Aplicativo NOTIFICA: ferramenta digital para auxílio ao serviço de defesa agropecuária no monitoramento de doenças em rebanhos animais no estado do Maranhão

Abstract

Compulsory Notifiable Diseases (CNDs) represent a significant limiting factor for animal production and a complicating factor for public health, especially for diseases that lack effective prevention and control mechanisms or those associated with environmental, social, and economic drivers. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the usability of an application with a user-friendly and functional interface, designed to enhance communication and interaction with strategic stakeholders, such as livestock producers, agribusinesses, cooperatives, government agencies, and agricultural science professionals. Inspired by the content and disease notification forms of the e- Sisbravet system. The application was designed to facilitate disease reporting and epidemiological monitoring in Maranhão state, developed using C# with an interface in XAML and employing SQLite for local database storage, the system connects to an MSSQL database through a Web API also written in C#. For validation, 30 students from the State Institute of Education, Science, and Technology of Maranhão (IEMA) participated in usability testing using the System Usability Scale (SUS) via a Google Forms survey, assessing the app’s functionality and usability. The app received positive acceptance, achieving an average usability score of 61.16. The application was designed to streamline disease notification for agricultural defense in Maranhão and provide rapid access to information on herds and properties, registered with the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI - BR512024002345-3)