Patent ID: 7370606

Claim:
An arrangement for managing a herd of domesticated animals which comprises an animal identification system, at least one feeding trough which is disposed and dimensioned so it can only feed one of said animals at a time, said feeding trough including closure means for selectively precluding said animals from consuming feed therefrom, a central unit provided with a computer having a memory, hierarchy order determining means for determining data as to the status of each said animal in said herd, said hierarchy order determining means supplying said data so determined to said memory, said memory storing said data, said data supplied by said hierarchy order determining means being continuously updated in said memory that stores said data, said memory containing said data for each animal of the herd relating to the status of each said animal in the hierarchy order of the herd, said data being utilized to aid in the management of the accessibility of each animal of said herd to said feeding trough.