Patent ID: 7302349
Filing Date: 2007-11-27
Classification: A01K,G01N,G06N

Abstract:
1. A system for observing and predicting a physiological state of an animal, the system comprising: a computer comprising a processor and being operatively connected to a database, at least one sample providing device for repetitively providing at least one sample of a body fluid of the animal, an analysis apparatus for analysing the at least one sample, so as to obtain at least one sample value of each of a plurality of parameters of the body fluid, a data interface for repetitively entering the sample value of each of the parameters in the database, wherein the database is adapted to store multiple database entries representing the sample value of each of the parameters at various points in time, and wherein the processor is programmed to: perform a univariate analysis of the database entries to obtain a first set of data representing expected sample values of at least one of the parameters at future points in time, perform a multivariate analysis of the database entries to produce a second set of data derived from combined analysis of sample values of at least two of the parameters, combine the first and second sets of data to obtain a third set of data representative of the physiological state of the animal, store the first, second and third sets of data in the database, and compare the third set of data with a pattern in measured parameters in order to observe and predict the physiological state of an animal.