable The Descending checkbox forces the order a descending mode instead of ascending default Display All Variables appears in some reports Check on this option to add all possible variables in the Sort By boxes if you do not see the one you want 2012 Agritec Software Reports 187 Filters Order Sort by Service Date v Descending
353. orcitec with a Psion Workabout handheld PsiWin software must be installed This software is free of charge and it can be obtained from web sites such as http www cnet com key word PsiWin http www paresa es Download htm http psionteklogix com http www psion com http www google com key word PsiWin Once PsiWin has been installed in the PC QuickData software can be installed in the Psion Workabout following the steps below Porcitec uses 57600 bauds by default in the communication between the PC and the Psion 1 Psion Connect the Psion by pressing On N Psion Close all the programs and go to the main menu use the Menu key The text PSION Insert Startup autoexec SSD and press Enter or press Menu for System Interface will appear Psion Press Menu and select Command processor Psion Enter LINK P1 B57600 and press Enter Psion Connect the handheld to the PC using the serial cable Porcitec In File menu select Options and click Handheld Porcitec Select the handheld where you wish to install QuickData O A U Porcitec QuickData can use A B or M unit as database For default is M If you want to use another unit for example A set DBUNIT A in the Paramaters field 2012 Agritec Software EN Porcitec Manual 2012 9 1 1 1 Porcitec Click Install QuickData 0 Psion Press Menu and select Exit in Special menu 1 Psion Confirm exit pressing Y key yes 2
354. ords included in the analysis may or may not have events in common TOTAL BORN PIGS All pigs born in a litter Comment 1 Includes live born pigs stillborn pigs and mummies Calculation total born pigs live born pigs stillborn pigs mummies See also birth litter live born pigs mummies stillborn pigs UNMATED BREEDING FEMALE Afemale entered into the breeding herd but not yet mated 2012 Agritec Software sa Porcitec Manual 2012 Comment 1 In the case of home reared replacements often characterized by the act of changing diet formulations to those used in the breeding herd Comment 2 Classified as Parity 0 in record systems Comment 3 Breeding female inventory mated breeding female inventory unmated breeding female inventory See also breeding female breeding female inventory mated breeding female inventory mating mated breeding female unmated breeding female inventory UNMATED BREEDING FEMALE DAY One live unmated breeding female for one day Comment 1 Measured at the end of the day See also breeding female boar day gestation day lactation day mated breeding female day pig day UNMATED BREEDING FEMALE INVENTORY Acount of unmated breeding females at a point in time Comment 1 Comprises a pool of replacement breeding females Comment 2 A purchased unmated breeding female is considered part of the unmated breeding female inventory effective of its arrival date Comment 3 unmate
355. ormance and SQL assistants The final objective of the reports is to help in the decision making process amp See Report designers Database consults 2012 Agritec Software Introduction Customized report distribution The bureau can create a set of customized report templates designs that can be distributed among Porcitec users via email Users can then automatically run reports using the designs created in the bureau for example customized Female History Cards or Performance Analysis reports Report delivering PY Reports can be easily delivered via email among farms or customers The Preview report window has a Send button to quickly send the report by your email program It is also possible to schedule routine emailing of reports Benchmarking Porcitec can generate comparisons or consolidations between several farms by time period parity genetics or any other field It can group and consolidate a subset of farms and compare them with other groups of farms in your company Farms can be in the same computer or distributed among several computers You can customize the benchmarking reports by adding new expressions changing the terminology or filtering by any criteria See Porcitec benchmarking with multiple databases Remote connection You can use your Porcitec from any location You simply need an Internet connection and to specify the path where the database is lo
356. ort designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ParityEx Variable FstHNSDate BirthDate Filtering FstHNSDate BETWEEN 2004 1 1 AND 2004 12 31 Axis Uniform Scale select the desired minim maximum an interval values Type 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 345 19 2 3 36 Average lactation feed intake on wean to first service interval I want to see average lactation feed intake on wean to first service interval Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ParityEx Variable WeanFstServ Variables to LactationFeedIn Analyze Functions Count Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering Use the Classes box to categorize the breakdown See Defining ranges 19 2 3 37 Effect of lactation feed intake on subsequent litter size I want to see the effect of lactation feed intake on subsequent litter size Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ParityEx F JOIN ParityEx L ON F IID NextParity L IID Parity Variable L Liveborn Variables to F LactationFeedIn Analyze Functions Count Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering Note that this breakdown uses the lactation feed intake from the current parity but the liveborn from the next parity It joins two parity records using the JOIN SQL operator in the Table parameter Use the Classes box to categorize the breakdown See Defining ranges 19 2 3 38 Average lactation feed intake by t
357. ot change during the life of the animal such as her genetics birth date origin register alternate ID and parity at date of entry The Entry event gives the animal a status of Entered She is now counted as inventory in your breeding herd The Entry event may be immediately followed by an insemination or natural mating event or a farrow event Initial Parity In the Entry event there is a field for Initial Parity By definition a female changes her parity on the date she is farrowed She is considered to be Parity O until her first farrow event When an older female is added using the Entry event enter one number less than her next farrowing parity in the Initial Parity field If Initial Parity is not specified entered females will be designated as Parity 0 We recommend you read the post at http agritecsoft com blog p 742 amp lang en that shows the basic steps to using Porcitec It will help you get the general picture about the common procedures in Porcitec See also How to enter bred females in a new database Using Batch to enter replacement females into the herd How to enter purchased served females 2 5 Data entry overview This article explains the basic and minimum steps to enter data into Porcitec To open the program click the Porcitec icon on your desktop or click Start Programs Porcitec The main menu appears in your screen Before you begin entering data it is important to review the program configurations
358. ount of average percent lean Event date Event comment Foreign key to related female male or growing Internal ID for this physical condition event Score Weight Height Girth Physical condition type Group Lot identification Location level 1 Location level 2 Production stage The number of females with an abortion event in the period Count of females with entry date within the period and with existing arrival date 2012 Agritec Software ArrivalEntryInt BirthBirthCount BirthBirthInt BirthFstServiceInt BirthingConceptInt Birthings Birthings6 BirthTotalWeaned Born BtFemalesWeaned BtLivebornWeaned Conceptions Conceptions1 CountBirthingFstServ CountBirthWeight CountGestationLen CountWeanFstServ CountWeanLitterAges CountWeanWeight Culled Deaths EndingFemaleInventory 2012 Agritec Software Variables 261 Sum of arrival to entry intervals in period Count of birthing intervals see BirthBirthInt This variable is used for statistical purposes The sum of days between a birthing and the previous birthing birthing interval for all sows with a birthing event in the period and a previous birthing event in her record The sum days from birth date to first service for unmated females with their first mating event in the service cohort Sum of days from farrowing to the conception service The number of birthing events in the period The number of birthing events lt 6
359. owings field of the Current Status sheet If you are using Event Entry to enter females enter the current parity into the field Initial Parity See also Data entry using the Animal File How to Add a pregnant female How to Modify an erroneous pregnancy check Breeding female classification All females intended or used for breeding purposes breeding females are defined using the following terminology 2012 Agritec Software Female file e Prospective breeding female e Unmated breeding female e Mated breeding female e Removed breeding female The change in status of a breeding female is event driven That is the transition of a breeding female from prospective to unmated to mated to removed is determined by the occurrence of events in its life history record Event Classification Arrival event Prospective breeding female Entry event Unmated breeding female Mating event Mated breeding female Removal event Removed breeding female e The Arrival Event is defined as the day a Prospective breeding female or male is transferred or delivered to the farm or if home raised selected for future breeding use Generally these animals are of a very young age and are not reproductively mature Prospective breeding females do not contribute non productive days to the breeding herd because technically they are not yet counted in breeding herd inventory e The Arrival Event does not exist in Porcitec as an event I
360. own All variables used are defined in Performance table see Agritec Variable Dictionary chapter Each section in the Performance Analysis i e Service Farrowing and Weaning is a different cohort of females A cohort is a group of animals that share a common event e In the Service section all females share a service event in the time period e In the Farrowing section all females share a farrowing event in the time period e In the Weaning section all females share a wean event in the time period For example of Served bred by 7 days are females who had a service event in the time period that occurred within 7 days of weaning of Weaned bred by 7 days are females with a wean event in the time period and a service that occurred within 7 days after their wean event Of course if you run a weekly report you must ignore the last week because 7 days have not elapsed from this time period This value is helpful for monitoring seasonal infertility such as hot summer months when less females may return to heat after weaning SERVICE PERFORMANCE Total services Expression Services Number 1st services Expression Services RepeatServices Number repeat services Expression RepeatServices Percent repeat services Expression RepeatServices Services 100 Number multiple matings Expression MultipleMatings Percent multiple matings Expression MultipleMatings Services 100 Matings per service Expression ServMati
361. p Yes SERVMALEGENETICS Group Yes BIRTHINGDATE Function Count Criteria Sorting Or you can use SQL directly ECHTCEN ZARES S RE BIRT HINGDATE B BETWEEN ROUP BY GENETICS S ERVMAL EGEN ET The Query report is shown below 2003 JAN 01 COUNT AND FROM PARITYI BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 2003 JAN 01 AND 2003 JUN 30 EX E2003 JUN 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 349 GENETICS SERYMALEGENETICS COUNT 2012 Agritec Software 350 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 4 5 19 2 4 6 Wean to 1st service by technician We want to know the wean to 1st service interval by technician for the years 2005 and 2006 We want to know if any technicians are serving females before they are actually in heat The setup screen for Crosstab report is shown below Table ServiceResult Column Variable PrevEndLacFstServ Column Classes 0 10 11 Row Variable ServTechi Filtering ServDate BETWEEN 2005 1 1 AND 2006 12 31 AND PrevEndLacFstServ IS NOT NULL The Crosstab report is shown below Fo GE Chart dim cs Wean to first service interval is placed in the horizontal axis with 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 or more days Technicians IDs are placed in the vertical axis Days o
362. p screen is shown below Tables SERVICEEX Variable SERVRESULT Variables to SERVRESULTDAYS Analyze Functions Count Sum Arithmetic Mean Standard Deviation Filtering SERVRESULT lt gt Unknown AND SERVRESULT lt gt Birthing AND SERVDATE gt 1 JAN 2006 AND SERVDATE lt 31 DEC 2006 The Breakdown report is shown below max 4 D H N R TOTAL ServResultDays count 26 63 225 256 50 41 661 sum 3390 7855 10156 4780 2078 30507 avg 53 81 34 91 39 67 95 60 50 68 46 15 sd 35 74 22 34 11 65 25 61 40 33 28 65 Filtering SERVRESULT lt gt AND SERVRESULT lt gt B Chart 4 B Print Close 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 27 Farrowing rate by entry date I want to know the farrowing rate by entry date Females with the same entry date are considered a cohort Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceEx Variable EntryDate Variables to ServBirthing Analyze Functions Arithmetic Mean Filtering 19 2 3 28 Farrowing rate by service day I want to knowthe farrowing rate by service day of the week Sunday Monday of all services within the year 2006 Note The weekdays will be defined by a number on the report Sunday 0 Monday 1 Saturday 6 Use Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceEx Variable EXTRACT WEEKDAY FROM ServDate
363. parity liveborn wean information the service after weaning and its result including the subsequent Farrowing Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ParityEx P ServiceResult S Link Options Table1 ParityEx Fieldi IID_FstService Table2 ServiceResult Field2 IID_Service Join Operartor Join Type Left Outer Join Columns P ID P Parity P BirthingDate P Liveborn P NetFostered P LWeanDate P TotalWeaned S ServDate S ServResult S BirthingDate S LiveBorn Criteria Sorting P BirthingDate ASC P ID Or you can use directly SQL SETECT RATO R Eau Labirehingbate Palaiveborun EP Nethostened Es LWeanDate P TotalWeaned etse ec ESSE SUE S BirthingDate Snc E CX FROM ParityEx P EFT OUTER JOIN ServiceResult S ON P IID FstService S IID Service E MEAS C E 2012 Agritec Software 19 2 2 Counts and averages 19 2 2 1 Number of unmated breeding I would like a count of the number of unmated breeding females currently in my herd The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables FEMALEX Columns ENTRYDATE Group Yes ID Function Count Criteria STATUSCODE E Sorting ENTRYDATE Or you can use SQL directly OM FEMALEEX SNS 0 ELECT ENTRYDATI eal R HERE STATUSCODE E ROUP BY ENTRYDATI RDER BY ENTRYDATI
364. pe UserEventl AND EvDate BETWEEN 1MAYO7 AND 31DECO7 ORDER BY EvDate ID 3 Click Preview button the see the preview Homozygous recessive gene list We do a test to detect a homozygous recessive gene in prospective breeding animals Therefore the dam and sire are also carriers When the test is positive we want to mark the individual and the sire and dam Finally we want a list of all animals that are carriers of this recessive gene Defining an user field to mark animals For this purpose you can use the User field called Bool1 in Individual Pig Records file female file and male file 1 Go to Individual Pig Records file and click the User sheet 2 Click New Fields 3 Check On the first Yes No box 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 359 4 Enter Recessive Gene in the right Title cell 5 Repeat the above steps for Female and Male files Defining the genetic test event It is necessary to define a user event to enter the genetic test results in Individual Pig Records file 1 Go to Options Event Fields and click Individual Records 2 Click User Event 1 3 Enter Recessive Gene Detected in Name 4 Select Bool1 in Individual Dam and Sire 5 Click Ok to save the data Entering the genetic tests To mark the animals you need to use the User Event 1 in Event Entry or Individual Pig Records file When the User Event 1 is entered automatically Porcitec assigns true to the user field Bool1 in the individual file dam
365. period may continue for up to five days See also estrus mating SERVICE DATE Date of first mating during any one estrus period See also estrus mating SERVICE PERIOD A period of time during which one or more matings may take place Comment 1 Service period may last up to 5 days 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 393 See also mating service STILLBORN PIGS Fully developed pigs determined to be dead at birth Comment 1 Often found behind the breeding female or entangled in the afterbirth This implies that they were never able to move and were therefore dead at birth Comment 2 Includes pigs that are determined dead at assisted farrowings Comment 3 The soft covering over the ends of the toes should be present in stillborn pigs Comment 4 Post mortem confirmation of stillbirths may be done by immersing lungs in water If lungs float in water the pig must have breathed and was therefore not stillborn See also breeding female farrowing live born pigs mummies stillborn percentage total born pigs STILLBORN RATE The proportion of total born pigs that are stillborn Formula Sum of stillborn pigs in period orcohort 10096 Sum of total born pigs in period or cohort Calculation 56 100 12 6 444 See also cohort stillborn pig total born pigs TIME SLICE Analysis of records over a period of time typically subdivided into a number of periods of length Rec
366. ports are fed by this information This mode is fast and consumes few resources It is used for Benchmarking reports Export Detailed Databases to Web The desktop application exports the entire database to the Web server The Web server can run all farm level reports This mode is slower and consumes more resources because all data is exported not just 2012 Agritec Software 366 Porcitec Manual 2012 20 5 20 6 a summary Use this mode if you want to run all reports from the internet Which mode do I need to use Both modes are useful depending on the scenario If a bureau desires to share the reports with their customers complete database mode is necessary In this way customers can get any report or list For a company with multiple locations both modes are necessary They may want to run farm level reports and also a benchmarking or consolidation report for several farms If you only need to see the herd performance or benchmarking reports for one or multiple farms and you do not need detailed information about female history then Datamart is the only mode necessary It is fast and consumes few resources See also Uploading the Web server data from the desktop application Update Web DataMart Export detailed databases to Web Update Web DataMart First you need to create an account in the Agritec Online web Please contact us For updating the DataMart open the desktop application click File in main menu
367. pred eec Cei te ERE me nr nent 344 Average lactation feed intake on w ean to first service interval 345 Effect of lactation feed intake on subsequent litter size 345 Average lactation feed intake by time period 345 Entry to service histograma e ie doe edi t ERES en cen de Pea ea tae UD e ced e n a 346 51 M M 347 Number of females by parity and genetics 347 Number of males by entry date and genetics 347 Number of females by parity and age sisi 347 Number of litters born by genetic line sise 347 Wean to 1st service by technician ss 350 Days of week for service and farrow ing eene nnne 350 Female removed by reason and parity crosstalb 351 Repeat service by service interval ceret cite neri etd etae ederent medina 351 3 Preweaned consulls irren cewetateceecceceeceuas deducdennexsuuiteceecdecwecustieeedeces 352 Percent pre weaning mortality by farrowing room eene eee atn anna tns tn atta ana tain 352 List of preweaning deaths 354 FosSt f eX Dl p ec D 355 355 aN E S 356 Poor
368. prepare data for import sms 283 9 Using MS Access to prepare data for import 284 10 ERP imegra tiono c 285 11 Extracting Porcitec data using MS Access ener nennen nnn nn 286 12 Create a ODBC 286 13 Export data to genetic 287 Part XIX Database consults 290 1 Database consults 1 teeters nies Ean EANNAN EEEa KAANAA rii Ie 290 2 Breeding herd CONSUItS lt icc c5 2 ccesccecccectsecwcentseccenatceerecanseecocauererceneseseeeatenerecadseetecausertecedeere 291 Lists sun Re Ae aie ee Sa a ec ane eae 291 Active unmated breeding females seen 291 Service list betw een 2 dates Service result betw een 2 dates ss seins iii adea e c nn Ha rura ira Inconclusive pregnancy diagnosis list Aborted betw een 65 and 90 days gestation Number of fall out by the date fell out sisi Current and previous liveborri treten ceti be eia rr rr n eda baked lines 2012 Agritec Software 11 12 Porcitec Manual 2012 Removed temale list ierra peer RI e esa uer ERREUR Rose ei eae 296 Export historical parity data nett t etti eei rti re dr cer era Paetus Ee Hp TE eR a anne da n 297 Pregnancy check result list nennen nnne nennen 298 Heat treatment and litter size
369. pts serial dates commonly referred to as 1000 day calendar You must configure this in the Options menu See Application format 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 2 7 You can use or key to increase or decrease the date in any date field For example if 12MAY2001 appears in the edit box and you type 2 the resulting date will be 14MAY2001 If you are using a date in a custom filter of a report dates must be enclosed with an apostrophe like 1 1 10 Using the Calculator Some numerical fields have a calculator icon at the right side of the field Click this icon to open the calculator In some screens the number is related to another field For example when entering a sales event you can type 15 in the weight field and the result is automatically calculated In this case it will be the number of items multiplied by 15 Closing a dialog Dialogs where information has been entered can be closed in several ways Close Close and save Fast key AIt L x Close dialog without saving the changes Fast key Alt F4 F12 key closes the dialog and saves the data Returns to Fast Entry after editing a record F12 key in Female file Reports for former PigCHAMP DOS users Reports If you are a former PigCHAMP DOS user and are looking for similar reports in Porcitec the following is a list of some comparable reports PigChamp report Porcitec report Report menu comments location Performance Monitor P
370. puter OFFICE FARM and VET do the following steps 1 Click File and then Open Database 2 Click Add Connection 3 Select Remote Server 4 Enter the computer name in Server box in this example OFFICE 5 Enter the local path of the server computer for example C ProgramData Agritec Porcitec 2012 Databases MyDatabase fdb in Path box Replace MyDatabase by the name of your database 6 Enter the name of the database in Alias 7 Click Ok 2012 Agritec Software 5 Porcitec Manual 2012 3 10 3 11 Recover from a disaster When a computer crashes hard disk fails computer death etc you may want to reinstall Porcitec in another computer or even in the same one if it is repaired The steps are 1 Install Porcitec in the computer See Installation steps Agritec recommends installing the latest version of Porcitec 2012 2 If it is new computer restore the latest backup file of your database using the Restore procedure if your backup is current The database will be automatically connected Otherwise execute Porcitec and create a new connection to the existing database See Open database If you do not remember the path use the Windows Search function to search for FDB files Porcitec databases are files with FDB as extension 3 If you created any custom reports you must manually copy the reports from the former computer to the new one The report files have RP as extension Click Reports in main menu and then Open U
371. r The SQL statement is SETECH ID RINE SERVRESULTDAYS SERVRESULDATE SERVGROUPID SERVRESULT SERVMALE SERVTECH FROM ServiceResult WHERE SERVRESULT lt gt Unknown AND SERVRESULTDATE BETWEEN 1 JAN 047 AND 31 DEC 04 ORDER BY SSERVDATE ID 19 2 1 27 Reasons fall out I want to know how many parity O and parity 1 females have a repeat service in their parity I also want to know the reason for the negative service result and the number of services given to repeat females until they farrow or are removed Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ServiceResult Columns Id ServDate Parity NService ServResultDays ServResult Criteria Parity 2 AND NService gt 1 OR ServResult NOT IN Birthing Unknown Sorting Id ServDate Or you can use directly SQL SELECT Id ServDate Parity NService ServResultDays ServResult 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 309 FROM ServiceResult WHERE Parity 2 AND NService 1 OR ServResult NOT IN Birthing Unknown ORDER BY Id ServDate 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 1 28 Farrowing data and subsequent result I want to see the Farrowing data and subsequent result Specifically I want to see the female ID Farrowing date
372. r only one database can be the Master Database The Master Database in the only database that stores the list of the remaining databases or premises This list Options Premises is used for multi database reports In most cases the best model is to put each premise in a separate database unless you prefer to share 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm the same configuration among all premises or you want to show animals of several premises in the same reports Fields Premise Name Name of the premise External Database Alias Alias used in the database connection See Database open Fill this field only if your organizational model is One premise one database Location Code Location level 1 Fill this field only if your organizational model is several premises in one database An animal is associated with the premise if the location level 1 of the animal matches the Location Code entered in this box For example the females placed in location A1 102 are associated with the premise when Location Code equals Al Premise ID Premise ID usually provided by the administration Address Address of the premise City City of the premise 5 6 Application format In this section you will define the date format you prefer to use for data entry and reports 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Options Configuration Application Format Farm Type Farm Data Date En
373. r service with same male The male used in the first mating in a service The male used in the second mating in a service The male used in the third mating in service Male genetics Id if the same genetics has been used in all matings per service Service result Returned to estrus Negative pregnancy check Found to be not pregnant Abortion Farrowing Unknown the result has not yet been recorded Death Other removals Service result date Number of days from service to result of service including days from service to not pregnant culling death or farrowing Numeric code of the service result O Unknown 1 ReturnedToEstrus 2 NegativePregnancyCheck 3 FoundNotPregnant 4 Abortion 5 Birthing 6 Death 7 OtherRemoval Technician Id if the same person has administered all matings per service Technician Id in the first mating in a service Technician Id in the second mating in a service Technician Id in the third mating in a service Type of service A Artificial insemination N Natural mating C Combination matings E Embryo transfer Last treatment name with active service link within the parity and before the service Foreign key to related female Foreign key to related parity 2012 Agritec Software PwdComment PwdDate PwdDays PwdNumber PwdReason 16 6 Treatment Application Comment Description Dosage IID_Master IID_Parity IID_Treatment IID_Heat IsHeatInduction Reason Receipt Route T
374. r Semen Id Date of the mating event Mating type Natural AI or Embrion Technician Id Number of mating within the service Foreign key to the service record Semen dose Number of animals at begin period Number of animals at end period Sum of live weights of animals at begin of period Sum of live weights of animals at end of period The sum of all active animal days during the period An animal contributes one group day for each day it was active during the period Number of animals entered from the breeding stage Total weight of animals entered from the breeding stage Animals purchased Total weight of animals purchased Sum of number of animals transferred or moved out in period 2012 Agritec Software WeightTransferredOut AnimalsStdSold WeightStdSold IncomeStdSold AnimalsSold WeightSold IncomeSold SSAnimalsSold SSWeightSold SSIncomeSold RecordedDeaths WeightDeaths WeightFeedIn TransferredIn TotalEntered WeightTransferredIn WeightTotalEntered WeightInvDif GrossIncome FeedExpense LaborExpense TotalExpense GlobalFeedExpense GlobalLaborExpense GlobalTotalExpense SumIndex SumFat 2012 Agritec Software Variables 259 Sum of weight of animals transferred or moved out in period Sum of number of standard animals sold in period Sum of weights of standard animals sold in period Sum of income from standard animals sold in period Sum of number of all animals sold in period Sum of weights of all a
375. r only into the fields that you use in your farm and ignore the others or you may turn them off in Options Event Fields so that they do not appear 7 When the cursor leaves the last field the event will be saved autonomically to the animal record You can see the saved events in the right panel screen If you do not need to use all the fields when you finish entering data into an event you can click the Save button or Alt S keys and the event will be saved and the cursor returned to the Female ID field 8 Go to step 3 Porcitec shows the last values by default To Edit or consult animal records 1 From the main menu click the Females button 2 In Fast Entry click the Edit History button to view or modify the animal record Click F12 to return to Fast Entry when you are done 3 In Fast Entry you can double click the event you want to edit directly in the history window If you need to delete an event you must do so in the Female file Click the Edit History button to delete an event See also Data entry time saving tips Data Entry Alternatives How to enter bred females in a new database 2012 Agritec Software Getting started 27 How to Enter 100 new females with a service in her record How to Enter a vaccination into the group of entered females 2 6 Navigating Porcitec Porcitec uses standard Windows key combinations for navigation It is important to understand them to work the program with ease In Porcitec
376. rd page at http www firebirdsql org en odbc driver If you use Windows 64 bit you also need to download the fbclient dll file from http agritecsoft com files extern fbclient dll since ODBC drivers needs 64 bit client library and Porcitec uses 32 bit Execute the installation Then define the connection 1 Start ODBC Data Source Administrator from the Control Panel 2 Select the Drivers tab and ensure that Firebird driver is listed among available drivers 3 Select either System DSN or User DSN and click Add button 4 Select Firebird driver and click Finish 5 The next screen prompts you to enter Firebird specific details and is shown below 2012 Agritec Software Importing and exporting data 287 FireBird ODBC Setup Data Source Name DSN Driver Firebird DSN iscDbe Description Firebird database on localhost Database localhost C Program Files Firebird Firebird_2_O examples empbuil E Browse Client Browse Database Account Password Role SYSDBA ir Character Set r Options Transaction Extended identifier properties IV read default write quoted identifiers nowait default wait 7 sensitive identifier Lock Timeout autoquoted identifier Dialect Set null field SCHEMA safe thread OK Cancel Help 6 Click Ok Data Source Name Unique name of Server Type Example My FB connection Database Specify
377. reatDate TreatDays TreatLocation TreatName TreatTech Units Withdrawal 2012 Agritec Software Variables 257 Comment entered in pre weaned death event Date of the pre weaned death event Days from the birthing event to death event the first day is zero Number of pre weaned deaths Reason of death Treatment application Event comment Treatment description Drug dosage Foreign key to related female male or growing Foreign key to related parity only females Internal ID for this treatment event Foreign key to related heat event for induced treatments only females The value is 1 if the treatment is for heat induction 0 if it is not Treatment reason Treatment receipt Drug route 0 Intramuscular 1 Oral 2 Intravenous 3 Sub cutaneous Date of the treatment event Treatment days Location at treatment Treatment name Treatment technician Id Treatment units Drug withdrawal days WithdrawalDate 16 7 Mating Comment MatingHour IID FEMALE IID LstTreatmentMating IID Mating Male MatingDate MatingType Tech NMating IID Service Dose 16 8 GroupCohort BeginInventory EndInventory BeginWeight EndWeight GroupDays WeanedIn WeightWeanedIn Purchased WeightPurchased TransferredOut 258 Porcitec Manual 2012 Drug withdrawal date Event comment Mating hour Foreign key to related female Foreign key to last treatment within the parity Internal ID for this mating event Male Id o
378. reed Top Dresser is a product used to increase conception rates born alive increase weaning weights etc If a number of females were treated with this product I want to compare these females against a control group There are several ways to do this in Porcitec One way is to use the User Field A1 of the female status sheet to flag them Go to Females file and set a tag in the User Field A1 to create a group of females for example EZ2006 to denote the EZ treatment applied in year 2006 you can use any tag When the test period is finished you can get the results using some of the pre defined reports or creating your own consults A very important report is Performance Analysis Go to Reports Analysis Performance Analysis You have 2 options 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 339 1 Compare each group side by side within a period of time In Breakdown box select User Field Al 2 To filter by group and show several periods of time In Breakdown box select Periods In Filtering box enter the tag that you used in User Field A1 to define the group You can increase the complexity of the consult as grouping tags filtering by parity etc 19 2 3 26 Fail to farrowing breakdown I would like to break down all the categories of non productive days to see if we can help the farms be more productive In particular the days from service to not farrowing served within the year 2006 Use Breakdown report designer The setu
379. rganized in rows and columns Each column is a data type and each row is a record For example we can list females where each row is a female and each column shows different information ID birthdate parity performance etc After creating a list report a user may want to include a summary in the bottom of the report showing the sum or breakdown for specific columns For example if the list is for females with columns ID parity birthdate and days from entry possible options might be to show the total numbers of females or a breakdown of days from entry interval Agritec application also offers a breakdown report designer for these type of cases It is usually faster and easier to do than with the list report designer However sometimes the user may want the breakdown at the end of the list report In this tutorial I will show you how to add different types of summaries counters sums and breakdowns Go to Reports select the report and click Design button You will see the report layout 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 233 LI E E File Edit Report View Help Jag muajamsm s xam e js E mw amp oe 5 EB T 4 Il 7 T Arial 0 BZzU A v3 s LEFIEET 1 Y 1 A Data Paget 2 8 4 5 7 E 30 70d c 120 13 4 14 1 15 16 17 18 19 Er Pagei E B 23 ColumnHeader 1 3 M
380. ritec specific based on Excel sheets and Excel named columns The document contains sheets each sheet contains a list of related fields in an event The name of the sheet defines the type of event The name of columns defines fields An Excel document can contain most events inseminations weight controls weanings etc This feature is only valid for Enterprise edition 4 6 quu cl VU ka Jh SGH e 4 amp eer Yew rea Jw t fad Arial 0 NC S Tech Location Comment 04 03 2010 344 JOHN 04 03 2010 231 MARIA 03 03 2010 531 1 b1 Enter AI NaturalMating MultipleMating Check Abortion Birth Foster PWRemove Nurseln PartWean Wear 4 bsle A maa e The above bitmap shows the AI Artificial Insemination sheet Note that you cannot change the sheet name since it is used by Porcitec to identify the event type Each column has a header defining the field in this case ID female ID date insemination date Male male used in the insemination etc Download the Excel file template from here See Agritec Import Format document for details about field names Instructions to import data from the Excel document to Porcitec 1 Click Farm menu Import Data 2 Select the Excel file you created 3 Select Agritec Excel format file and click OK Important notes e Due to a Microsoft Excel limitation the maximum
381. rity I want to know the number of females served in January for parity O and for parity gt O Only include females that do not have a positive pregnancy check Use the Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Table FEMALEX Variable PARITY Classes 0 1 Variables to Analize ID Functions Count Filtering REPROSTATUS 2 AND SERVDATE BETWEEN 2005 1 1 AND 2005 1 31 The Breakdown report is shown below PARITY count Filtering REPROSTATUS 2 AN ES Print Close 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 333 19 2 3 20 Count of females served in January with postive preg check by parity I want to know the number of females served in January by parity 0 and by parity gt 0 Only include females that have a positive pregnancy check Use the Breakdown report designer The setup screen is shown below Table FEMALEX Variable PARITY Classes 0 1 Variables to Analize ID Functions Count Filtering REPROSTATUS 3 AND SERVDATE BETWEEN 2005 1 1 AND 2005 1 31 The Breakdown report is shown below PARITY Filtering REPROSTATUS 3 AND 5 di Print Close 2012 Agritec Software su Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 21 Age at death of pre weaned animals I want to know the number and percent of pre weaned animals that died at lt 2 days of age by farrowing room in the first 6 months of 2003 The setup
382. rity Number of services in the parity If there are none Nservices 0 Total nursed and weaned If there are no animals its value is NULL Total preweaned nursed off in the parity with a nurse event Total preweaned nursed on in the parity with a nurse event Parity number Categorize the parity in 4 categories 1 2 3 4 or more ParityLabels ParityPos PrevEndLacDate PrevEndLacFstServ PrevLactationLen RecordedPwDeaths SPI Stillborn SumAdjLiveborn SumAdjWeanWeight SumNurseAges SumWeanWeight TotalBorn TotalWeaned WeaniAge WeaniDate WeaniNum WeanFstServ 16 4 Service GestLoci GestLoc2 GestLocation ID 254 Porcitec Manual 2012 Labels assigned to parity separated by Record position in the parity table for each female End date of lactation in the previous parity Days from end of lactation to first service in the previous parity Days of lactation in the previous parity counted from a farrowing event to the final wean or nurse off event Number of preweaned deaths recorded in PwDeath events Sow Productivity Index Number of stillborn in the parity Sum of adjusted liveborn litter size Sum of litter weights at weaning for litters weaned in the parity Includes nurse litters Sum days of age of preweaned nursed on with a Nurse On event Sum of litter weights at weaning for litters weaned in the parity includes nurse litters Number of total born in the parity includes live
383. rly etc and then be consistent about taking inventory at the end of each period and enter weights even if they must be estimated The formula for weight gain Continuous flow dynamic is Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at end of period sum of live weights of finisher pigs at beginning of period sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold out of finisher in period sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period sum of live weights of finisher pigs purchased into finisher in period sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period The beginning and ending weight components of the expression are only included if all groups in the report period have beginning and ending weight values If one or more groups do not have both values then the weight gain formula excludes the all weights and will show as 0 The beginning and ending weights are extracted from inventory events Inventory events must be entered up to 3 days before the period ends For example if you run a growth performance report every 6 months you need to enter an inventory event for each group twice per year Specifically you must enter them at December 29 30 or 31 and June 28 29 or 30 2012 Agritec Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Financial 165 12 Financial 12 1 Financial management Financial management is important for monitoring the finan
384. rst heat not served in the lifetime of the female before the first service and after the Entry event Foreign key to first service of parity 0 Active Inactive status If the animal is active ISACTIVE will be 1 if it is removed it will be O Begin date of current lactation The lactation can begin with a farrow or an abortion that is followed by a Nurse On event If she is not lactating the value is NULL Lactation status indicated by a numeric value 0 None unmated breeding female 1 Not Lactating 2 Lactating The total number of abortions for the lifetime of the female The average Farrowing interval for the lifetime of the female The average gestation length for the lifetime of the female The average number of liveborn per parity for the lifetime of the female The average number of stillborn per parity for the lifetime of the female The average number of total born per parity for the lifetime of the female The average number of weaned per parity from Wean and Part Wean Events for the lifetime of the female Includes number weaned from nurse litters Average age of weaned animals of birth litters for the lifetime of the female The average weight of weaned animals for the lifetime of the female Farrowing rate for the lifetime of the female The total number of animals born per year Number of animals with adjusted weights Sum of gestation days for the lifetime of the female If she is served it adds the days from servic
385. rt Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib FINISHER FEED LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW Ratio of feed disappearance to live weight gain measured in the finisher production stage Formula Weight of finisher feed Ib disappeared in period or cohort Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs at beginning of period Ib 4 Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib FINISHER LABOR EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CLOSE OUT Formula Finisher production stage labor expense pork in period Sum of live weights of finisher pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into finisher in period Ib FINISHER LABOR EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 FLOW
386. ry in period Ib NURSERY LABOR EXPENSE CWT OF LIVE WEIGHT GAIN CONTINUOUS FLOW Formula Nursery production stage labor expense pork in period Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at end of period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs at beginning of period Ib 4 Sum of live weights of standard nursery pigs sold in period Ib 4 Sum of live weights of substandard nursery pigs sold in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery in period Ib NURSERY LABOR EXPENSE TO GROSS REVENUE PORK NURSERY PIGS 2012 Agritec Software 426 Porcitec Manual 2012 Formula Nursery production stage labor expense pork Gross revenue pork nursery pigs NURSERY LABOR EXPENSE TO TOTAL LABOR EXPENSE PORK Formula Nursery production stage labor expense pork Total labor expense pork NURSERY MORTALITY RATE COHORT Formula Sum of numbers of nursery pig deaths in period 100 Sum of numbers of nursery pigs in cohort NURSERY MORTALITY RATE TIME PERIOD Formula Sum of numbers of nursery pig deaths in period 100 Sum of numbers of nursery pigs at beginning of period Sum of numbers of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period 4 Sum of numbers of nursery pigs purchased into nursery in period NURSERY TOTAL EXPENSE CWT NURS
387. ry pigs transferred out of nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of nursery pigs transferred into nursery in period Ib Sum of live weights of pigs purchased into nursery in period Ib NURSERY TOTAL EXPENSE TO GROSS REVENUE PORK NURSERY PIGS Formula Nursery production stage total expense pork Gross revenue pork nursery pigs STANDARD NURSERY PIG SALES RATE The proportion of nursery pig sales that were standard pigs 2012 Agritec Software 428 Porcitec Manual 2012 Formula Sum of numbers of standard nursery pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of numbers of all nursery pigs sold in period or cohort FINISHER PRODUCTION STAGE AVERAGE CARCASS WEIGHT SOLD LB FINISHER PIG Formula Carcass weight sold Ib finisher pigs in period Sum of numbers of finisher pigs sold in period AVERAGE DAILY FINISHER FEED DISAPPEARANCE LB PIG Formula Weight of finisher feed disappeared Ib in period or cohort Sum of finisher pig days in period or cohort AVERAGE DAYS IN FINISHER Formula ____ Sum of finisher pig days in period Sum of numbers of finisher pigs sold in period sum of numbers of finisher pigs transferred out of finisher in period AVERAGE FINISHER PIG INVENTORY Formula Sum of finisher pig days in period Days in period 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 429 AVERAGE LIVE WEIGHT SOLD LB FINISHER PIG Formula Sum of live weights of f
388. s _ s 157 Intra database sell e 157 Treatment inea ILI Ea eae 158 2012 Agritec Software Contents Close lot SRE ER EEE PR M PL Er RE 8 Managing feed Entering feed and 2 2 2 2 eei ner nn aa daa aa aeaa a daS Saas 159 Produce ration inventory 160 Adjust ingredient cost and inventory is snnssnnnennennenennennenennnnnnnennennennennnns 161 Automatic Feeding System nn iennnnnnnnnneeneeneenennennnnnnennesnesnesneeneennenneaneanaranennee 161 Least cost feed formulation 5 1 iicet n enini decided eid trado ence acras tr chevductsuddedansadeadedsnexdess 162 ure 162 Part XII Financial 165 1 Financial management 165 2 Account Hegister 4o ni ueni anii 166 3 Import financial ice a 167 4 Cost Centers E T E E E T 168 Part XIII Handheld computer 170 1 Handheld Computer ec cette eceetene ee cetteeseccbeweseceGiweseeebevsseceteusseccaevesdectess 170 2 Pocket PC device ciones aer ETa Ar EEEN AEA E EAAS AAEE OETA NAA ATANES 170 Quick Data for Pocket PC overview csscssecseeesseeseessneeseeseneeseesenesseesenesseeseeenueeseeenuecseesanesseessnensneseneneeesenenes 170 Install Quick Data in a Pocket PC nn caesanecccandeeredeeunedudeecheesecdueveucrecetsucdedarsadeede
389. s FstServiceRemovalDays GestationDays HeatConceptions HeatNotServed 2 Porcitec Manual 2012 Total of parities for all active females in inventory on the last day of the period The number of breeding males in inventory on the last day of the period The number of unmated females in inventory on the last day of the period The number of females with an enter event in the period The count of intervals from birthdate to entry with entry event in the period The sum days from birthdate to entry date for females with an entry event in the period The sum days from entry to first service for unmated females with their first mating event in the period The sum days from entry to first service for unmated females with their first mating event in the service cohort The count of entry to removal intervals in not served females with removal date in the period The sum of entry to removal interval days in not served females in the period The sum of entry to removal intervals in not served females with removal date in the period The sum of all active female days during the period A female contributes one female day for each day she was active during the period beginning at her entry date into the breeding herd and ending with her removal Females transferred in the farm in the period It includes females with Entry Date earlier than the transfer date The number of females with a last wean or nurse off event in
390. s and choosing from an extensive list of variables and retrieve statistical data concerning almost any imaginable production issue AGRITEC 5 axe Licensed to Roberto Emmanuel Cervantes Guillen Printed 10 31 05 www agritecsoft com USER S FARM Page 1 DATE gt 05 01 05 AND DATE lt 10 31 05 Date Code Parity Removal Genetics BirthDate Entry Comment 05 03 05 1691 5 NOHS 05 24 02 05 03 05 83 7 OTH S OTHER UNKNOWN 07 09 02 05 10 05 1679 B OTH S OTHER UNKNOWN 05 24 02 05 10 05 1686 7 OTH S OTHER UNKNOWN 05 24 02 05 10 05 1727 7 OTH S8 OTHER UNKNOWN d 03 12 02 05 10 05 3320 2 FER 5 FERTILITY SOW 11 21 03 05 10 05 453 7 OTH 8 OTHER UNKNOWN 01 24 02 05 10 05 5424 5 OTH 8 OTHER UNKNOWN 05 01 03 05 10 05 6730 8 OLD 8 OLDAGE PARITY 11 03 01 05 21 05 1558 4 OTH D OTHER UNKNOWN 10 15 03 05 31 05 450 8 OLD 8 OLDAGE PARITY 01 24 02 05 31 05 490 1 OTH S OTHER UNKNOWN 11 12 04 05 31 05 6712 7 OTH S OTHER UNKNOWN 11 03 01 05 31 05 8501 B OTH S OTHER UNKNOWN 11 05 02 06 27 05 1693 8 OLD S OLDAGE PARITY 05 24 02 07 16 05 8003 4 OTH D OTHER UNKNOWN 2 01 1 3 04 08 02 05 7260 0 NOHS NOHEAT 2 04 06 05 08 04 05 5968 1 OTH OTHER UNKNOWN 08 23 04 08 11 05 5068 1 OTH D OTHER UNKNOWN 02 24 05 08 16 05 0264 B OTH S OTHER UNKNOWN 01 16 03 08 16 05 3782 0 OTH S OTHER UNKNOWN 07 06 05 08 16 05 448 9 OLD S OLDAGE PARITY 01 24 02 08 16 05 452 9 OLD S OLDAGE PARITY 01 24 02 08 16 05 5277 5 OTH 8 OTHER
391. s events using the Animal file Track Changes Adding Events Check On to track changes when an user adds events using the Animal file Track Changes Deleting Events Check On to track changes when an user deletes events using the Animal file See also Log table Track activity query Time intervals In this section of the Options menu you will set the time intervals or targets for the tasks that will define your Management Reports The intervals are the number of days from one event date in an animal s record to a subsequent event date When generating a management list it will show when females are due for a particular task or change in status at the interval in days you have defined For example If you routinely check for pregnancy at 35 days from service date in the row for Days from service to preg check type lt 35 gt Then when you generate a Served Pregnancy Check report you will see a list of females due for this test 35 days after their service date These intervals are also used for other reports such as the Female History Card The following is the list of event intervals that may be user defined for reports Days from weaning to first service Enter the number of days from weaning to first service this value is used in management reports Days from service to heat check The default is set at 21 days and is used for the Served Heat check report Days from service to pregnancy check Enter your targe
392. screen for Query report is shown below Tables PWDEATHEX Columns BIRTHLOC1 Group Yes BIRTHLOC2 Group Yes PWDNUMBER Function Sum RECORDEDPWDEATHS Criteria PWDDAYS lt 2 AND BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 2003 1 1 AND 2003 5 31 Sorting Or you can use SQL directly SPACE SUM PWDNUMBER AS DEATHS2DAYS SUM RECORDEDPWDEATHS TOTALDEATHS 100 0 SUM PWDDAYS SUM RECORDEDPWDEATHS AS PERCENT FROM PWDEATHEX W A G HERE PWDDAYS 2 ND BIRTHINGDATE BETWEEN 2003 1 1 AND 2003 5 31 ROUP SEY Balan 87 I The Query report is shown below ii Query LES 523 Export E Close DEATHS2DAYS TOTALDEATHS PERCENT 44 90 16 6 BIRTHLOC2 iA BIRTHLOC1 B 42 89 17 9 33 72 16 6 D 33 81 18 5 19 19 5 2 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 335 19 2 3 22 Average number and of stillborns born to females induced to farrow I want to know the average number and percent of stillborns born to females induced to farrow at 113 and 114 days of gestation and also not induced The setup screen for Breakdown report is shown below Table PARITYEX Variable INDUCED Variables to Analize STILLBORN TOTALBORN Functions Sum Arithmetic Mean Filtering BIRTHINGDATE IS NOT NULL The Breakdown report is shown below 8 aax
393. se Elat y ONES EE ID ID Eire WHERE CurParity LNurseOnDate IS NOT NULL AND PrevParity BirthingDate IS NOT NULL AND CurParity BirthingDate BETWEEN 1JAN2000 AND 31DEC2007 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 307 19 2 1 24 Served by 7 days after weaning I want a list of females served by 7 days after weaning Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables ParityEx Columns Id WeanFstServ EndLacDate Criteria WeanFstServ lt 7 Sorting EndLacDate Id Or you can use directly SQL SELECT Id WeanFstServ EndLacDate FROM ParityEx WHERE WeanFstServ lt 7 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 1 25 Days from previous heat in parity 0 We record Heat Not Served events in parity 0 females We want a list of the females with Heat Not Served events and the number of days to their previous heat Use Query report designer The SQL statement is shown below ELECT Id HeatDate PriorHeatDays ROM HeatNS JOIN FemaleEx N HeatNS IID Female FemaleEx IID Female HERE IsActive 1 AND Parity 0 AND NServices 0 RDER BY Id HeatDate CK x X p 19 2 1 26 Females with failed service I want to see a list of females with a failed service date within the year 2004 Use Query report designer or List Data report designe
394. se User Fields User Fields is a powerful feature used to manage additional data that the application does not include fields for This post shows how to configure the User Fields and how to extract the information in a report For example a user wants to record a monetary cost in each insemination event Also it is required the total cost per month Go to Options and then double click Event Fields Double click Females and then select Insemination This form allows you to configure all fields for the insemination event Insemination New Fields Alias f W Active Action Title Form Batch gt Seman M Technician a vi Dose vi vj Hour Group M Location O 4 OK x Cancel 7 Help Click New Fields button to add new user fields Since the cost is a numeric value check the Numeric 1 field and add a description for example Cost 2012 Agritec Software 1 Porcitec Manual 2012 m o 0 o o 0 o Click OK button to save the changes Now when you enter an insemination event a new field called Cost appears Insemination Event Date Female Code 2 12 Technician Dose Hour 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec 107 Enter the insemination event adding the cost value as with any other field To get a list of matings with the cost value go to Reports menu select Ser
395. se the Pregnancy Diagnosis event and check the Not conclusive option Then you can list the problematic sows using a filter for females whose pregnancy diagnosis is not conclusive You want to list only females in the current parity who have been served but not yet farrowed Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables SERVICEEX Columns ID SERVDATE PREGDIAGDATE Criteria PREGDIAGRESULT 2 AND SERVRESULT Birthing Sorting BY SERVDATE ID Or you can use directly SQL ELECT ID SERVDATE PREGDIAGDATE REGDIAGDATE SERVDATE AS PREGDAYS ROM SERVICEEX H R ERE PREGDIAGRESULT 2 AND SERVRESULT lt gt Birthing R BY SERVDATE TD CX cm o xn E J D The Query report is shown below Li Query LES Eh Export M Close ID SERYDATE PREGDIAGDATE PREGDAYS S01 08 25 04 10 13 04 49 09 17 04 10 13 04 26 12 28 04 01 27 05 30 01 04 05 01 27 05 23 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 295 19 2 1 5 Aborted between 65 and 90 days gestation I would like a list of females that aborted between 65 and 90 days of gestation served after May 3 2001 Use Query report designer The setup screen is shown below Tables SERVICEEX Columns ID SERVDATE SERVRESULTDAYS Criteria SERVRESULT Abortion AND SERVRESULTDAYS BETWEEN 65 AND 90 AND SERVDATE gt 2001 MAY 3 Sor
396. ser Report Folder Usually they are in a folder called Default Use the Copy and Paste function to copy the custom reports to the same folder in the other computer or to copy them to a backup source Common Problems e If you cannot find the former database or it is corrupted then you must use a database backup If the database backup is not recent or you do not have a database backup you must enter the data again e If you get an error message opening the database like The database you are trying to open is newer than your program you have not installed the latest version of Porcitec Go to your Customer Space and download it e If you can open the database but you are missing recent events or it is empty it means that you are opening another database or it is not the most recent version of your database Search for FDB files in your hard disk and open them See also Database backup Database restore How to transfer the program and data to another computer When you purchase a new computer it is necessary to transfer the program and the database to the new computer The steps are described in the next lines 1 Install the program in the new computer Please see Installation steps This article includes the download process license code and activation key instructions Note if you have already installed the program on two computers you have used the 2 activation keys that are included with your license You must contact Agrit
397. sery production stage Comment 1 Weaned pigs are considered the primary output of Comment 2 While pigs moved directly from farrowing to nursery facilities are of course weaned they should be classified as nursery pigs immediately upon placement Comment 3 The term weaned pig applies at the point of sale or transfer to another herd Purchased weaned pigs should be classified as nursery pigs immediately upon placement in a nursery facility Productivity measure WEANED PIGS BREEDING FEMALE YEAR Formula Sum of weaned pigs in period 365 Average breeding female inventory days in period Calculation 485 365 24 8 255 5 28 WEANED PIG INVENTORY A count of weaned pigs in a herd at a point in time Comment 1 Pigs purchased as weaned pigs become nursery pigs immediately upon placement into a nursery facility Comment 2 Pigs sold as weaned pigs are held as preweaned pigs until the time of sale Comment 3 Considering comments 1 and 2 above the weaned pig inventory of any herd is typically zero 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 See also asset balance sheet finisher pig finisher pig inventory nursery pig inventory weaned pig WEANING The act of separating suckling pigs from a breeding female See also farrowing WEANING AGE Days between birth and weaning of a pig Comment 1 Day of birth is counted as day 0 Comment 2 Applies to pigs whereas lactation length appli
398. sex for feeding into two locations the stage is considered finishing for both groups Do not create a separate female and male finishing stage Consider that production stages can be used as higher level filters in reports when several locations may be combined Fields 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Name Stage description Alias Alias of stage to be created Category Each stage must be related to one of three main categories breeding nursery or finishing Some Definitions as Defined by the National Pork Board Production Stages Any production system comprises one or more distinct phases or stages e Breeding herd e Nursery e Finisher Each stage produces a measurable output PRODUCTION STAGE OUTPUT Breeding Weaned Pigs Nursery Nursery Pigs Finisher Finisher Pigs Segments The above stages can include the following segments e Breeding production stage o Acclimation of entered breeding females o Mating o Gestation o Lactation Note Prospective or future breeding females that are still being raised as other growing Pigs destined for meat production are not included in the breeding stage e Nursery production stage o Hot nursery o Cold nursery Note The nursery stage can include Pigs up to 70 pounds live weight However a farm is not required to define a nursery stage Pigs can move directly from the breeding stage into the finishing stage when weaned 2012 Agritec Software
399. sh Refreshes the event summary in the right panel Automatic Refresh When it is checked the summary is automatically recalculated each time that data is changed It can be slow in some scenarios If it is unchecked you must click Refresh button to update the summary Edit Event Click Edit Event or double click to edit the selected event Delete Event Click Delete Event to remove the selected event Consult Click Consult to go to the corresponding female record 2012 Agritec Software Entering data in Porcitec See also Using Event Browser to merge codifications Using Event Browser to change header values 6 10 Automatic handwriting recognition ICR handwriting recognition technology can be used to scan data collection forms and enter the data automatically into Porcitec The idea is very basic you can design and print your female card forms or event sheets and fill them in by hand These forms are then collected and fed into an automatic scanner Using the ICR program the data is automatically extracted and entered into the Porcitec database Each form takes only about 1 second to be processed The ICR application used by Porcitec by default is ABBYY FormReader It is an independent software program that is installed in a computer It can scan forms very fast with reasonable precision and is compatible with more than 250 scanners This software is not only OMR recognition of check marks you can also ha
400. sladseeestustveestasrveepedens 83 ye 83 BUYO MS E 84 SUPPOSE nioi URL EUH 84 ACCOUNNS d ccteecveccccatieteceescecccaets cctceosecccccntscnecastececcantscntcesstsezcanfatectasesnceae s 85 Entering data in Porcitec 87 Data entry methods iiie ie ceacedqenavesccecasteqcnceesiceecauszectaveseceeces 87 Event entry methods cuore ser celoiseu penc Tar OO nne Re nci 87 Fast Event ENY C 89 Batch Event Entry za EA AEAN A ANAE NN 90 Data entry using Animals 94 Data entry time saving eene nennen nennen nnn nn nnne nn nnne nn nnne 95 How to enter bred females a new database 96 How to enter purchased served females eee enne 97 Event BrOWSer A AEA RR occi er lli A 97 Automatic handwriting recognition 99 Changing the ID 100 Using Batch to enter a treatment to a group of entered 100 Using Batch to enter replacement females into the herd eene 100 Using Batch to inseminate a group of females seen 101 Using Event Browser to merge codifications
401. software s end user license agreement EULA Agritec applications can be installed on two computers per license For specifics please see the EULA accompanying your product Product key information in the form of the product ID is sent along with a hardware hash a non unique number generated from the PC s hardware configuration to Agritec s activation system during activation Activation is completed either directly via the Internet or by a telephone call to a customer service representative Activations on the same PC using the same product key are unlimited Product Activation discourages piracy by limiting the number of times a product key can be activated on different PCs Will Agritec use activation to force me to upgrade Will Agritec ever stop giving out 2012 Agritec Software Installation s activation codes for any of the products that require activation No Agritec will not use activation as a tool to force people to upgrade Activation is merely an anti piracy tool nothing else Agritec will also support the activation of its applications throughout its life and will likely provide an update that turns activation off at the end of the product s life cycle so users would no longer be required to activate the product I get an error when entering the Activation Key e Make sure that you are logged in Windows as Administrator e Temporally disable your antivirus program e Make sure that you type zeros instead of l
402. sort as if a dictionary such as 1 10 100 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2 20 200 21 etc The code allows the entering of characters for example Y101 X0001 SBOIT etc Recommendations for choosing codes e Use a numerical format of 4 or 5 digits e You can use letters in a code but it will slow data entry e Do NOT use spaces in a code e Consider the highest number you will eventually use for IDs in your herd and justify the left margin with zeros 0001 0020 0123 if you desire codes in numerical order See Using Batch to enter replacement females into the herd Current Status sheet Every animal has a Current Status Sheet attached to its record This is a place to record information for an individual that will not change throughout the animal s life such as an alternative ID birthdate origin genetics etc Location The Location field shows the current location of the animal and may contain any combination of letters and numbers up to 10 The number of location levels and the number of characters per field must be previously defined in Options Location Format The Location field in the Status Sheet is associated with the Location Event Entering the location by using the Location Event or in the Location field associated with another event will automatically update the current location in this field in the Current Status Sheet Conversely manually entering a location into this sheet will create a Location Even
403. ssed from the button on Porcitec s main menu or wherever you see the tools icon in the program dialogs Options E3 Configurabon a Application Format Fam Type Fam Date Date Enty Report Heading Style Benchmarking System Format C Cee Application Format Serial Format Pronounced Location Foemat Evert Fields A User Event Sublypes Options List ME Function Reports Unit System OnO omat Metric Result Sheet 5 Sens Format Text Replacements C Format 14JANO2 Dats Vabdstion Pr cations Start Of Week Time Intervals Monday zi Genetics User Field L1 Week Number User Field L2 150 9507 Most of America Asia Africa Destination C Arabic Production Stages Removal Reasons Preweaning Death Rea Growing Death Reason lt gt 5 2 Defining codifications Porcitec has support tables called codifications For example genetics feed IDs or removal reasons are codifications Codifications are farm specific and you can define as many or as few as you wish For example you can define 3 removal reasons or 50 depending on your requirements and what you want to see on reports 2012 Agritec Software amp Porcitec Manual 2012 These codification lists will display in drop down boxes in data entry so you can select the appropriate name for example a genetics name when entering new animals with the Entry event These names may also be used as a filter i
404. start of consecutive groups of farrowings expressed in days or weeks See also farrowing index farrowing rate FARROWING INDEX The number of farrowings per breeding female per year Comment 1 Synonymous with litters farrowed mated female year Productivity measure LITTERS FARROWED BREEDING FEMALE YEAR See also farrowing farrowing date litter FARROWING INTERVAL Days between two consecutive farrowing dates for a mated breeding female See also farrowing date mated breeding female FARROWING RATE The proportion of breeding females that farrow from a cohort of females served Comment 1 The only way to accurately estimate this statistic is to follow the outcome of 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 each service for up to 125 days to determine whether the result was a repeat service Cull death abortion farrowing or failure to farrow See also adjusted farrowing rate abortion cohort cull breeding female failure to farrow farrowing repeat service service FOSTERING The transfer of pre weaned pigs from one litter to another See also fostering off fostering on net fostered preweaned pig FOSTERING OFF Removal of preweaned pigs from a birth litter Comment 1 Pigs that a fostered off must also be fostered on to another litter See also birth litter cross fostering fostering on preweaned pig FOSTERING ON Introduction of pre weaned pigs to a litter Comment 1 Pigs that a foster
405. stomer Space and fill out a support ticket 24 7 2012 Agritec Software Getting started 23 2 3 Main menu FILE Operations related with the application and database management New Database Create a new farm database Open Database Select an existing database to open from a list Change of Language The program has been translated into several languages Select the language of your choice Machine configuration Change folder location for User defined reports and farm databases Modify print margins Backup Backup your database to a source of your choosing Restore Restore a database Rebuild the Database Occasionally new program updates may require you to rebuild the database Clean Database Permanently delete old animal records This will irrevocably alter your historical data and is not recommended Execute Agritec Script Execute a script sent by Agritec to modify the database structure or data Update Web Data Upload a data summary of the farm to a Web server Only Ultimate editions of Mart Porcitec Export Detailed Upload the complete data of the farm to a Web server Only Ultimate editions Databases to Web of Porcitec Configuration Options Access Options menu Change Date Change farm date Users Define who can access the database and assign their privileges Enter License Code Enter the License Code to configure Porcitec according the purchased features Enter Activation Key Enter the Activation Key to activate Porc
406. system See also Cost Centers 11 3 Group type When you first create a new group in Event Entry you will see a field for Type If you are creating a new group in the group file this field is in the Current Status sheet You must define the group lot type for reporting purposes Groups are defined as either static or dynamic and are described in more detail in the section below 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 11 4 The type is completely defined by the management system Use Static if your management system is All In All Out or Monitored Flow Use Dynamic if your management system is Continuous flow Static Groups e Static groups are a definable number of animals that are assembled and maintained for a definable period of time Animals produced in an all in all out production system are a typical example of a static group e Static groups remain intact as a group and may move from one premise to another e Live animals leaving static groups can be moved to a dynamic group within the same production system or to harvest without individual animal ID e Two static groups can be combined to form a new static group i e the group inventory goes to zero and the group is ended Dynamic Groups e Dynamic groups are location or premise based groups that exist for an indeterminate amount of time and can have animals move in and out continuously Animals produced in a continuous flow production system are a typical
407. t Enters any notes you wish to make about the female on this sheet To skip a line use the Ctrl Enter keys 7 12 Genealogy sheet Shows the family history of the selected animal back to its grandparents For data integrity it is only possible to enter the sire and dam for each animal Porcitec generates the entire genealogical tree from the sire and dam of each animal recorded in the database Often ancestors are purchased outside of the farm and they are not recorded in the database consequently they do not appear in the tree In this case it is necessary to add the ancestors in the Individual Pig Records file selecting Only Reference in the Origin field 7 13 Parity sheet The Parity sheet lists the farrowing information for each parity Listed are the date of farrowing total born liveborn stillborn deaths weaned weight and date of weaning 7 14 Photos sheet If desired will show photographs of the animal selected The files of these photos should be put in the Photos directory 7 15 How to Modify an erroneous pregnancy check It may be that a female has been diagnosed as pregnant but later the diagnosis is found to be negative In this case there are two possible options to change the female s pregnancy status Modifying the status in the Females File This procedure will edit a previously entered pregnancy check event 1 Select the female in Female file 2 Double click the previously entered pregnancy check even
408. t 3 Select Negative 4 Click Ok Modifying the status in Batch Entry 2012 Agritec Software 12 Porcitec Manual 2012 7 16 7 17 This procedure will add another pregnancy check event to the female s record Although the previously entered pregnancy result will remain in her record her pregnancy status will be changed to the new result 1 In Event Entry select Pregnancy Check in the Events dialog box 2 Enter the the date of the check in the Date column and the Id of the selected female in the Code column 3 In the Result column enter a minus sign 4 Click Process Sheet How to Search by last digits of Id In cases where the first part of an animal identification is not important because it refers to the country of origin or other non specific information or may be missing due to a broken tag it may be useful to search for an animal using only the last digits of the ID or Register ID alternate ID For example if you can read only 58 as the last 2 digits on the tag 1 Open Current Status Females report 2 In the Filter list select User Filter 3 If you want to filter for the primary ID in the filter box type IDCODE LIKE 58 4 If you want to filter for the alternate or Register ID type REGISTERID LIKE 9658 5 Click Ok Calculate Contemporary Groups A contemporary group contains animals which were tested at the same time and were treated alike so they had an equal opportunity to perfor
409. t Date Removal Type Removal Cause Weight Comment Group Generally the Group event is used to code breeding cohorts of females It should be entered with the same date as the first mating of the service event and it will print on reports in the Group column of your management lists The Group field is alphanumeric and user defined You may enter anything you wish As an easy alternative the Mating and Insemination Events also include a Group field to record the Group event The group assigned to the service must be entered with the first mating or insemination The current group assigned to the female on reports is always the latest entered Label The Label event is used to tag females for trials or any other purpose It is parity specific which means that the label is assigned to the current parity ParityLabels variable of the Parity table contains all label events in a parity separated by The ParityLabels variable can contain up to 40 characters It is important to be aware that when this limit is reached additional label events are ignored It is recommended to use short labels 3 or 4 characters for better efficiency at recovering the data Litter ID The Litter ID event is used to record litters that are identified at birth by ear notch tags tattoo etc The farrowing event also contains a field for Litter ID Either way can be used to identify a litter Nurse on The Nurse On event is used to record the adoption of a li
410. t be available in your version 1 2 Main features This article shows the main features of Porcitec and how to improve your experience Data Entry Porcitec offers several ways to enter data according to your specific procedures Fast Event Entry Enter data by animal ID This is the easiest and most intuitive way to enter multiple events to individual animals such as when entering data from barn cards The data is instantly assigned to the animal record as it is entered Es Data entry alternatives Fast Event Entry Enty Heat not Served Insemination Natural Matino Emal BS ey tch pae Code Boar Technician De ms vues Enter data by event Batch data entry works similar to a spreadsheet and is very m ww fficient for entering large amounts of data especially if many animals share the mms Ren same data fields Useful if your recorded information is organized by event lists or 30 10 06 P7697 Y1259 HEN 31 10 06 P7697 Y1259 HEN ba tc he S 31 10 06 P7697 Y1259 HEN 15 03 04 P7698 Y817 PAU 16 03 04 P7688 ve PAU See 17 03 04 P7698 Y817 PAU 03 04 04 P7698 Y966 PAU Data entry alternatives How to Enter 100 new females with a service in her record How to Enter a vaccination into the group of entered females 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 Handheld Use any Pocket PC handheld computer or the Psion Workabout t
411. t be entered in the Feed or Ingredients section in Options If you purchase complete feed you do not need to use this section By defining Rations Porcitec allows you to calculate the ration cost and feed usage from the ingredients and the ration formulation you have defined 1 To create a ration click Add 2 Enter a Name for the ration for example Nursery Rationi 3 List the name of each Ingredient and the weight per batch In the Ingredient field you will get a drop down box with a list of the ingredients you have previously defined The sum of all ingredient weights that you enter will equal the Total weight 2012 Agritec Software sm Porcitec Manual 2012 5 32 5 33 4 Click OK For example for Breeder Ration you can define Ingredient Wheat Barley Soya Meal 46 5 Canola Oil Dry 55 Premix Least Cost Feed Formulation Rations module can also calculate the formula according to the Least Cost Feed strategy See Least cost feed formulation The Ingredient sheet in Options allows you to enter the Minimum and Maximum weight for each ingredient Additionally you can specify the minimum and maximum units for some specific nutrients in the Nutrient Constraint sheet Finally click the Formulate button to calculate the weight for each ingredient The ingredient weights are calculated according to the Least Cost Feed Formulation strategy and the restrictions specified in the Ration If formulation is not required
412. t can be entered into a field in the status sheet of the female file if desired e In the case of purchased females placed directly into the breeding herd arrival and entry dates would be the same Such animals would have arrival to entry intervals of zero days e The Entry Event is defined as the day a prospective breeding female or boar enters the breeding herd On this date a female becomes an Unmated breeding female and is counted in Unmated breeding inventory e An Unmated breeding female becomes a Mated breeding female on the date of her first mating event She will be counted in Mated breeding inventory until she is removed from the breeding herd with a Removal event e By definition an unmated female has no mating event in her record A mated female is defined as having at least one mating event in her lifetime record regardless if she is currently assumed to be pregnant or not 7 3 Searching for a breeding female From the Females file enter the female Id code in the Search panel then press Enter Use the View box to filter the animals by Active All or User defined Press F3 to access it directly Active Only active animals currently in the herd All The filter includes all animals active and inactive have been removed User filter Use this option to fine tune your search You can search by fields such as location or Register Id See Filter_options_form 2012 Agritec Software 112 Porcitec Manual 2012 7 4 Del
413. t days to check for pregnancy for the Served Pregnancy check report 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm Days from first pre farrowing to farrowing gt Enter the days pre farrowing for the first pre farrowing task such as vaccinations for the Served Pre farrowing report Days from service to farrowing control Enter the average gestation length in your herd for the reports Served due to farrow and Female History Card Days from farrowing to wean Enter your target weaning age for the Farrowed due for weaning report Age in days to enter breeding herd Enter the age of the animal in days to enter breeding herd Age in days to first service Enter your target age for the service of replacement females for the Unmated females entered report See also Management reports 5 17 Genetics In this section you will code the existing or aquired genetic lines or breeds on your farm See also Defining codifications 5 18 Production stages Any production system comprises one or more distinct phases or stages In this section of the Options menu you may define the production stages used on your farm It is optional but we advise you to use it if you want information breakdown by production stage of group The stages you define can then be used as a filter for reports Note Production stages should not necessarily be defined by location For example if you separate finishing animals by
414. t in the animal record If several animals may share the same location verify that the box is unchecked in Options On Off Verify empty location in location event Register ID An alternative identification such as a second ear tag or a tattoo Origin Check if the animal was Raised on your own farm or Purchased from an external source Birth date The animal s date of birth 2012 Agritec Software Female file Origin Origin of animal defined in Suppliers Genetics The genetics or breed of the animal Long Name A field to record a pedigree name if desired Litter ID ID of the animal litter EID Electronic identification number It is entered using the Change_field_value event An RFID tag is attached to or implanted into an animal for the purpose of electronic identification using radio waves Usually this system works with a handheld computer using the QuickData software Each RFID tag has an ID number usually provided from the manufacturer When the tag is placed in the animal this event relates this electronic ID to the animal Comment Last comment entered in any event It can contain any brief comment a symbol a number etc To Be Removed This can be used to mark females intended to be sent to slaughter but have not yet left the farm If checked she will be excluded from showing on service management lists Physiological Status Indicates the physiological status and lapsed days from the event date E En
415. t of finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Ib Sum of live weights of finisher purchased into finisher in period Ib Sum of numbers of finisher pigs at beginning of period Sum of numbers of finisher pigs transferred into finisher in period Sum of numbers of finisher pigs at end of period LIVE WEIGHT SOLD STANDARD FINISHER PIG The average live weight of a group of standard finisher pigs Formula Sum of live weights of standard finisher pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of numbers of standard finisher pigs sold in period or cohort LIVE WEIGHT SOLD SUBSTANDARD FINISHER PIG The average live weight of a group of substandard finisher pigs Formula Sum of live weights of substandard finisher pigs sold in period or cohort Sum of numbers of substandard finisher pigs sold in period or cohort STANDARD FINISHER PIG SALES RATE The proportion of finisher pig sales that are standard pigs Formula Sum of finisher pigs sold as standard pigs in period or cohort Sum of numbers of all finisher pigs sold in period or cohort Copyright 2005 National Pork Board All rights reserved Used by permission 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 435 22 6 Calculation of PW S Y Porcitec uses the National Pork Board recommended standardized formula to calculate Pigs Weaned per Mated Female per Year This formula is considered to be the
416. ta is instantly assigned to the animal record as it is entered You must use the appropriate Animal file for editing data Press the F4 key or click Farm and then Fast Event Entry Another options is to click the Event Entry button on the Main menu then click the Fast Event Entry button Select the appropriate animal file fill in the event form See an overview video at http agritecsoft com en porcitec videos fast_entry fast_entry htm Fast Entry was designed for use of the keyboard It is much faster and less tiring than using a mouse for data entry This entry mode has been optimized to enter data very quickly and intuitively The Enter key is the only key needed to move to the next field When you press the Enter key after the last field of the form the data is immediately validated and saved to the record if there are no errors The Font button changes the font size of the event form Click this button until the font and field boxes are sized to your preference Event Entry _ A i Fast Event Entry Chose Dae Type Description 12 02 07 Inseminat 16 02 07 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 0123 Event Type Insemination v 12 02 07 Inseminat 12 02 07 Inseminat 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 3452 Dose 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 595 Technician E 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Dose 2 Dose 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 5667 Dose 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 5667 Dose 2 12 02 07 Inseminat Semen 4312 Seme
417. tallation Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL 92 features that runs on Linux Windows and a variety of Unix platforms Firebird offers excellent concurrency high performance and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers It has been used in production systems under a variety of names since 1981 Firebird is based on the source code released by Inprise Corp now known as Borland Software Corp under the InterBase Public License v 1 0 on 25 July 2000 Notes e Firebird is only required in the server computer Porcitec installation includes necessary files for the client side e If you plan to install Porcitec in the same computer with Firebird you must install Firebird before installing Porcitec e If you install Firebird in a dedicated computer without Porcitec you must manually copy AgrFireUdf dll file to the UDF Firebird directory usually C Program Files Firebird Firebird_2_5 UDF You can find this file in the Porcitec installation directory under the UDF sub directory e Porcitec 2012 requires Firebird 2 5 version Please do not use higher versions because have not been tested IMPORTANT This installation package will try to detect if an existing version of Firebird is installed and or running You must either STOP the current server and or remove the currently installed version before continuing To stop the Server 2012 Agritec Software EI Porcitec Manual 2012 e If itis runn
418. tallation Note that it may be necessary to obtain a new License Code in some updates Click the Get License Code link in your Customer Space on the Agritec web site To upgrade the database and or files see the appropriate topic From Express Demo See Upgrading from Express Demo version version From 2009 SE or 2011 See Upgrading from 2009 SE or 2011 version From 2009 version See Upgrading from 2009 version From 2006 and 2007 See Upgrading from 2006 and 2007 version of Porcitec versions From 2005 version The steps are the same as upgrading from 2006 and 2007 but the original installation folder was C Program Files Porcitec instead of C Program Files Agritec Porcitec From non Porcitec See Database conversion applications Common questions Will installing Porcitec 2012 overwrite my former Porcitec application Yes and no No if the versions are different for example 2009 and 2007 By default each version of Porcitec is installed in a different directory For example Porcitec 2012 is usually installed in C Program Files Agritec Porcitec 2012 In this way it is possible to have more than one version of Porcitec running in the same computer There is an exception in network installation mode if two versions of Firebird are required Yes if you are updating an existing version with a new revision of the same version or a beta Agritec Software Installation Will installing Porcitec 2012 overwrite my former Porci
419. te 3 Go to File and then Female in main menu 4 Select Current Status sheet 5 Enter the purchase date in the Arrival date field Event Browser In the event you suspect data entry errors the Event Browser helps to discover and fix these erroneous events The Event Browser shows a list of all data entered in the time period you select You can quickly correct a block of data that was incorrectly entered into a field of an event The Event Browser is accessed by clicking Farm on the Main Menu Last Event Date and Period Filter by event date and length of time period Filter Allows you to filter the event list by event and or event field For example to filter by Insemination events 1 Click Filter button 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 2 Select Insemination and click Ok To filter by inseminations with male 102 1 Click Filter button 2 Select Insemination and click Ok 3 Enter 102 in the male field and click Ok Modify Block Click Modify Block to modify a block of records of any field in the event All records in the grid that match the filter pattern will be modified For example to modify the male field in the insemination event to 501 1 Click Modify Block button 2 Select Insemination and click Ok 3 Enter 501 in the male box and click Ok Show Refresh the event panel according to the filter Next and Previous Click Next and Previous button to move the period filter Refre
420. te cer ed ere es 75 14 Handheld computers ss 75 15 Track activity en cogs en lin 76 16 Time intervals oiii oec aa a aea 76 acne 77 18 Producton ta S orientieren coitu iere tente ten KEARSE 77 19 Loc lions eroe eee enean teorici 79 20 Removal Beasons cre eerte ertet eoe swe este ee edi Dove note mere neuve 80 21 Preweaning death reasons 80 PNBICruuCDCfI s v 80 23 Reasons for 81 24 E 82 25 Farrowind problerms c cene ne cece Ee rane 82 2012 Agritec Software 6 Porcitec Manual 2012 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Part VI OO 0 5 WON n on o ool ol od o Oa BR WO Oo 20 Part VII oa 5 Nx Induced farrowing 2 eniro reo iret nene Ili RR nelli iprelli 82 1 Tel dau i 82 Weight adjustment tire eee pee 82 Nutrients a en on sn des dt etat ane 83 Feed or ingredients iieri eie eee eee Rie eec
421. tec database No the new database is placed in a new directory Porcitec does not automatically update the former database It is necessary to do a backup restore operation or to create a new connection Can I go back to using the former database No Once the database is updated by opening it using a newer program version you cannot undo the changes You cannot remove the changes from the new database to the old database It would be necessary to use the original database or restore a backup Always backup your database before installing a new program version Where are the databases backup files and the custom user reports now saved Databases backup files and report designs are now stored in the ProgramData folder as defined by Microsoft Windows The directory path depends on your version of Windows e Windows Vista C ProgramData e Windows XP or older C Documents and Settings All Users Application Data What happened to my custom User reports Now the folder is empty See Upgrading from 2009 version For simplification this manual refers to the Windows Vista or Windows 7 definitions Databases are stored in ProgramData Agritec Porcitec 2012 Databases by default however you can place databases in any folder that you want Report designs are stored in ProgramData Agritec Porcitec 2012 Reports Important Note Custom report designs that are created by the user are saved in a separate folder and are not copied or backe
422. th This event records the death of group animals Date The date of the event group Id The Id of the growing group Number The number of animals that died Total Weight The total weight of animals that died Reason The reason they died Death reasons must be previously coded in Options Deaths are subtracted from the inventory of the group Feed in This event is used to record the amount of complete feed ingredients or feed medication delivered to a group or lot of Pigs It is used in the calculation of growth performance and feed usage in group reports Note if you have defined rations use the Ration In event to deliver a ration See Entering feed and rations topic 2012 Agritec Software Group file e All feed ingredients used on the farm must first be coded in Options in the Feed or Ingredients section e The Feed In event decreases the feed inventory e Enter negative weight values when you remove feed that the animals in the Group lot ID will not consume Feed Feed name Weight Total weight of the feed delivered Cost Total cost or value of the feed delivered Feed cost is automatically calculated from the cost entered in Adjust Feed Inventory section of Farm menu however you can type over it and enter a different value See also Rations Feed or ingredients 11 7 8 Ration in This event is used to record the amount of a ration delivered to a group or lot of Pigs for consumption It is
423. th performance by cohort report but in another format You can customize this report adding columns or summaries 2012 Agritec Software 14 6 3 Total planning The Total Planning report is a snapshot of the current status of all females today on the farm It shows the status of each female in the herd and the number of days from her status changing event There are 3 blocks from left to right services farrowings and weanings Each block contains several columns Each column is a week and it displays the sow Ids from bottom to top For example the second column of the services block displays the served sow ids from 1 and 2 weeks 7 to 13 days ago 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Report designers 203 15 Report designers 15 1 Report designers Porcitec incorporates a complete and powerful Report Designer which allows you to create any type of list or custom analysis report extracting the information directly from the database The final objective of these reports is to help in the decision making process Porcitec gives you total freedom of access similar to Microsoft Access by using wizards or SQL an international standard database language With the Report Designer you will be able to select any data variables and create columns add labels and perform mathematical calculations using expressions and filters Some examples e What is the real i
424. the following National Pork Board definitions e Unmated breeding female A female entered into the breeding herd but not yet mated commonly called a gilt e Mated breeding female Any breeding female which has been mated at least once and has not yet been removed from the breeding herd The Females file is used to add multiple events to the record of a female edit events and to view the status history and performance of the females on the farm For entering replacement unmated breeding females into the herd it is usually more efficient to enter them using Event Entry data entry Please see the article Entry of breeding females First steps e Open the Females file by clicking the icon on the main menu e You will see 8 sheets or folders for each animal These are labeled Events Current Status Results Services Parity Notes Geneology and Photo Each are explained in detail in subsequent articles see below e Females may be entered into the file gradually or all at the same time e Each female may be given an alphanumerical code of up to ten letters or numbers e When setting up Porcitec for the first time existing females of the farm can be entered and coded in this section or in Event Entry depending on the amount of history and other information you wish to enter for each animal Note If you do not wish to enter the histories of older animals it is important to at least enter their current parity in the Previous Farr
425. the location of a database locally or remotely Example C MYFARM FDB or MYSERVER 3050 E BD ZIMMERMAN FDB Client Leave this blank If you use Windows 64 bit specify the location of the fbclient dll 64 bit that you have previously downloaded Database Account This is the login Id Try using SYSDBA which is a pre built account that comes with Firebird Password The default password for SYSDBA is masterkey Role Leave this blank particularly if you are using the SYSDBA account If you get Unable to connect to data source library gds32 dll failed to load message then you must copy fbclient dll file to the Windows System directory renaming it to gds32 dll 18 13 Export data to genetic supplier If you supply animals to a genetic supplier company you can also export the animal data in Dbase format The exported data are necessary for companies that use the BLUP model Best Linear Unbiased Prediction This model produces a numerical index for each animal based on several factors such as genealogy reproductive data like total born live born etc 2012 Agritec Software 288 Porcitec Manual 2012 Fields of exported table TRSFDATE Enter date of breeding animal empty if not selected NEWID Breeding animal Id empty if not selected OLDID Initial Id of animal BIRTHDATE Birthdate GENETICS Genetics DAM Dam Id SIRE Sire Id LITTERID Litter Id SEX Animal sex for female 1 for male See also Individual Pig Recor
426. the mouse pressed down and select the desired area Number Number of individuals belonging to the selected column Total Count total all the analyzed values Percent Percentage of the number of individuals belonging to the selected column over the total of analyzed individuals Range Range of values of the selected column indicates that the value shown is included in the column C is excluded How to create a histogram report step by step In this step by step we will show how to create a treatment histogram See Treatments within 30 days after farrowing chapter The user question was 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 211 I want to know the number and percentage of all treatments applied to females within 30 days after farrowing Only include year 2004 Instructions to create the above report 1 Click Reports 2 Click New 3 Double click Histogram 4 Enter fields in Summary sheet Title Title of the histogram that will appear on the top Description Text showing the dialog of the report selection WEtdtr 9 9 Ex Sumenaty Variables Axis Tile enter the tile here Comment 5 Click Variables sheet and fill in the following fields Table Name of the table used In this case I want to analyze treatments the table will be TREATMENTEX See Agritec Variable Dictionary Variable Variable or mathematical expression of the function to be analyzed TREATNAME is the treatm
427. the same in which case the arrival to entry interval is zero Technical note Because underlying distribution is not normal average arrival to entry interval is not a good estimator of central tendency See also arrival date breeding female entry date and prospective breeding female ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION The act of placing semen in the reproductive tract of a breeding female by means other than natural service 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 377 See also breeding female natural service BIRTH LITTER Total born pigs produced by one breeding female at one farrowing Comment 1 total born pigs live born pigs stillborn pigs mummies See also breeding female farrowing live born pigs mummies stillborn pigs total born pigs wean litter BIRTH WEIGHT The weight of a pig taken within 24 hr of birth Comment 1 Pertains to individual pigs See also litter birth weight live weight live weight gain BOAR A male pig used for any breeding purpose BOAR DAY One live boar for one day Comment 1 Measured at the end of the day Comment 2 animals boar days accumulate beginning at its entry date into the breeding herd See also entry date breeding female day pig day BREEDING FEMALE An unmated or mated female kept for breeding purposes See also breeding female inventory breeding production stage mated breeding female unmated breeding female BREED
428. tics QuickData simply collects the data and periodically synchronizes it with the database of Porcitec for Desktop This method allows you to modify the female events in Porcitec and enter data in QuickData simultaneously since data processing occurs centrally in the same place Porcitec supports the following devices Pocket PC Pocket PC device Agrident RFID AIR 100 200 Pocket PC device with the Agrident RFID reader for electronic transponders Psion Workabout Psion Workabout MX device Note that it is not the Psion Workabout Pro device Pocket PC QuickData works in touch screen devices however Agritec recommends devices with a numeric keypad See also Install QuickData in a Pocket PC Data entry using QuickData Handheld control panel Electronic identification Pocket PC device QuickData for Pocket PC overview QuickData for Pocket PC is designed to enter data onsite at the barn level and periodically synchronize the records with Porcitec Desktop or a server Main features e Supports Radio frequency identification RFID e Supports barcode technology 2012 Agritec Software Handheld computer 171 e Synchronization with server in both ways From device to server and from server to device e Synchronization via USB cable Ethernet cable or Wifi Depending on Porcitec edition e Remote synchronization with Agritec Data Server no PC is required in the farm Depending on Porcitec edition e Multi farm A sing
429. ting Or you can use SQL directly 5 ERE ID SERVDATE SERVRESULTDAYS ROM SERVICEEX HERE SERVRESULT Abortion ND SERVRESULTDAYS BETWEEN 65 AND 90 AND SERVDATE 2001 MAY 3 W A The Query report is shown below LES Export E Close SERVDATE SERYRESULTDAYS i 02 26 02 65 2561 08 03 02 83 ial Query 12861 08 13 02 7 12841 08 30 03 90 12847 06 02 03 82 08 28 03 90 2012 Agritec Software 296 Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 1 6 19 2 1 7 19 2 1 8 Number of fall out by the date fell out I want to see the number of fall out by the date they fell out I would like a report that expanded this to include also number of preg check open found open aborted died and other removals in the time period Porcitec includes a report called farrowing Analysis Reason not farrow We can base on this because most of the fields are the same except that the pivot date is the service date instead of the fall out date 1 Go to Reports and click the above report that you want to modify 2 Click Design 3 In the parameter screen appear click Ok 4 In Menu click Report and then Database 5 Click Edit button 6 You can see the report SQL statement Replace the text servdate by servresultdate 7 Click Ok click Ok again and return to the designer 8 In the
430. tion when you install QuickData or test the connection Open Windows Mobile Device Center and verify there is a check mark in Allow data connection on device when connected to PC 2012 Agritec Software 172 13 2 3 Porcitec Manual 2012 e MissingMethodException File or assembly name System Data SglServerCe SQL Server Compact has not been correctly installed in the device You must reinstall it again Check that you are executing the correct file in the device Can t find PInvoke DLL sglceme35 dll Microsoft SQL Server 2005 has not been correctly installed in the device You must reinstall it again Check that you are executing the correct file in the device In some cases it is necessary to manually copy the sglceme35 dll file from the desktop to the Window folder of the device For example from C Program Files Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Mobile Edition Device Mobile v3 0 wce400 armv4 35 1 e Invalid Windows CE files Execute Porcitec as Administrator right click and select Execute as Administrator option See also Handheld computers Preparing the environment QuickData for Pocket PC requires NET Compact Framework 3 5 and Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3 5 SP1 for Windows Mobile software to be installed in the device This topic is a guide to prepare your Pocket PC if it does not have this environment Note Agritec cannot offer support for the installation of the necessary software environm
431. tion for the female Partial weaning The Partial Weaning event is used to remove Pigs early from a lactating female before the date of her Wean event also known as split wean It is important to note that for most calculations that use number of Pigs weaned the number of Pigs weaned using the Partial Wean event are not counted until the date of the Wean event The exception is the variable for Pigs Weaned in Period NWeaned in the Performance Analysis report which counts the actual number of Pigs weaned from Partial Wean or Wean events on the date of these events Nurse off The Nurse Off event may be used when a lactating female must be removed from the farrowing location before her Pigs are old enough to be weaned In this case her Pigs are divided among other lactating females using the Foster event or her entire litter may be given to a weaned female with a Nurse On event The donating female is given a weaned status with a Nurse Off event and her weaning average will reflect that she weaned Pigs Event Fields Event Date Date of event Number Number of Pigs removed This number must equal all remaining Pigs in her litter Comment Any user comment Deaths of preweaned This event is used to record the deaths of preweaned Pigs Its use is optional since pre weaning mortality is calculated using the numbers for farrowed and weaned It is useful for diagnostic purposes to analyze the reasons and ages of preweaned deaths
432. tions how it will affect your farm database and reporting Transferring breeding females from one database to another especially if they have been bred on the donating farm will affect farrowing rate and other important variables on both farms e Move history from a database to another database This option deletes the entire history in the donor database and copies it to the recipient database Because animals are removed from the database any historical performance reports will be missing all events from these animals This option is only recommended if the donor farm will be discontinued or is not significant to your production system All historical events that occurred in the donor farm will be added to the recipient farm and will be included in reports as if they occurred there e Duplicate history in both databases This option does not delete the history in the current database It will copy the entire history of the animal to the recipient database All historical events that occurred in the donor farm will be added to the recipient farm and will be included in reports as if they occurred there e Continue history in the new database The history record ends in the donor farm with a removal event added to the record on the date of the transfer and is continued in the recipient database from the Arrival transfer date The history in the donor database is not deleted instead the animal is removed The entire history of events is added to the
433. to a set of 14 media you would have 14 days worth of individual daily backups When all the tapes are used the oldest one is inserted Important Only use the backup restore option included in Porcitec or the specific Firebird utilities as per the information provided below For companies with a strong backup policy you can use external tools to automate the daily backups FIBS Firebird Interbase Backup Scheduler http www softpedia com get Internet Servers Database Utils FIBS Firebird Interbase Backup Scheduler shtml See also Cannot attach to services manager 4 5 Database restore 1 In the main menu click File then Restore 2 In the box labeled Get Farm Backup From click the combo button to open the File Browse dialog Use this to locate the path of the backup file The backup files have fbk extension If you have backed up to an external drive or memory stick you must type in the complete path The backup file must be accesible by the computer where Firebird is installed The path is relative to the PC where Firebird is installed 3 In the box labeled Restore Farm Backup To select where you want to restore the database using the drop down list Add It Automatically This option automatically restores the backup file by creating a database file and adding the database connection to the Open Database dialog box By default in Windows Vista and Windows 7 the backup file will be restored to C ProgramData Agritec Porcit
434. to check the management and genetics results Each line can have a different management and or genetics Also the user wants to know the conversion rate for the total of growing stage Finally it is required to know the conversion rate of the global of the farm including breeding stage How to setup 1 Create 2 stages in Options Stages Breeding and Growing 2 Create 2 locations LOCGR and LOCBRD in Options Locations 3 Create 6 groups for breeding BRD1 BRD2 BRD6 and assign the corresponding location 4 Create 6 groups for growing GR1 GR2 GR6 assign the corresponding location 5 Create 2 Center Costs one for each feed bin COSTGR and COSTBRD How to enter data e To enter feed deliveries go to Fast Event Entry select Cost Center and using Feed In event enter the feed delivered for each bin feed COSTGR or COSTBRD e To enter additional expenses go to Financial select Account Purchase enter the information Use COSTGR or COSTBRD in the Cost Center box e To enter deaths animal sales etc go to Fast Event Entry select Groups and enter the animal events for each group How to get reports To get a list of deaths sales etc go to Reports Groups section e To get the totals for each group deaths sales by period of time go to Reports Groups Dynamic Group Performance report Select Periods in the breakdown option and then enter the group ID in the filter The information relative to feed
435. to prepare communication 3 In Farm menu select Handheld 4 Select the connected handhelds on the displayed list 2012 Agritec Software 182 Porcitec Manual 2012 13 5 r QuickData Handheld Computer cn P Collect Work l Pending Processing E vents e Update Animals in Handheld o Update Options in Handheld 1 Handheld Reset Help Close The most important button is Collect Work Other buttons are for a more detailed control of the operations but usually are not necessary Collect Work This process receives the data from the device processes the events and updates the animal histories in the device Finally it asks you to clear the entered events in the device in order to avoid sending the same records in the next synchronization Pending Processing Events Process all events placed in the Batch Data Entry Updates Animals in Handheld This process updates the animal records and histories in the handheld from the Porcitec Desktop Update Options in Handheld Updates options and codifications in the handheld from the Porcitec Desktop Handheld Reset Delete all entered events in the handheld It is necessary to delete the events in order to avoid sending the same records in the next synchronization Electronic identification Porcitec offers an integrated electronic identification system also called EID When the animal is scanned using the reader it is au
436. to treat or prevent any disease or injury Name Enter a name for the treatment Description Optionally you may enter a description for the treatment Alias Alias of name for data entry purposes Application 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm 8 Define the application type drinking water oral feed injectable Route If the application is injectable then the route of administration is required Dose Enter the dose and type of units Withdrawal Number of withdrawal days required before slaughter Withdrawal 2 Some scenarios may require the use of two withdrawal numbers It is used in the treatment report Heat Induction Check this if the treatment is for heat induction Last Receipt Last receipt used by this treatment It is updated in treatment events ul hed Save and Close Save andNew X Nene BORGAL Description Application Drinking Water v Dose 15 xl Withdrawal 10 Withdrawal 2 Heat Induction Last Receipt See also Defining codifications Using Event Browser to merge codifications 5 23 Reasons for treatments Reasons for administering a treatment such as illness injury anomalies or deficiencies 2012 Agritec Software amp Porcitec Manual 2012 5 24 5 25 5 26 5 27 5 28 See also Defining codifications Technician You can define the workers or technicians on the farm which can then be used as a filter to m
437. tomatically identified by means of a transponder microchip placed in the animal Each animal has two identifiers the primary ID code usually the visual ear tag used by Porcitec in 2012 Agritec Software Handheld computer 183 reports or files and the EID used by the reader device First it is necessary to collect the EID numbers of the animals and manually assign the primary ID 1 In QuickData device click Enter Events 2 Click New and select Change Field Value 3 Enter the primary ID using the device or keyboard 4 Select Electronic ID in Type 5 Put the reader device near of the tag and read it clicking the EID button of the screen or pressing the physical key The box will fill with the EID number 6 Click Repeat button and repeat the steps for each animal Some devices have a specific key to read the tag For example in Agrident Air reader you can use the LEFT key Finally it is necessary to collect the Change Field Value events see Data collection You can see the EID values in the animal files in Current Status sheet The EID numbers have been assigned to the animals and the system is ready to enter new events using the EID reader 2012 Agritec Software Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts 14 Reports 14 1 Reports overview Reports are the key part of Porcitec Click Reports button in the tool bar or click Reports in the main menu They are categorized
438. tory breeding female mortality rate cohort MUMMIES Pigs that are born degenerate discolored shriveled or decomposed that have died sometime during gestation Comment 1 Synonym mummified pigs See also total born pigs 2012 Agritec Software Production and financial standards terminology 389 NET FOSTERED Difference between the counts of preweaned pigs fostered on and nursed on less pigs fostered off and nursed off Comment 1 A net fostered value other than zero will distort the calculation of preweaning mortality rates See also fostering off fostering on nurse off nurse on preweaning mortality NONPRODUCTIVE DAY Any day on which a breeding female is neither gestating nor lactating See also breeding female lactation gestation length productive day NURSE FEMALE Alactating female which having had all or part of its own litter weaned suckles pigs farrowed by other breeding females See also nurse off nurse on preweaned pig weaning NURSE LITTER Preweaned pigs suckling a nurse female See also birth litter nurse female nurse off nurse on wean litter NURSE OFF Removal of pigs froma nurse litter See also fostering off fostering on nurse female nurse on nurse litter NURSE ON Addition of preweaned pigs to a nurse litter See also fostering off fostering on nurse female nurse off nurse litter OPEN Aterm commonly used to describe a non pregnant breeding female See also breedi
439. try H Heat Not Served S Served N Pregnancy Diagnosis Negative or Observed not pregnant P Pregnancy Diagnosis Positive A Abortion L Lactating W Weaning R Removal Previous births Specifies the value to be added to the number of births by the female for the calculation of the real number of births or parity If the reproductive record is incomplete the program needs to know the number of omitted births previous to the record to calculate the parity Zero is the default and indicates that the number of births is equal to the actual parity number Morphologic Score Numerically specifies the point score given to a selected animal 7 8 User sheet Each animal can have up to 28 User fields that are associated with the Current Status sheet in the animal file These fields are not to be confused with the User Event The User sheet displays the user fields and allows you to edit them Some user fields can be entered using the Change_field_value event 2012 Agritec Software 000000 14 Porcitec Manual 2012 7 9 User Fields are useful for managing additional custom data that Porcitec does not include by default for example additional IDs morphologic scores color size etc It is important to note that User field data added in the User sheet applies to the animal for the lifetime of the animal and to any and all parities User sheet data fields should not be used as a filter to gather any parity specific information Click New
440. try Report Heading Style Application Format Gregorian International Clear Location Format C Serial C Persian C Pronounced Removal Options Event Fields On Off FORMATDATE Function Reports Unit System Result Sheet Same as Entry Metric Text Replacements 1 Data Validation C Format 14JAN02 Imperial Handheld Computer Track Activit Bam uds Calendar Week Rule Calendar Week Expression remises Technical First Four Day Week Time Intervals Start Of Week Genetics Production Stages Sunday Locations 5 Current Date in Serial Format Removal Reasons Preweaning Death Reasons fi 4173 Group Lot Death Reasons Treatments Treatment Reasons Technician Farrowing Problems Date Entry Select the date format you prefer to use for data entry e Gregorian Uses the day month year or month day year Example 8 16 02 August 16 2002 e Serial This date system is a numerical representation of the calendar It is based on an integer number equivalent to the days that have past since a certain date and is commonly called the 1000 day calendar Example 11208 June 4 2002 e Persian Persian date system FORMATDATE Functions Reports Select the date format you prefer to have display on reports Most reports use the same as entry but you can modify this depending on your preferences Report Heading Style This defines the heading style used when printing reports Pronounced prints a black bar in t
441. ts and a formula that you have previously defined in Options menu Access the Account Register in Financial if you wish to record farm purchases and sales Calculate and update the average herd values of contemporary groups used in the SPI and BVSP formulas Modifies a block of IDs in the female file Commonly used to modify the IDs of removed females so the IDs can be used again How to begin if you do not have an existing database How to begin entering female records into Porcitec for an existing herd if you do not have a converted database Choose a start date First you must choose a starting date to begin your herd in Porcitec It is not necessary or even advisable to add the entire herd inventory on this date A female must have a status of Entered Served or Farrowed to begin her parity record Therefore on your starting date you will begin entering only those females that farrow are served or are entered beginning on that date Normally it will take one farrowing interval from your start date to inventory the entire herd If you have historical breeding records for females that farrow certainly you may add this information but it is not required 2012 Agritec Software Getting started 25 The Entry event All breeding females regardless of parity or reproductive status must first be added into Porcitec using the Entry event The Entry event allows you to record important information about each female that does n
442. tter by a female after she has weaned her birth litter The Nurse On event must follow a Weaning or Abortion event A female may have multiple Nurse On and Weaning events per parity 2012 Agritec Software 7 6 15 7 6 16 Female file Event Fields Event Date Date of Nurse On event Number of Preweaned Number of preweaned Pigs nursed on Preweaned Age Age of Pigs nursed on if known Comment Any user comment Identify at wean If you want to identify each individual offspring of an entire litter at weaning use this event in place of the Weaning event This event is only available in Fast_Event_Entry It weans the litter and individually identifies each weaned offspring It adds a Weaning event to the female record and at the same time adds Entry events to the weaned offspring that are automatically transferred to the Individual file with their ID code birth date new location weight and other data such as sire and dam Weaned Animals Number of weaned animals Initial Code If the ID codes given to the offspring are consecutive enter the first code to be assigned to the weaned offspring Initial Location If the offspring will each be assigned an individual and consecutive new location enter the first location here Click the Assign button Porcitec fills the bottom grid with the number of defined weaned animals using Initial Code and Initial Location for the first row and increasing the values in each
443. u 12 3 Import financial data If you have an accounts program or other system it is possible to import the financial movements to Porcitec as expenses or income It is necessary for your system to generate a semi colon separated text file with the following enumerated fields Database alias Date Code for the expense or revenue Units Amount Weight if applies Provider or buyer ID Comment ON D BR U N Code for cost center 10 Reference Reference number for movement The format file is text modifiable using any editor such as Notepad It looks something like this MyParm 1 2 03 200200 6 5000 12 5 JOHN FIRST PURCHASE 10850 1050 MyFarm 2 2 03 200100 2 2000 42 5 PAUL SECOND PURCHASE 145 1051 In this example the first line contains the following database alias MyFarm data date 1 2 03 expense id 200200 units 6 amount 5000 weight 12 5 supplier JOHN comment FIRST PURCHASE id of cost center 10850 reference 1051 1 In main menu of Porcitec click Farm and then click Import Data 2 Select filter Generic Financial Text File 2012 Agritec Software 168 Porcitec Manual 2012 12 4 3 Select the file created before and click OK The data are imported directly to the financial file You can view the data at Account Registry List Cost Centers A cost center is a profit generating business segment whose manager seeks cost revenue or prof
444. u must enter an Inventory event at the end of each quarter For growth performance values to be credible weights of Pigs must be entered at the end of each report period to correctly calculate weight gain Date Date the actual inventory count was performed Inventory The number of Pigs counted Total Weight The weight of all Pigs counted Comment Any user comment 11 7 10 Location 11 7 11 This event is used when an entire static group of Pigs is moved to a new location but does not become a new growing Id It does not change the productive stage it simply specifies the new geographical location of the group Purchase This event records the Pigs purchased from an external source Optionally you may want to assign a value to your own raised Pigs to know the exact cost of each stage Use this event only for the purchase of animals Other account purchases may be recorded in Financial Account Register See Financial management topic Animals Number of purchased animals Total Weight Total weight of purchased animals You must be unit consistent use always the same unit system Average Age Average age of purchased animals in days Optional Account The financial account you have assigned to this item previously coded in Options For financial reports this field must be used See Accounts 2012 Agritec Software Group file Amount Total cost or value of purchased animals Supplier Supplier Id to re
445. uch or as little data as you want You do not need to utilize the financial accounts if you only desire growing production reports If additionally you want reports of your financial data you will need to define your accounts in Options under Financial Accounts which will be explained below Getting Started Before you create your Groups and begin entering events you must define some options Define your weight measurement Depending on your country you may choose between Metric kg or Imperial Ib weight systems 1 Click Options menu 2 Application Format 3 Unit System Choose Metric for kilograms or Imperial for pounds 2012 Agritec Software 14 Porcitec Manual 2012 Important Once you have selected your preferred weight system you must use only one weight unit globally throughout Porcitec You cannot mix pounds tons bags cwt etc For Imperial system we suggest to use the pound for Metric system the kilogram This applies to all feed and weights of animals Define your production stages The production stages you define are used as filters in the group and financial reports Consider how you may want to filter reports when you define your stages Stages are not necessarily locations For example you may have several locations in the nursery stage If you will want some reports to show all nursery stage then define only one nursery stage Entering a location when you create your Group will create additional filt
446. unction Count SERVBIRTHING Function Avg TOTALBORN Function Avg Criteria SERVDATE BETWEEN 2003 JAN 1 AND 2003 DEC 31 Or you can use SQL directly SELECT PREVLACTATIONLEN COUNT SERVDATE AS SERVICES AVG 100 00 SERVBIRTHING AS RATI AVG 1 00 TOTALBORN AS TOTALBORN FROM SERVICERESUL WHERE SERVDATE BETWEEN 2003 JAN 1 AND 2003 DEC 31 GROUP BY PREVLACTATIONLEN Js T The Query report is shown below 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 317 TOTALBORN 2012 Agritec Software se Porcitec Manual 2012 19 2 3 4 Litter size and farrowing rate by previous wean to first service interval I want to know the average litter size and farrowing rate by previous wean to first service interval when days from wean to first service interval gt 4 and lt 10 The setup screen for Query report is shown below Tables SERVICERESULT Columns PREVENDLACFSTSERV Group Yes SERVDATE Function Count SERVBIRTHING Function Avg TOTALBORN Function Avg Criteria PREVENDLACFSTSERV BETWEEN 4 AND 10 Or you can use SQL directly SELECT PREVENDLACFSTSERV COUNT SERVDATE AS SERVICES AVG 100 00 SERVBIRTHING AS RATI AVG 1 00 TOTALBORN AS TOTALBORN FROM SERVICERESULT WHERE PREVENDLACFSTSERV BETW GROUP BY PREVENDLACFSTSERV Lr 83
447. unted in breeding herd inventory until the date they are entered into the Female file using the Move to Breeding Herd event The Origin value in the status sheet check if the animal was Raised on your own farm or Purchased from an external source Reference Only is used to record information for animals you do not have on your farm such as for genealogy records If this is checked the animal is not counted in inventory and will not be included in reports 8 2 Events 8 21 Location This defines the locations of the farm It is only necessary to define locations if you use Group File automatic feeding systems or RFID for locations Location Location ID Capacity Number of head allowed in this location Stage Related stage for this location A group can be defined by its stage of production For example a nursery pig may be up to 70 lbs live weight then may move into the finisher stage In some farms there may be only one stage defined for example Pigs can move directly into the finisher stage at weaning You may want to create a stage for breeding to record the purchase of replacement females and the sale of breeding culls You may define several stages hot nursery cold nursery pre grower grower pre finisher and finisher This system is flexible enough to be applied to any management system Production Stages must be predefined in the Options section When you create your Group its stage is tied with the group using the curre
448. us back the results For any animal we want to enter For each test Sample collection date Test Test method Test date For each animal Animal Id Specimen Titer Result Defining the User event to enter the serology data Serology event is not contemplated by Porcitec so it is necessary to use a User Event 1 Go to Options Events Fields Females and click User Event 1 2 Click New Fields button 3 Define and active the following fields 2012 Agritec Software sm Porcitec Manual 2012 19 4 5 DateTime1 Test Date Entering the data To enter the data in this case the best way is using the Batch Data Entry For example 1 Click Event Data Entry and select Batch 2 Click Sheet and select User Event 1 3 Fill Date Test Test Method and Test Date in the first row 4 Click Fill In button and click Duplicate 5 Enter the number of samples minus one and click Ok 6 Complete the grid entering Animal Id Specimen Titer and Result for each row 7 Click Process button Creating the report You can use several report designers query list data breakdown according what you need to study To geta simple list of the record you must use EventRecord table For example a simple list between 1 May 2007 and 31 December 2007 1 Go to Reports click New select Query report designer 2 Enter the following SQL statement SELECT EvDate ID EvTextl EvText2 EvText3 EvText4 EvDateTimel FROM EventRecord WHERE EvTy
449. used in the calculation of growth performance and feed usage in group reports Ingredients of each ration must first be entered in Options Feed and Ingredients and then each ration must be defined and formulated in Options Rations See Entering feed and rations topic e The ingredients of the ration are detailed in the Feed Usage reports e The Ration In event decreases the feed inventory of each ingredient e The total cost or value of the feed delivered is calculated using the cost of ingredients Ration Ration name Weight Total weight of the feed delivered See also Rations Feed or ingredients Feed in Make ration 2012 Agritec Software 15 Porcitec Manual 2012 11 7 9 Inventory The Inventory event is used to record the actual physical animal inventory in a location or group of Pigs It is important to take a physical inventory at the barn level on a regular schedule and verify that the record inventory is correct Discrepancies between actual inventory and record inventory are usually due to unrecorded deaths or animal movements It is best to reconcile any discrepancies as soon as possible The Inventory event is especially important for dynamic or continuous flow groups of Pigs To calculate growth performance values at the end of a report period it is necessary to enter an Inventory event including the weight of Pigs on the same date plus or minus one day For example if you desire quarterly reports yo
450. used to define wildcards missing letters in the pattern both before and after the pattern Using LIKE 2012 Agritec Software 192 Porcitec Manual 2012 14 5 3 The following filter will return persons with first names that start with an O FirstName LIKE O oo 63 The following filter will return persons with first names that with an a FirstName LIKE a The following filter will return persons with first names that contain the pattern la FirstName LIK oo la oo 69 AND amp OR AND and OR join two or more conditions in a WHERE clause The AND operator displays a row if ALL conditions listed are true The OR operator displays a row if ANY of the conditions listed are true Original Table used in the examples beams Example Use AND to display each person with the first name equal to Tove and the last name equal to Svendson FirstName Tove AND LastName Svendson Result Example Use OR to display each person with the first name equal to Tove or the last name equal to Svendson FirstName Tove OR LastName Svendson Result 2012 Agritec Software Example You can also combine AND and OR use parentheses to form complex expressions FirstName Tove OR FirstName Stephen AND LastName Svendson Result 14 5 4 BETWEEN AND The BETWEEN AND operator selects a range of data between two values These values
451. utton At this point Porcitec is installed in your computer To open the program click the Porcitec icon on your Desktop or click Start Programs Porcitec The default database included with the program is completely empty If you do not have a historical database you may simply begin entering data into this file If you had a previous database file converted by Agritec you received the file in a backup format and you will use the Restore procedure to connect the database See Database restore Entering the License Code 1 The License Code is sent to your e mail within a few hours after purchasing your software Once you have downloaded the program and received your License Code by email you must copy and paste it into the program Open your e mail and go to the end of it Agritec Software Installation 35 6 Click Register button 7 Over the edit box click the right button of the mouse and select Paste Laura Roca Agritec Software www agqritecsoft com support agritecsoft com seer Q3DKefghdthvhbjkhjkhcxvER9DkaGSn6L74jjPqZ usjE T mnms4JJ7a3nBN13CxIZOMLrQWUdfghfghdfghDjzLFPgLLjV75 n5kpbaobTBRVPNjOvf fVHqJ9bV678s808bmvbnmqy4b swi yU zzwfvbGYedVdPPoKaMxYB29WxVE3MkswTGZ9DnSp4FmR jQWuya IlVsELuSovkfZVJIfXfIPODPqgsfvapnxYcNjoNY7sfoq3ctFvJ iVr2gzghsfasDE5EmeFuaJkBqsSYCFzreWX38VmQMx l9xwzaqPp nUMhrXgfEx melsjGSlPUOXIKPp57Wd j0aLV7ofghdfgh2k s 3iJCGJOZdLnevbnnt66576JDdluaJuT4AARRMtTIcsznbmaEDx 4eo5AyrzTdyX
452. ve Check On to activate the user field Type User field type Select the data type you want to enter in the user field e Text User field with letters and numbers e Numeric Numeric field e Yes No True False e Date Date format Title Title of the user field It will appear in the User Sheet Females Female Entry Female Entry Multiple Mating New Fields Arrival Heat not Served Alias v Active l inati B nsemination Natural Mating Embryo Transfer Pregnancy Diagnosis Abortion a Prefarrow Title Form Batch Handhel fad Farrow gt Reaister ID Register Pi UID Nane Foster Genetics Mose Preweaned Birth Date artial Weaning I Wearing Litter Id Fj Nurse Off Origin Type Nurse On Electronic ID L1 F Fi Location Treatment Origin Physical Condition Initial Parity Group User Event 1 User Event 2 vj X Cancel 7 See also How to use User Fields On off On Off in the Options menu contains a list of features and data validation options that can be turned on or off depending on the preference of the user A checkmark indicates the feature is on or active Verify male identity in service When entering natural service or insemination events the program can verify the existence of the male 2012 Agritec Software Options menu Adapting Porcitec to your farm or semen batch used in the mating A
453. veborn per farrow Expression Liveborn Birthings 2012 Agritec Software Reports 197 Stillborn per farrow Expression Stillborn Birthings Stillborn Expression Stillborn Born 100 Mummies per farrow Expression Mummies Birthings Mummies Expression Mummies Born 100 Farrowing rate Expression Birthings ServicesPeriodBirth 100 Adjusted farrowing rate Expression Percent Birthings ServicesPeriodBirthAdj Avg gestation length Expression SumGestationLen CountGestationLen Birthweight liveborn Expression SumBirthWeight CountBirthWeight Farrowing interval Expression SumBirthInt CountBirthInt Abortions Expression Abortions Preweaning mortality rate cohort Expression Percent BtLivebornWeaned BirthTotalWeaned BtLivebornWeaned Females farrowed and weaned Expression BtFemalesWeaned Litters mated female year Expression GestationDays 365 115 MatedFemaleDays Litters female year Expression GestationDays 365 115 FemaleDays Total born mated female year Expression Born 365 MatedFemaleDays WEANING PERFORMANCE Total pigs from Wean events Expression TotalWeaned Litters weaned Expression LittersWeaned Pigs weaned in period Expression NWeaned Pigs weaned per litter Expression TotalWeaned LittersWeaned 2012 Agritec Software 198 Porcitec Manual 2012 Females weaned or nursed off Expression FemalesWeaned Pigs weaned per fe
454. veneviess 171 Preparing the environment 172 Preparing enviroments for former versions nniinnrnnnnnnnnnennenrnnnnenennennse 173 Main menuin a Pocket PO 2 2 X Data entry using Pocket PC cc Duplicate RecOrdS ccscesssseseseeesnesessessesseveevsesseeseeseeseasaeseessessesseeseeseesnesoesaesaesaesaesaesaneaesanennesaesaesaeeesonnaneas Viewing a card m Keyboard in Pocket PC C 3 Psion Workabout MX device ss Psion Workabout device Install QuickData in a Psion Workabout Data entry using PSION WorkKabout nn nrrnrrnesnesnesnennerennannnanasneenesnesneeneennenneaneanennennuee Handheld control panel Electronic Part XIV Reports 1 Reports 185 2 Defining report 185 3 Management reports et ceevccteceetcccuceendccteenvcceusesrsccueesteccisesvdcanecieaceusectecauenst 187 A edeeesedecuccadyedenccadscectatesguneiasdesecusenteneadzecrecasecte 188 5 Introduction to user defined filters ss 189 Defiming ranges nce dr iR ics lec case T I aE Sadie reach aaar Eara rar EEA 189 Introduction to filters 190 AND amp OR
455. version nennnennnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnennnne 43 Network installation ein cuu on an 2D dense t OR MER RAIR ER EASi 44 Installation in network multi computer environment nn iisirrrnnnnnnrnnns 44 Firebird Installati n ME a S 45 Fire Wall information M 48 Netw ork database connection 1 snas tests ases 49 Recover from a 50 How to transfer the program and data to another 50 Installing Consultant edition in the same computer 51 Hardware requirements sense dtenent senn ent amende ns e eror Ire nne rmn 51 Renewing the License eene enne nnn nn nnne nnn 53 2012 Agritec Software Contents 5 Part IV Database management 95 1 New database edere aero res dede Le rue dd vecas Perro rua t s etete beaters 55 2 Op n data base deu 55 3 Single user database 57 4 Databas
456. vices category select Matings report and click Design button Place a check mark in EvDecimal1 field and enter a title for the report column Ao CO Columns Summary z M Comment Preview Save Convert and Save Close Click Preview button to see the results new column called Cost will appear displaying the recorded cost for each mating Finally click Save button to save the new report in the User folder for future uses To get the monthly cost it is necessary to create a new report Go to Reports and click New click Breakdown type and then click OK button Enter the following values Table MatingEx Variable MatingDate Columns are time periods On Variables to Analyze EvDecimal1 Available Functions Count Sum Arithmetic Mean 2012 Agritec Software Porcitec Manual 2012 G rr Variables Summary TANS Mating x v Columns Variable Classes ate Y Title Columns are time periods P Available Functions Count Sum Arithmetic Mean Standard Desviation Geometric Mean Filtering ET See also Event fields Top Level Intro This page is printed before a new top level chapter starts Porcitec Manual 2012 7 7 1 7 2 Female file Females file The Females file contains all the events entered into the records of the breeding females in your herd Note
457. viously created location Add animals to each of the groups using Weaned in Move In Purchase or Inventory events Enter Feed In or Ration In events directly into the Cost Center oO A U Enter expenses other than feed and animal purchases using the Financial Account Purchase option 7 Enter all other events into each individual group 2012 Agritec Software Group file 145 8 Close the group once all animals are moved out or sold and inventory is O Continuous Flow system 1 Create a new group and add animals using Weaned in Move In Purchase or Inventory events 2 Record the feed delivered to the group directly into the group record 3 Enter expenses other than feed and animal purchases using the Financial Account Purchase option Enter the group ID in the Cost Center box See also Group management system Cost Centers Production stages Locations 11 5 How to begin working with group Introduction to Production and Financial Data Group data can be classified into two types production and financial For example the purchase of growing animals contains production data number of animals and weight and also financial data monetary amount If you enter events into the group file you will get production and growth performance data as shown in the Group Reports The group file also includes some basic production financial events such as purchases and sales You can choose to record and enter as m
458. w you have two icons in the desktop One starts the Enterprise edition and the other one starts the Consultant edition 3 13 Hardware requirements Minimum requirements Factors such as database size number of concurrent users network bandwidth etc will determine basic requirements so the following hardware specification is a guide Most computers since 2000 can manage Porcitec without any noticeable difference in computer performance when installed for a single user In network environments with several users accessing the database concurrently and a high load we recommend a dedicated computer as the Firebird server The best improvements in performance are obtained with a combination between the latest technology in the server computer with a fast hard disk and a fast network However Porcitec can be executed remotely in a client computer with minimum hardware requirements High performance requirements The following explains how to specify and configure hardware for maximum performance to adapt the system to high loads such as large databases thousands of females multiple users bureaus and remote connections How many computers are needed For network environments with multiple users the first item to consider is to install Firebird in an exclusive computer It is generally unwise to run a second resource intensive application such as Windows Terminal on the same server machine as the Firebird server CPU Faster CPUs te
459. xpression in the Text sheet of the Memo dialog For example VectorVar vector PPPM Id to show the ID of the paternal paternal paternal grandam PPPM Use RegisterId instead of Id to show the Register Id 9 Click OK to close the Memo dialog 10 Repeat steps 7 8 and 9 for each item 11 Click File and Save to save the report to the user folder 2012 Agritec Software Database consults 357 19 43 Track activity query The Track Activity option records the changes made in events Any change is tracked in a table called LOG You can consult the table using the Query wizard in Reports New For example SEE Cl 4 ORDER Displays date hour user and description of each change sorted by date SELECT FROM Log RE luser JohnDoe AND LDate BETWEEN 2006 1 1 AND 2006 1 31 RDER BY LDate jas Displays the log data for the user JohnDoe in January 2006 EIE XTRACT YEAR FROM LDate AS lyear XTRACT MONTH FROM LDate AS lmonth user OUNT ROM log BY 1727 Se RDER BY 1 2 luser E CERROS Displays the number of changes by user and month 19 4 4 Serology results I want to enter serology results of blood samples For any animal we will be taking random blood samples We send these samples to a diagnostic lab for serology tests After the tests are run they send
460. zed values Percent Percentage of the number of individuals belonging to the selected column over the total of analyzed individuals Range Range of values of the selected column indicates that the value shown is included in the column is excluded 2012 Agritec Software Report designers 217 15 6 Breakdown report designer The Breakdown Report Designer analyzes one or more variables in relation to another variable used as a category breakdown For example a Breakdown Report could show the average number of totalborn liveborn and stillborn by each parity In this case parity is the breakdown variable Categories or ranges for the breakdown variable can be specified For each variable you want to analyze you can specify mathematical functions such as count sum mean standard deviation or geometric mean x Joe FA FB FC FD FE FF TOTAL SERVBIRTHING on 69 246 301 342 464 588 2630 avg 0 85 0 88 0 88 0 88 0 88 0 89 0 87 Fitesng SERVDATE BETWEEN 1997 JAN 01 AND 2002 DEC 31 Grin The above example shows the farrowing rate by farrow location Creating a Breakdown Report 1 Click Reports 2 Click New 3 Double click Breakdown Summary sheet Title Title of the report that will appear on the top Description Text showing the dialog of the report selection Variables sheet Table Name of table used Column Variable Breakdown or category variable used in the horizonta

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