Patent ID: 8297231
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: A01K,A61B,A61D,A61F,G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A computerized method for monitoring the health of livestock groups, comprising: collecting measurements data from a plurality of data collecting units, each data collecting unit comprising at least one sensor, said sensors selected from the group consisting of acoustic sensors, vitality meters, movement sensors, ammonia sensors, visual sensors and scent sensors, said plurality of units including a plurality of data collection units mounted on a plurality of sentinel individuals of a livestock group; computing quantified records of the measurements data collected by said collecting; comparing the computed records to pre-stored quantified records indicating one or more of normal status, abnormalities and pathologies, said pre-stored records being of the group and of other groups; analyzing a result of said comparing, and computing and comparing records of individual sentinels, wherein said comparing the computed records comprises comparing against the sentinel's past performance and relative to the group, wherein said livestock is in a poultry house.