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US 6,569,092 B1Granted
Method and system for monitoring animals
OwnerP. Timothy Guichon, G. Kee Jim +4inventors
InventorsP. Timothy Guichon, G. Kee Jim, P. Bernard Kotelko, Michael J. Kotelko, Calvin W. Booker, Yvonne T. G. Tollens
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Abstract
A method and system for tracking the movement of animals as the animals are moved from location to location during processing comprises the steps of tagging the animals under observation and tracking the location and duration each tagged animal spends at each location as it is moved to generate data representing each tagged animal's movement history
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A method for tracking the movement of animals as said animals are moved from location to location during processing comprising the steps of:
- tagging each animal under observation;
- tracking the location of each tagged animal and the duration each tagged animal spends at each location as it is moved to generate movement pattern data representing each tagged animal's movement history;
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- using the generated data to detect tagged animals that have been in physical proximity with a tagged animal diagnosed with a transmittable disease.
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