1. General Model Information
Name: The Dairy Information System
Acronym: DAISY_FOR_COWS
Main medium: terrestrial
Main subject: agriculture
Organization level: population
Type of model: not specified
Main application: decision support/expert system
Keywords: dairy cows, young stock, milk recording, financial summary, growth rates, health, fertility, milk, yield
Contact:
Department of Agriculture
The University of Reading
Department of Agriculture
Earley Gate
Reading
RG6 2AT
GB
Phone:+44 0734 267886
Fax :
email:
Author(s):
Abstract:
Dairy information and management system for recording, reporting and costing on dairy cows and young
stock. The package comprises the central program DAISY Cow Records and a suite of linked modules;
Merit - milk recording; Daisy Herd Margins - financial summary; Youngstock - growth rates, health and
fertility information, Milk Yield; Moira - fertility analysis; Datastream - data transfer form other programs,
Additional Information - breed society requirements and Special Facilities for research trial purposes.
Author of the abstract:
Centre for Computer-based Learning in Land Use and Environmental
Sciences (CLUES)
II. Technical Information
II.1 Executables:
Operating System(s):
II.2 Source-code:
Programming Language(s):
II.3 Manuals:
II.4 Data:
III. Mathematical Information
III.1 Mathematics
III.2 Quantities
III.2.1 Input
III.2.2 Output
IV. References
V. Further information in the World-Wide-Web
VI. Additional remarks
Last review of this document by: 17. 09. 97 -
Status of the document:
last modified by
Tobias Gabele Wed Aug 21 21:44:41 CEST 2002