National Information System on Animal Experiments (NISAE)

Objectives To develop data structure and the mechanism of data flow for the creation of Animal Experiments Information System To develop relevant software for the generation of the information system and selective retrieval of information, and To implement, maintain and update the information system

Population statistics of animal wealth in India Species Population (million) Cattle Buffalo Sheep Goat Pig Horse Mule Donkey Poultry 204.60 84.20 50.80 115.30 12.80 0.82 0.20 0.97 306.20 Source: Livestock Census, 1997, Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Ministry of agriculture, Govt. of India

Why this system? A large number of animal experiments in various disciplines of animal sciences are being conducted at different ICAR Institutes and Agricultural Universities. Information on the data and the results of these experiments is not available in compatible form at one place to the scientific community. Contd...

Under this project a computer based National Information System for animal experiments has been developed. Information related to significant findings from the experiments are being stored in the system. It will act as a centralized information system for the scientific community involved in the research/development activities in the field of animal sciences. Serve as an important tool in planning and monitoring of research.

Source and Data Availability The experiments in various disciplines of animal sciences are being undertaken at various ICAR institutes dealing with Animal Sciences, Agricultural/Veterinary Universities, etc. The key source of information under the project has been the annual reports published by these organizations. From these reports it is seen that research in NARS is conducted through formation of projects and sub-projects with experiments planned under these projects/sub-projects. At present we are in the process of obtaining the information on different projects classified in 23 disciplines, undertaken at twenty one research organizations during the period 1997 & onwards.

(i) List of Institutes: S.No. Name of the Institute 1. Central Avian Research Institute (CARI), Izatnagar (U.P.) 2. Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes, Hisar (Haryana) 3. Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, Mathura (U.P.) 4. Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute (CSWRI), Avikanagar (Rajasthan.) 5. Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Izatnagar (U.P.) 6. National Bureau of Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), Karnal 7. National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana) 8. National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore 9. National Research Centre for Mithun, Jharnapani, Nagaland 10. National Research Centre on Camel, Bikaner (Rajasthan.)

11. National Research Centre on Equines, Hissar (Haryana) 12. National Research Centre on Yak,West Kameng,(Arunachal Pradesh) 13. Project Directorate on Cattle, Meerut (U.P.) 14. Project Directorate on Poultry, Hyderabad (A.P.) 15. Acharya N.G.Ranga Agri. Univ., Rajendernagar, Hyderabad (A.P.) 16. Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi(Jharkhand) 17. Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl 18. Govind Ballabh Pant Univ. of Agri. & Technology, Pantnagar 19. Gujarat Agricultural University, Ahmedabad 20. Maharana Pratap univ. of Agri. & Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan) 21. Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri (Maharashtra)

(ii) List of Subjects: S.No. Subject 1. Animal Genetics and Breeding 2. Animal Nutrition 3. Animal Reproduction and Physiology 4. Veterinary Bacteriology and Mycology 5. Biological products 6. Veterinary Epidemiology 7. Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology 8. Veterinary Surgery 9. Veterinary Public health 10. Veterinary Medicine 11. Veterinary Microbiology 12. Livestock Products Technology 13. Livestock Production and Management 14. Dairy Chemistry 15. Dairy Engineering 16. Dairy Microbiology 17. Dairy Technology 18. Veterinary Immunology 19. Veterinary Pathology 20. Veterinary Parasitology 21. Veterinary Virology 22. Avian Disease 23. Veterinary Extension

Feature of the System The information system has been designed keeping in view that the system is user friendly and can be used by individuals having no knowledge of computer based information system and/or computer software background. Therefore it is a computer-based record keeping system related to animal research experiments conducted in the country where overall purpose is to record, maintain and retrieve the information.

Architecture of NISAE NISAE has been developed as a web-based application using JAVA technology. Therefore, it is platform independent and can be connected from any computer connected to the Internet. The user only has to confirm that computer has a Web-browser. The architecture using three-layered structure is: Client Side Interface layer (CSIL) Server Side Application layer (SSAL) Database layer (DBL)

Architecture of NISAE

Client Side Interface Layer (CSIL) The client side interface layer has been developed by using HTML, JavaScript using browser as front-end. This interface enables incorporating the validation checks in data entry forms. NISAE runs at any node of the network through browser. To run the NISAE with full functionality one must have internet explorer 5.0 or Netscape Navigator pre-installed.

Server Side Application Layer (SSAL) Server side application layer is implemented using Java Server Pages (JSP). These JSP generate HTML pages according to the users' action and request.

Data Base Layer (DBL) Database used for the development of NISAE has been structured using Microsoft Access 2000. The tables with their respective content fields and other specifications are designed using the relational database approach and proper normalization.