Patent ID: 7676346

Claim:
A system for selecting a point in time for providing a sample from 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 analyzing the at least one sample, so as to obtain at least one sample value of at least one parameter of the body fluid, a data interface for repetitively entering the sample value of the at least one parameter in the database, wherein the database is adapted to store multiple database entries representing the sample value of the at least one parameter at various points in time, and wherein the processor is programmed to: perform at least one mathematical analysis of the at least one sample value, and compare the at least one mathematical analysis with a pattern in measured parameters in order to select the point in time for providing a subsequent sample and performing a subsequent analysis of said subsequent sample for at least one of the parameters.