A method of rehabilitating an injured leg of a quadruped. The method can include attaching a strap to the foreleg and hindleg on the same side of the quadruped. The strap causes the un-injured leg to applying a moving force to the injured leg. This force moves the injured leg and requires the quadruped to more fully use the injured leg leading to rehabilitation.

Packages of insects are attached to a carrier cylinder and the cylinder is rotated in a radiation field so that the packaged insects are sterilized. The radiation field is created by a plurality of x-ray tubes mounted above the carrier cylinder. The tubes (and their respective radiation sources) are positioned so that a consistent radiation dosage is delivered at the surface of the cylinder—thereby imparting both a precise and uniform dose of radiation to the insect packages affixed to the surface of the cylinder.

A system is provided to provide triage recommendations for animals. The system accesses a syndrome mapping of syndromes to complaints, each syndrome having a triage category. The system accesses a complaint mapping of complaints to symptoms. Each symptom for a complaint has a weight. The system receives indications of a current complaint and current symptoms of an animal. Each current symptom has a score. The system identifies the triage category based on a syndrome to which the current complaint and the current symptoms apply, factoring in the weights and the scores. The system provides a recommendation for the animal based on the identified triage category.

A system is provided to provide triage recommendations for animals. The system accesses a syndrome mapping of syndromes to complaints, each syndrome having a triage category. The system accesses a complaint mapping of complaints to symptoms. Each symptom for a complaint has a weight. The system receives indications of a current complaint and current symptoms of an animal. Each current symptom has a score. The system identifies the triage category based on a syndrome to which the current complaint and the current symptoms apply, factoring in the weights and the scores. The system provides a recommendation for the animal based on the identified triage category.

Methods and systems for detecting the presence of irregularities in milk, and for assessing a health state of a lactating mammal, are provided. A sample of milk is illuminated with a light beam. Scattering data resulting from an interaction between the light beam and the sample of milk is collected. The scattering data is processed to detect the presence or absence of light scattered at a predetermined angle relative to a normal orientation, for instance to determine at least one characteristic of the sample of milk. Based on the presence or absence of light, the presence of irregularities in the sample of milk can be determined, for instance to assess the health state of the lactating mammal based on the at least one characteristic of the sample of milk.

Methods and systems for detecting the presence of irregularities in milk, and for assessing a health state of a lactating mammal, are provided. A sample of milk is illuminated with a light beam. Scattering data resulting from an interaction between the light beam and the sample of milk is collected. The scattering data is processed to detect the presence or absence of light scattered at a predetermined angle relative to a normal orientation, for instance to determine at least one characteristic of the sample of milk. Based on the presence or absence of light, the presence of irregularities in the sample of milk can be determined, for instance to assess the health state of the lactating mammal based on the at least one characteristic of the sample of milk.

Sets of bacterial features were identified in the nostrils, nasopharynx, and lungs of cows that can be used to predict the likelihood that a cow will develop bovine respiratory disease (BRD) or to diagnose BRD. The present invention provides methods and kits for selecting cows to treat for BRD based on the levels of these biomarkers in the respiratory microbiome. Using these methods and kits, producers may selectively treat cows deemed to be at risk for BRD, saving money and decreasing antibiotic use.

Sets of bacterial features were identified in the nostrils, nasopharynx, and lungs of cows that can be used to predict the likelihood that a cow will develop bovine respiratory disease (BRD) or to diagnose BRD. The present invention provides methods and kits for selecting cows to treat for BRD based on the levels of these biomarkers in the respiratory microbiome. Using these methods and kits, producers may selectively treat cows deemed to be at risk for BRD, saving money and decreasing antibiotic use.

Some embodiments of an inhalation exposure system can deliver a gas, such as an aerosol, to a set of exposure chambers in a controlled manner and can monitor one or more characteristics of the gas at a variety of aerosol delivery rates for output to a user interface. In some implementations, the improved user interface of the system may alert the user to a fitting range of aerosol delivery rates.

Some embodiments of an inhalation exposure system can deliver a gas, such as an aerosol, to a set of exposure chambers in a controlled manner and can monitor one or more characteristics of the gas at a variety of aerosol delivery rates for output to a user interface. In some implementations, the improved user interface of the system may alert the user to a fitting range of aerosol delivery rates.