RETTEDAL, Nicholas P.,WEILNAU, Stephen M.,COCKROFT, Scott R.,YEAGER, Billy J.,HORNICK, Jerry A.
申请号：
EP20180182593
公开号：
EP3403493(A1)
申请日:
2011.10.19
申请国别(地区):
欧洲专利局
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要：
A method of monitoring an animal, comprising the steps of: a) orally administering to a ruminant animal a monitoring device (6) and a first magnet (85) contained inside of an inert bolus body (4), said animal monitoring device including: i) at least one sensor (9) capable of generating a signal which varies in relation to change in a sensed animal characteristic; ii) a signal encoder (68) which encodes said signal generated by said sensor as encoded sensed animal characteristic information; iii) a radio frequency signal generator (81) which generates a radio frequency signal (12) capable of carrying said encoded sensed animal characteristic information; iv) a power source (84) which supplies power to said animal monitoring device; and v) an antenna (83) capable of transmitting said radio frequency signal carrying said encoded sensed animal characteristic information; and b) accessing said encoded sensed animal characteristic information carried by said radio frequency signal.
