Towards an Ontology-Based Approach for Enhancing Animal Sanitary Event Management

Felipe Machado, Jonas Bulegon Gassen, Matheus Friedhein Flores, Francisco Lopes, Fernando Groff, Alencar Machado, Vinicius Maran

2025

Abstract

This study presents the development and integration of a contextual modeling approach for sanitary events, specifically focusing on outbreaks affecting animal populations. A specialized ontology for sanitary events was developed using Protégé and integrated into the PDSA-RS platform, which supports animal health regulation in Brazil. The platform aids in the certification of poultry and swine farming in Rio Grande do Sul, ensuring compliance with Brazilian animal health regulations. The system’s effectiveness was demonstrated during FMD, avian influenza, and ND outbreak scenarios, where it significantly reduced analysis time and improved field team management through real-time task allocation and monitoring. The system’s usability was evaluated using the System Usability Scale (SUS), resulting in a score of 75.52, reflecting positive feedback from users. Future developments will focus on refining the ontology and enhancing the embedded rules within the system to better align with real-world sanitary management processes and improve adaptability to various scenarios.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Machado F., Gassen J., Flores M., Lopes F., Groff F., Machado A. and Maran V. (2025). Towards an Ontology-Based Approach for Enhancing Animal Sanitary Event Management. In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS; ISBN 978-989-758-749-8, SciTePress, pages 630-641. DOI: 10.5220/0013464300003929

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis25,
author={Felipe Machado and Jonas Gassen and Matheus Flores and Francisco Lopes and Fernando Groff and Alencar Machado and Vinicius Maran},
title={Towards an Ontology-Based Approach for Enhancing Animal Sanitary Event Management},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS},
year={2025},
pages={630-641},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0013464300003929},
isbn={978-989-758-749-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS
TI - Towards an Ontology-Based Approach for Enhancing Animal Sanitary Event Management
SN - 978-989-758-749-8
AU - Machado F.
AU - Gassen J.
AU - Flores M.
AU - Lopes F.
AU - Groff F.
AU - Machado A.
AU - Maran V.
PY - 2025
SP - 630
EP - 641
DO - 10.5220/0013464300003929
PB - SciTePress