Electronic estrus detection device
First Claim
1. An electronic estrus detection device for determining optimum breeding time in an animal, said electronic estrus detection device comprising:
- a housing for releasable placement on an animal; and
a self-contained electronic means operatively associated with said housing for indicating optimum breeding time in the animal, wherein said self-contained electronic means detects and processes information related to number, duration, and frequency of mounts on said animal, and wherein said electronic means electronically compares detected and processed information on the animal to a predetermined pre-set threshold for number, duration, and frequency of mounts that indicates optimum breeding time, wherein only when the detected and processed information for said animal exceeds the pre-set threshold will an indication of optimum breeding time be expressed by the electronic means, and wherein the self-contained electronic means continuously detects and processes information to calculate and indicate confirmed estrus, suspect estrus and optimum breeding time.
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Abstract
An electronic device for detecting estrus that may be affixed to the tail-head area of a cow is described. This device permits the accurate determination of optimal breeding time, natural or artificial, based on mounting activity. The device includes a water resistant housing, within which is contained the electronic portion of the device consisting of a controller means, a power means, an activation means, a read data means, and at least one display means; said device determining and subsequently indicating suspected and confirmed estrus based on an algorithm. The invention may be used, for example, with any non-human animal exhibiting standing heats and/or mounting behavior indicative of an estrus cycle for making mounting data determinations related to the estrus cycle and analyzing such data to determine optimal time to breed.
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1. An electronic estrus detection device for determining optimum breeding time in an animal, said electronic estrus detection device comprising:
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a housing for releasable placement on an animal; and a self-contained electronic means operatively associated with said housing for indicating optimum breeding time in the animal, wherein said self-contained electronic means detects and processes information related to number, duration, and frequency of mounts on said animal, and wherein said electronic means electronically compares detected and processed information on the animal to a predetermined pre-set threshold for number, duration, and frequency of mounts that indicates optimum breeding time, wherein only when the detected and processed information for said animal exceeds the pre-set threshold will an indication of optimum breeding time be expressed by the electronic means, and wherein the self-contained electronic means continuously detects and processes information to calculate and indicate confirmed estrus, suspect estrus and optimum breeding time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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