THE STATE OF ISRAEL; MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION; (A.R.O.) VOLCANI CENTER
发明人:
MALTZ, EPHRAIM,FLEXER, HAGAI
申请号:
NZ58125408
公开号:
NZ581254A
申请日:
2008.05.05
申请国别(地区):
NZ
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
Disclosed is a method for predicting a calving date of a cow, the method comprising: monitoring leg postures of the cow with a sensing device configured and adapted to be attached to a leg of the cow determining a given change in the leg postures while the sensing device is positioned on the leg and predicting the calving date responsive to the given change in the leg postures. Also disclosed is a system for predicting a calving date of a cow comprising: a sensing device configured and adapted to be attached to a leg of a cow and operative to monitor leg postures of a cow while positioned on the leg of the cow and a processing unit operative to predict the calving date based on the leg postures of the cow.