Animal detection systems
First Claim
1. A detection tag for detecting of a reproductive status of animals, the detection tag comprising:
- a first surface configured to be fixed to a hide of an animal;
a second and opposite surface including an abradable material;
a first electronic signal transmitter configured to transmit a first electronic signal;
a second electronic signal transmitter spaced apart from the first electronic signal transmitter and configured to transmit a second electronic signal, the first and second electronic signals having delectably different characteristics; and
a signal shield shielding one of the first or second electronic signal transmitted by the first or second signal transmitters such that only the electronic signal from the other first or second electronic signal transmitters is transmitted from the detection tag;
the detection tag being configured such that removal of some or all of the abradable material damages or removes the signal shield such that the electronic signal produced by said one of the first and second electronic signal transmitters is no longer shielded and the electronic signal from both the first and second electronic signal transmitters are transmitted from the tag.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a detection tag for the detection of the reproductive status of animals. The detection tag includes two signal transmitters, one of which is activated when the animal is mounted by another animal and the other of which is always on. It can therefore be determined whether the tag is activated or missing. A detection tag in one embodiment comprises a first surface affixable to the hide of an animal, a second and opposite surface including abradable material, first and second electronic signal transmission means configured to transmit first and second electronic signals having detectably different characteristics, the detection tag being configured such that removal of some or all of the abradable material alters the ability of the detection tag to transmit the first signal or alters a characteristic of the first signal.
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11 Claims
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1. A detection tag for detecting of a reproductive status of animals, the detection tag comprising:
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a first surface configured to be fixed to a hide of an animal; a second and opposite surface including an abradable material; a first electronic signal transmitter configured to transmit a first electronic signal; a second electronic signal transmitter spaced apart from the first electronic signal transmitter and configured to transmit a second electronic signal, the first and second electronic signals having delectably different characteristics; and a signal shield shielding one of the first or second electronic signal transmitted by the first or second signal transmitters such that only the electronic signal from the other first or second electronic signal transmitters is transmitted from the detection tag; the detection tag being configured such that removal of some or all of the abradable material damages or removes the signal shield such that the electronic signal produced by said one of the first and second electronic signal transmitters is no longer shielded and the electronic signal from both the first and second electronic signal transmitters are transmitted from the tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11)
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- 6. A detection tag as claimed in cam 5, wherein the signal shield comprises a conductive circuit and the detection tag is configured such that partial or complete removal of the conductive circuit, or breaking of the conductive circuit, allows the transmission of the first signal.
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