Livestock Information Management System (LIMS) SADC SPS CC Meeting, 29 January 2014, Gaborone, Botswana G. Chiduwa B. Hulman & George.chiduwa@fao.org bhulman@sadc.int
LIMS is a decentralised information management system Desktop LIMS application installed at lowest level possible Information validated and passed upwards till it gets to regional LIMS
LIMS Modules Manual Module Frequency Submission Animal Production Livestock Marketing & Trade Livestock Development Animal Health 1. Livestock numbers & composition Annually End of February following year 3. Livestock Products Monthly Quarterly before the end of the following month 4. Livestock Marketing Monthly Quarterly before the end of the following month. 5. Livestock Trade Monthly Quarterly before the end of the following month. 2. Human population Annually End of February following year 6. Livestock infrastructure Annually End of February following year 8. Livestock farmers Annually End of February following year 9. Laws, regulation & acts Annually End of February following year 7. Meat Inspection Monthly End of the following month 10. Disease Reporting Monthly End of the following month 11. Vaccination Monthly End of the following month
Key Animal Production Data Livestock numbers and composition #s by species #s by economic function #s by breed #s by herd structure Livestock products # of slaughters (meat) Volume of milk produced and processed Amount of eggs produced Volume and #s of hides, skins, fiber and feather
Characteristics of Animal Health data 1. Descriptive as it seeks to understand disease characteristics in TIME and SPACE and POPULATION involved What? When? Where? Why? Who/Which? 2. Analytical i.e. understanding of mechanisms governing development of disease
Key Animal Health Data Captured by format Disease details (generic name, serotype, spp. affected etc.) Spatial distribution (admin level, lat. long.) Temporal distribution Management of disease (reporting, investigation, sampling, lab confirm, control measures) Quantification of disease events (cases, deaths etc.)
Key Vaccination Data Captured by format Disease Species Type of campaign (prophylactic, control) Planned Conducted Source of vaccine
Key Meat Inspection Data Captured by format Type of slaughter facility Industrial (detailed info) Municipal/slab (aggregate info) Species Ante mortem # inspected # rejected & reasons Post mortem Lesions => epidemiology Quantification of condemnations (carcass, parts, organs etc.) => economic losses
LIMS Application use 9 MS currently using LIMS DRC, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa & Zimbabwe not using application These countries however submit reports using other formats Disease reporting module most widely used Livestock Numbers and Composition also well used
Yearbooks Bulletins LIMS online http://gisportal.sadc.int/lims-db/ LIMS Products
LIMS Monthly Disease Reporting (2012) Country Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Angola Botswana DRC Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
LIMS Monthly Disease Reporting (2013) Country Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Angola Botswana DRC Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
LIMS Ongoing activities Development of technical specification detailing integration of FAO CountrySTAT and SADC AIMS (including aims) on the FENIX platform The FENIX platform is an internet-based system that serves data and functionalities to users and other web-applications. Updating LIMS and Publishing of 2012 and 2013 SADC AH Yearbook Reviving the quarterly SADC Status of AH bulletins
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