US 12,667,084 B2 · System for early detection of infectious diseases in poultry

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system for measuring changes in the vital signs of poultry and a method for predicting whether poultry is infected with pathogens using the same. The present disclosure can be helpfully used to determine an overall health condition including the outbreak of various poultry diseases by measuring quantitative changes in vital signs of poultry in real time. In particular, the present disclosure provides reliable real-time information about changes in vital signs through comparison of body temperature and noise measurement values of poultry for each time period reflecting circadian changes of the poultry, rather than simple comparison of the body temperature and noise measurement values with simple reference values, and thus can be used for early diagnosis of highly infectious pathogens such as avian influenza virus and early isolation of confirmed cases, and ultimately for effective prevention of the spread of diseases.

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A system for measuring changes in the vital signs of poultry, comprising:

a body temperature measurement unit configured to measure body temperature of the poultry in a set unit of time through thermal imaging and transmit the measurement value;
a noise measurement unit configured to measure noise of the poultry in the set unit of time and transmit the measurement value;
and
a server configured to receive the measurement values transmitted from the body temperature measurement unit and the noise measurement unit, and send an alert when the absolute value of a difference between the received measurement values and pre-measured body temperature and noise of the poultry for each time period is larger than a cut-off value;
wherein the pre-measured body temperature and noise of the poultry for each time period are values of normal circadian changes over time which are pre-measured in a group of the same individuals or in a group of individuals of the same species as the poultry for each time period.

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