Patent ID: 8066179
Filing Date: 2011-11-29
Classification: A01K,A61D,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system for livestock breeding and management for use in a herd where each female animal carries a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, the system comprising: a herd management system; and one or more breeding activity monitors to each be carried by a male animal, each breeding activity monitor adapted to: (i) detect when the male animal is mounting a female animal based on the body position of the male animal; (ii) read identification data from the RFID tag carried by the mounted female animal; and (iii) generate breeding activity data including the identification data of the mounted female animal and timing data for each mounting for output to the herd management system, wherein the herd management system is adapted to process breeding activity data output from the one or more breeding activity monitors to generate herd management data; and wherein the processing of the breeding activity data provides herd management data comprising conception data for each female animal including the indication whether or not the female animal is pregnant and wherein the conception data for each female is based on analysis of the mounting activity for the female animal and oestrus cycle data for the female animal, and one or more of: birth date estimates for each pregnant female animal; conception success rate data for each male animal; fertility and ease of impregnation data for each female animal; and offspring family data.