Harty, Edmond Patrick,Mullane, Liam Eoghan,Daly, John Gerard,Kinsella, Christopher
申请号：
AU2014279697
公开号：
AU2014279697A1
申请日:
2014.06.16
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
A device (5) attached to the neck (6) of an animal (2) comprises an accelerometer (17) which produces first and second signals indicative of the raised and lowered state of the head (7) of the animal (2) and movement of the animal (2). A microprocessor (20) in the device (5) processes the first and second signals to determine if the animal is ruminating, resting, feeding or in a highly active state during respective second predefined time periods of approximately 15 minutes duration. Data indicative of the ruminating, resting, feeding and the highly active state of the animal is stored by the microprocessor (20) in the device (5) and is periodically wirelessly communicated to a base station computer which further processes the data to determine various health states of the animal.
