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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Applicant:
The State of Israel, Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization (Aro) (Volcani Center), Rishon-LeZion, IL;
Inventors:
Ilan Halachmi, Kfar-Yehoshua, IL;
Ephraim Maltz, Kiryat-Ono, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/00 (2006.01); A01K 11/00 (2006.01); A01K 5/01 (2006.01); A01K 7/06 (2006.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06Q 50/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/005 (2013.01); A01K 5/01 (2013.01); A01K 7/06 (2013.01); A01K 11/004 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06395 (2013.01); G06Q 50/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for monitoring food intake of livestock animals includes defining a relationship between time an animal spends at a feeding trough and the animals food intake during that time, monitoring the time an animal spends at the feeding trough and determining a quantity of food intake for the animal based on the time spent at the feeding trough and the defined relationship. Optionally, time an animal spends in a feeding position at the feeding trough is monitored and used to determine quantity of food intake.