Device for verifying the state of mammals
OwnerMartin Forsterinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for verifying the state, especially the state of health, of mammals, especially agricultural working animals, which suckle from a teat. Run-out sensors for determining values, such as resistivity measurements, temperature values of the animal and/or the foodstuff, pH determination, gas measurements from the pharynx and stomach, are allocated to the teat.
Claims13
A method of monitoring the condition of a mammal which sucks on a teat comprising the steps of:
- associating a sensor with a teat of a mammal;
- associating with the teat a device for heating the teat;
- determining a current temperature of the teat;
- determining the current body temperature of the mammal;
- comparing the current temperature of the teat to the current body temperature of the mammal to determine a difference;
- comparing the difference between the teat temperature and the body temperature of the mammal to a threshold value;
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- adjusting the teat temperature to a lower temperature difference from the measured body temperature of the animal.
A method of monitoring the condition of a mammal which sucks on a teat comprising inserting a sensor into the teat of an animal after the animal has begun to suck on the teat and only after or during the uptake of foodstuff by the animal.
A device for monitoring the condition of a mammal which sucks on a teat comprising:
- means associated with the teat of a mammal for sensing the current temperature of the teat;
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- heating means associated with the teat for heating the teat in response to the sensed current temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.