Inventors:
Laird W Laurence - Fredericksburg TX, US
James Derwin King - San Antonio TX, US
James C Lyman - Pipe Creek TX, US
Jack C Laurence - San Antonio TX, US
Michael R Williams - Fredericksburg TX, US
Allen Nance - Fredericksburg TX, US
Ronald B Hicks - Boerne TX, US
Assignee:
Herdx, Inc. - San Antonio TX
International Classification:
A01K 1/00, A01K 11/00, A01K 29/00, G08B 23/00, A61B 5/00
US Classification:
600549, 119 5102, 119840, 119843, 3405733
Abstract:
A system and method for managing a herd of animals possibly requiring medical treatment, such as cows in a feedlot. The animals are herded individually into a chute, where identification data is collected from a tag, and core temperature data is collected using a special non-contacting core temperature sensor. The animal is tagged with a color coded tag representing a range of temperatures into which that animal's temperature falls. The animal is then delivered to a pen corresponding to that range of temperatures, where appropriate medicinal treatment is automatically dosed and applied to the animal.