Michael Jerina,Mark Caldwell,Mary Beth Gordon,Douglas Schmidt
申请号：
US15148709
公开号：
US20170318779A1
申请日:
2016.05.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
Systems and methods provide automated data collection of feed behavior and intake for animals in confinement where the animal ingests feed from a feed station that includes a first and second feed container each of which holds a feed that is freely accessible to the animal, and a respective first and second weight sensor each of which senses a change in weight of the respective feed in the container. A processor is configured to transmit instructions to cause it to receive from the weight sensors, a plurality signals indicative of a change in weight in the first and second feed containers. The processor records a reduction in weight sensed by the first or the second sensor as consumption of the respective feed, and records a change in weight sensed by the first or the second sensor as feeding activity at the respective feed container.
