Patent ID: 7927287

Claim:
A method of determining breeding status in animals comprising the steps of: (a) monitoring cyclicity and natural service breeding in animals; (b) providing a first breeding detection apparatus, wherein the first breeding detection apparatus shows a predetermined first color upon progressive exposure of an indicator being indicative of a first breeding event, cyclicity, and activation of the first breeding detection apparatus; (c) affixing the first breeding detection apparatus at a predetermined location on a female animal; (d) monitoring the first breeding detection apparatus for progressive exposure of the indicator and activation thereof; (e) removing the activated breeding detection apparatus from the female animal after progressive exposure of the indicator indicates a first breeding event of the first breeding apparatus; (f) affixing a second breeding detection apparatus to the female animal, which upon progressive exposure of the indicator shows a second color, indicating a second breeding event and activation thereof; (g) exposing the female animal to a male animal for a predetermined period of time; (h) monitoring the female animal with the second breeding detection apparatus for a predetermined period of time, the activation of which by exposure of the indicator showing a second color, indicative of the second breeding event, natural service breeding by the male animal; and (i) further comprising the step of repeating steps (a)-(h) on each individual female animal in a herd of animals including a plurality of female individual animals.