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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2012
Herdx, Inc., San Antonio, TX (US);
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);
Other;
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.