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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Parimal G. Rajkondawar, Madison, WI (US);
Roger K. Erdman, Janesville, WI (US);
David A. Johnson, McFarland, WI (US);
William S. Nelson, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Paul D. Thompson, Madison, WI (US);
Parimal G. Rajkondawar, Madison, WI (US);
Roger K. Erdman, Janesville, WI (US);
David A. Johnson, McFarland, WI (US);
William S. Nelson, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Paul D. Thompson, Madison, WI (US);
Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
In certain embodiments, a method includes storing location information associated with a dairy livestock. The stored location information includes a location of the dairy livestock within a free stall pen at each of a plurality of times during a time period. The method further includes determining, based on at least a portion of the stored location information, one or more movement parameters associated with the dairy livestock. The method further includes determining, based on the one or more movement parameters associated with the dairy livestock, whether the dairy livestock is likely unhealthy.