外文摘要：This invention relates to a method of providing an indication of the oncoming parturition in livestock and an apparatus for carrying out the method. A tail mounted sensor is mounted on the tail of an animal such as a cow or a horse and the tail mounted sensor detects whether the tail is raised or lowered. Each time that the tail is raised by at least a fixed angle Θ of, say 10°, for a certain period of time T1, the sensor records this as a contraction. The sensor then monitors the number of contractions over a given second period of time, T2. When the number of contractions in the second period of time equal or exceed a certain amount, an alarm is raised. The method and system are such that they can be adjusted for different animals. It is envisaged that less false alarms and less missed births will result as a consequence of this method and apparatus.
申请号：US16308205
专利号：US11602423B2
公开/公告号：US11602423B2
申请日：2017-03-16
公开/公告日：2023-03-14
申请/专利权人：Moocall Limited;
发明/设计人：Niall Austin; Milan Vukajlovic
主分类号： A61D17/00;
法律状态：授权
原文传递申请：江苏省科技资源（工程技术文献）统筹服务平台