System and Method for Determining Animal Body Surface Area and Subsequently Determining Animal Health Status

A method of determining the body surface area (BSA) of an animal, comprising:

• providing a measurement frame;
• mounting a plurality of measurement sensors in said measurement frame and disposed in pairs of sensors for measuring corresponding distances between opposite sides of an animal to be measured;
• providing a computer processor for receiving and storing measurement data taken by the measurement sensors, said computer processor including at least one algorithm for estimating the BSA of an animal considering a plurality of measurements taken by the measurement sensors;
• taking and recording a plurality of measurements of the animal as the animal passes the measurement frame, said measurements being taken along a selected plane;
• processing the measurements by the computer processor;
• generating an output indicating the BSA of the animal, said output including a user interface that displays information including measurements taken and a calculated BSA;
• and
• wherein said measurement data includes a plurality of measurements taken along corresponding planes that are converted to the BSA of the animal.

A system for determining a health status of an animal based on a measured body surface area (BSA) of the animal, comprising:

• a measurement frame;
• a plurality of measurement sensors mounted to said measurement frame and disposed in pairs of sensors for measuring corresponding distances between opposite sides of an animal to be measured;
• a computer processor for receiving and storing measurement data taken by the measurement sensors, said computer processor including at least one algorithm for estimating the BSA of an animal considering a plurality of measurements taken by the measurement sensors;
• an output associated with the estimated BSA, said output including a user interface that displays information including the measurements taken and a calculated BSA, wherein said measurement data includes a plurality of measurements taken along corresponding planes that are converted to the calculated BSA of the animal;
• predetermined animal health criteria stored in said computer processor to correlate the calculated BSA to a health status of the animal;
• and
• wherein said computer processor automatically assigns a health status to the animal considering the predetermined animal health criteria and an associated calculated BSA.

A method for determining a health status of an animal based on a measured body surface area (BSA) of the animal, comprising:

• providing a measurement frame;
• mounting a plurality of sensors to said measurement frame and disposed in pairs of sensors for measuring corresponding distances between opposite sides of an animal to be measured;
• providing a computer processor for receiving and storing measurement data taken by the measurement sensors, said computer processor including at least one algorithm for estimating the BSA of an animal considering a plurality of measurements taken by the measurement sensors;
• generating an output associated with the estimated BSA, said output including a user interface that displays information including the measurements and a calculated BSA, wherein said measurement data includes a plurality of measurements taken along corresponding planes that are converted to the calculated BSA of the animal;
• providing predetermined animal health criteria stored in said computer processor to correlate the calculated BSA to a health status of the animal;
• and
• automatically assigning, by said computer processor, a health status to the animal considering the predetermined animal health criteria and an associated calculated BSA.

A system for determining a health status of an animal based on a measured body surface area (BSA) of the animal, comprising:

• a plurality of measurement sensors for measuring corresponding distances between opposite sides of an animal to be measured;
• a computer processor for receiving and storing measurement data taken by the measurement sensors, said computer processor including at least one algorithm for estimating the BSA of an animal considering a plurality of measurements taken by the measurement sensors;
• a first output associated with the BSA, said first output including a user interface that displays information including the measurements and a calculated BSA, wherein said measurement data includes a plurality of measurements taken along corresponding planes that are converted to the BSA of the animal;
• providing objective criteria defining various health states of a selected animal specie and recording such criteria in a database of said computer processor;
• automatically correlating, by said computer processor, a calculated BSA with a corresponding health status of an animal whose BSA has been calculated;
• and
• automatically generating, by said computer processor, a second output that describes the corresponding health status.

A method for determining a health status of an animal based on a measured body surface area (BSA) of the animal, comprising:

• providing a plurality of measurement sensors for measuring corresponding distances between opposite sides of an animal to be measured;
• providing a computer processor for receiving and storing measurement data taken by the measurement sensors, said computer processor including at least one algorithm for estimating the BSA of an animal considering a plurality of measurements taken by the measurement sensors;
• generating a first output associated with the BSA, said first output including a user interface that displays information including the measurements and a calculated BSA, wherein said measurement data includes a plurality of measurements taken along corresponding planes that are converted to the BSA of the animal;
• providing objective criteria defining various health states of a selected animal specie and recording such criteria in a database of said computer processor;
• automatically correlating, by said computer processor, a calculated BSA with a corresponding health status of an animal whose BSA has been calculated;
• and
• automatically generating, by said computer processor, a second output that describes the corresponding health status.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions, wherein, when executed by a computer processor, the instructions cause the computer processor to execute a method for determining the body surface area (BSA) of an animal, the computer-readable instructions comprising:

• instructions to receive and store data corresponding to measurement data obtained from a plurality of measurement sensors that measure distances between opposite sides of an animal to obtain a plurality of circumferential measurements around the animal, the measurements being at locations on the animal that are longitudinally spaced along a length of the animal, and wherein said circumferential measurements are taken along corresponding planes where the sensors are located;
• instructions to execute at least one algorithm that provides an estimate of the BSA, wherein input variables to the algorithm at least include the plurality of circumferential measurements;
• and
• instructions to generate an output from the executed algorithm including a user interface that provides an estimate of a BSA of at least one animal that has been measured.