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2. 2/58 Swine breeding herd management

3. 3 Principal events and cyclic pattern in sow reproduction (Plà, 2007) The system process mimics the managing breeding herd

4. 4/58 Management practicesHealth status & Bio-security control GeneticsHousing designFeed & Feeding ?

5. 5/58  record keeping  tracking data  data analysis Swine breeding herd management software

6. 6 Why is it important?  The software system has to provide record keeping, tracking data and data analysis.  The indices obtained from data analysis help inform the farm status thus showing the farm’s viability.

7. 7 The elements of the monitoring process  The elements of the monitoring process may be listed as: data recording database data processing report with key indices analysis decision (Kristensen, et al., 2007).