Patent ID: 6938576
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for monitoring an animal which comprises: a stress measuring device for determining the stress of the animal, the stress measuring device comprising at least one of the following instruments selected from a group consisting of an infrared meter for measuring an infrared image of the animal, a hygrometer for measuring the humidity of the fur or the nose of the animal, an iris scanner for determining the eye characteristics of the animal, a smell or odor meter for determining the breath or body odor of the animal, a muscular tension measuring instrument for determining the muscular tension of the animal, an excrement analyzing instrument for determining the characteristics of the excrement of the animal, and a muscle vibration meter for determining the muscle vibrations of the animal; a central unit comprising stress measurement data and a correspondence table, said correspondence table containing for said animal stress related data, a comparing means for comparing said stress measurement data with the data in said correspondence table, and a program for providing on the basis of the comparison by the comparing means, an indication of the amount of stress of the animal, said program supplying a prognosis of stress behavior of said animal.