Patent ID: 9675253
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A01K,A61B,A61D

Claim:
1. A method for determining a gut fill level of a rumen of an animal having a rumen triangle defined by a paralumbar fossa of the animal, comprising the steps of: forcing the animal to stand essentially still within a station; with the animal standing essentially still in the station, and with a three-dimensional camera ( automatically image analyzing the recorded three-dimensional image within an image processing system; and using the image processing system, automatically determining the gut fill level of the rumen of the animal based on the analyzed three-dimensional image, wherein the gut fill level of the rumen is automatically determined by the image processing system first automatically determining at least one of i) a depth of one of a) a convexity of the rumen triangle and b) a concavity of the rumen triangle, and ii) a volume of one of a) a convexity of the rumen triangle and b) a concavity of the rumen triangle, and second automatically determining the gut fill level of the rumen of the animal based on the determined at least one of the depth and the volume of the convexity or concavity of the rumen triangle.