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Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2011
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:

Technologies Holdings Corp., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61D 17/00 (2006.01); A01K 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 29/005 (2013.01); A61D 17/002 (2013.01);
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.


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