Patent ID: 8677941

Claim:
A system for detecting a health condition of a group of livestock comprising: a sensor that measures a vitality parameter value for a group of sentinels, said group of sentinels comprising a statistically significant sample of the group of livestock; a processor that: assesses a health status of said group of sentinels based on said vitality parameter value; tracks and records a record of said health status over time; and detects the health condition of the group of livestock based on said record, and a data storage unit that stores a datum related to at least one item selected from the group consisting of an output of said sensor, said vitality parameter value, said health status, said record and said health condition; wherein said processor further identifies one or more individuals from said of sentinels, and wherein said sensor further measures a respective individual value of said vitality parameter value for each of said one or more individuals; wherein said one or more individuals include at least one animal selected from the group consisting of poultry in a poultry house and fish in a fishpond.