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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Claire Larose, Serent, FR;
Marie Le Toux, Grand Champ, FR;
Isabelle Guiller, Le Tour du Parc, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Specialites Pet Food, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/10 (2006.01); A01K 5/00 (2006.01); A01K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention refers to appetence measurement for animals. In particular, the invention proposes an automated system for measuring the appetence of animals, including a feeding area () and an accommodation area (), wherein the feeding area includes a room () whose dimensions are chosen so that the animal is able to move therein, and the system also includes access control resources (-) that are designed so that the animals can gain access in turn to the room () from the accommodation area.