METHOD OF MONITORING THE PHYSICAL CONDITION AND/OR SUITABILITY OF ANIMAL FEED OF RUMINANT ANIMALS
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1. A method of monitoring the physiological condition, and/or suitability of animal feed, of ruminant animals, comprising:
- a. sensing the occurrence of at least one predetermined type of activity of the animal;
b. determining information about a time period of the first type which corresponds with the duration of the at least one predetermined type of activity which is detected in step a.;
c. repeating steps a. and b. for next sensed occurrences of activities of the at least one predetermined type;
d. transmitting the information determined ire steps b.;
characterized in that,the information transmitted in step d is in the format of information blocks of a fixed bit length, each information block comprising a first predetermined number of bits indicating which predetermined type of activity has been detected in step a. and a second predetermined number of bits indicating the information about a time period of the first type as determined in step b. and associated with the sensed occurrence in step a. wherein the second predetermined number of bits cover a time period which is smaller than or equal to a predetermined maximum length in time.
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A method of monitoring the physiological condition, and/or suitability of animal feed, of ruminant animals, comprising:
- a. sensing the occurrence of at least a first predetermined type of activity of the animal;
- b. determining a length of a time period of a first type during which in step a. a sensed first predetermined type of activity has taken place;
- c. transmitting information about the length of a time period of the first type determined in step b. wherein preferably the transmission starts on a moment in time which depends on the moment in time on which the time period of the first type has ended;
- d. repeating steps a.-c. for next sensed occurrences of activities of the first predetermined type.
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1. A method of monitoring the physiological condition, and/or suitability of animal feed, of ruminant animals, comprising:
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a. sensing the occurrence of at least one predetermined type of activity of the animal; b. determining information about a time period of the first type which corresponds with the duration of the at least one predetermined type of activity which is detected in step a.; c. repeating steps a. and b. for next sensed occurrences of activities of the at least one predetermined type; d. transmitting the information determined ire steps b.; characterized in that, the information transmitted in step d is in the format of information blocks of a fixed bit length, each information block comprising a first predetermined number of bits indicating which predetermined type of activity has been detected in step a. and a second predetermined number of bits indicating the information about a time period of the first type as determined in step b. and associated with the sensed occurrence in step a. wherein the second predetermined number of bits cover a time period which is smaller than or equal to a predetermined maximum length in time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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- 17. The system for monitoring the physiological condition, and/or suitability of animal feed, of ruminant animals, comprising at least one sensor for carrying out at least a part of a step a., a first processing means arranged for carrying out at least a part of a step b., a transmitter for carrying out at least a step d. and wherein the system is arranged for repeating in a step c. steps a. and, b. for next sensed occurrences of activities of the at least one predetermined type, wherein step a. comprises sensing the occurrence of the at least one predetermined type of activity of the animal, step b comprises determining by means of the first processing means information about a time period of the first type which corresponds with the duration of the at least one predetermined type of activity which is detected in step a., step d. comprises transmitting the information determined in steps b., wherein, the information transmitted in step d. is in the format of information blocks of a fixed bit length, each information block comprising a first predetermined number of bits indicating which predetermined type of activity has been detected in step a. and a second predetermined number of bits indicating the information about a time period of the first type as determined in step b. and associated with the sensed occurrence in step a. wherein the second predetermined number of bits cover a time period which is smaller than or equal to a predetermined maximum length in time.
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