GB2058359B - Activity measurement apparatus for animals - Google Patents

Activity measurement apparatus for animals

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GB2058359B
GB2058359B GB8027895A GB8027895A GB2058359B GB 2058359 B GB2058359 B GB 2058359B GB 8027895 A GB8027895 A GB 8027895A GB 8027895 A GB8027895 A GB 8027895A GB 2058359 B GB2058359 B GB 2058359B
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rate
cow
bursts
transmitter
estrus
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John Carl Derksen
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Derksen J C
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Derksen J C
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/68—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient
    • A61B5/6801—Arrangements of detecting, measuring or recording means, e.g. sensors, in relation to patient specially adapted to be attached to or worn on the body surface
    • A61B5/6813—Specially adapted to be attached to a specific body part
    • A61B5/6822—Neck
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K29/00—Other apparatus for animal husbandry
    • A01K29/005—Monitoring or measuring activity, e.g. detecting heat or mating
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/0002—Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network
    • A61B5/0004—Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
    • A61B5/0011—Foetal or obstetric data
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
    • A61B5/103—Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes
    • A61B5/11—Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb
    • A61B5/1104—Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb induced by stimuli or drugs
    • A61B5/1105—Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb induced by stimuli or drugs of laboratory animals, e.g. activity
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61D—VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
    • A61D17/00—Devices for indicating trouble during labour of animals ; Methods or instruments for detecting pregnancy-related states of animals
    • A61D17/002—Devices for indicating trouble during labour of animals ; Methods or instruments for detecting pregnancy-related states of animals for detecting period of heat of animals, i.e. for detecting oestrus
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B2503/00—Evaluating a particular growth phase or type of persons or animals
    • A61B2503/40—Animals
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
    • A61B2560/00—Constructional details of operational features of apparatus; Accessories for medical measuring apparatus
    • A61B2560/02—Operational features
    • A61B2560/0204—Operational features of power management
    • A61B2560/0209—Operational features of power management adapted for power saving

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • Public Health (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Physiology (AREA)
  • Animal Husbandry (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Pregnancy & Childbirth (AREA)
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  • Reproductive Health (AREA)
  • Zoology (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Clinical Laboratory Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Gynecology & Obstetrics (AREA)
  • Medicinal Chemistry (AREA)
  • Dentistry (AREA)
  • Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
  • Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
  • Housing For Livestock And Birds (AREA)
  • Emergency Alarm Devices (AREA)
  • Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)

Abstract

A system for detecting estrus in cows comprising an apparatus for detecting their rate of motor activity (movement). A transmitter 3 individual to a cow sends a very short burst of energy to a receiver, at a rate depending on the movement rate of the cow, which counts or records the bursts graphically. The bursts are such as to conserve battery power, minimizing servicing thereof, a burst of a predetermined period and of a frequency individual to the cow being transmitted via an aerial 4 each time a mercury switch attached to the transmitter is closed. Count rate of as much as 50% increase indicates reliably the presence of estrus, and a count rate significantly lower than normal can indicate illness. <IMAGE>
GB8027895A 1979-08-28 1980-08-28 Activity measurement apparatus for animals Expired GB2058359B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
CA000334591A CA1147827A (en) 1979-08-28 1979-08-28 Activity measurement apparatus for animals

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GB2058359A GB2058359A (en) 1981-04-08
GB2058359B true GB2058359B (en) 1983-10-19

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NL (1) NL8004870A (en)
SE (1) SE8006034L (en)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4411274A (en) * 1981-05-20 1983-10-25 Agricultural Computer Systems, Inc. Apparatus and method for monitoring the oestrus cycle in female animals
US4455610A (en) * 1982-02-04 1984-06-19 Rodrian James A Self-contained estrous detection tag
FR2577791B1 (en) * 1985-02-26 1989-05-19 Steru Lucien METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING THE PSYCHOTROPIC EFFECTS OF MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES IN ANIMALS
NL9102182A (en) * 1991-12-24 1993-07-16 Stichting Inst Mech METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE STATE OF AN ANIMAL
SE504267C2 (en) * 1994-06-01 1996-12-16 Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance Identity and cobstone indicator

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GB2058359A (en) 1981-04-08
NL8004870A (en) 1981-03-03
SE8006034L (en) 1981-03-01

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