International Journal of Education and Development using ICT

International Journal of Education and Development using ICT > Vol. 2, No. 2 (2006)

An information technology enabled Poultry Expert System: Perceptions of veterinarians and veterinary students

D Thammi Raju, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, India
B Sudhakar Rao, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, India

Abstract
The Poultry Expert System (PES) was developed using Visual Basic 6.0 and MS Access on selected dimensions of poultry farming. It’s efficacy was tested among the practicing Veterinarians and students of Veterinary profession. Both the groups expressed that PES had greater utility, less complexity and moderate compatibility. It possessed good technicality, feasibility, designed in a user friendly and aesthetic manner and brought improvement in the user attributes. Both the groups were significantly differing on few items of applicability. The study concludes that PES is an IT enabled tool for faster dissemination of expert advice in multiple locations at the same time.

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