A highly automated system to identify, measure, manage and control individual animals in grazing environments to monitor, analyze, model, predict, promote, optimize, and mitigate a variety of conditions and interactions relating to the grazing environment and an animal's health, welfare, performance, productivity, efficiency, quality, economic and genetic value. The system having a transmitters that identify individual animals. A weighing device that weighs the animal while the animal consumes substances and a dispensing device that controls substance provision to individual animals. A computer considers a number of factors in generating control signals sent to the system to dispense a prescribed amount of mineral, vitamin, medicinal or supplement compound to an individual animal. The system models, predicts and estimates a number of conditions related to the animal and its grazing environment that improve animal welfare, increases production, and preserves and conserves resources.

A delivery device includes a collar device for wearing on an animal, a dosing probe disposed on the collar device for delivering a substance therefrom, an actuator configured to deliver the substance from the dosing probe through an opening formed in the dosing probe, a controller in communication with the actuator and configured to control delivery of the substance from the dosing probe, and a sensor in communication with the controller and configured to sense that the collar device is touching fur or skin of the animal and the dosing probe is directed towards fur or skin of the animal.

Disclosed is an applicator of a treatment for an animal, the applicator including a chamber including the treatment to be applied; means movable in the chamber to eject the treatment outside the chamber towards the animal, the movable means being preferably a piston; actuating means to actuate the movable means, the actuating means being preferably a handle. A control module is coupled to the chamber outside thereof, including a processor; a sensor unit in the control module is adapted to measure a length (L) of movement of the movable means in the chamber. The movable means are actuated through the actuating means before releasing; wireless communication means in the control module communicate with an external device. The wireless communication means are configured to transmit to the external device information concerning or suitable for determining a quantity of said treatment ejected outside the chamber.

Autonomously administering a pharmaceutical agent to an animal. A tag assembly is affixed to an animal. The tag assembly may be an ear tag, although other configurations can be used. The tag assembly has a reservoir that houses a pharmaceutical agent. An actuator and an application mechanism are provided. A control signal is generated responsive to an input, which may be from a sensor associated with the tag assembly or may be from an external circuit located apart from the tag assembly. Receipt of the control signal causes the actuator to apply a force to the reservoir, which in turn induces a flow of the pharmaceutical agent, via the application mechanism, to a body of the animal. The pharmaceutical agent may be topically or intravenously applied. The pharmaceutical may be an insecticide or some other agent. Multiple reservoirs can be provided to dispense the same or different pharmaceutical agents.

A system that incorporates spraying logic onto a sensor mat to detect and apply various liquids onto the feet of an animal. Each sensor in the sensor mat actuates at least one predetermined spray nozzle application of the medicinal fluid. The system is designed so that each hoof triggers at least two sensors, with each sensor activating at least one spray nozzle. All of the electronic components are located away from the mat and a controller control spraying and timing. Stop bars prevent the mat from compressing beyond a predetermined distance to prevent sensor failure. The sensors have a triple moisture prevention configuration.

Provided is a livestock body protective material that includes (A) an emulsion obtained by dispersing a rubber-based macromolecule serving as a dispersoid in a dispersion medium including water as the main component, and (B) a coagulant blended according to need, and that is used to form a protective film for protecting a livestock's sick/injured area.

A method for preventing mastitis in lactating livestock includes forming a teat pack for the lactating livestock by adhering one of (i) a base comprising at least (A) a polymer latex and (ii) a secondary agent comprising at least (B) a coagulant to a teat of the lactating livestock, and subsequently adhering the other to the teat.

A device for immobilizing, grooming, and rehabilitating animals comprising: a beam, leg set assembly, crossbeam, suspension strap set, suspension strap clasps at the end of each suspension strap, cranking mechanism, hooking bar, and harness. The cranking mechanism comprises a lockable crank attaching to the first angle bracket, a pulley attaching to the beam at the beam midpoint, a hoist line, comprising a line and a first and second line end running through the pulley and connecting to the crank at the first line end, and a hoist hook attaching to the hoist line at the second line end.

An animal cleaning system removably connected to at least a portion of a pet door, the animal cleaning system including at least one main body to extend from a top portion of the pet door to a bottom portion of the pet door, a tubular spring shell disposed on at least a portion of the at least one main body to spring bias the at least one main body to remain draped over the pet door, and a shell cover disposed on at least a portion of the tubular spring shell to clean the animal moving through the pet door in response to contact with a portion of a body of the animal.

A method of constructing a pet nail clipper is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises: receiving a disposable receptacle filled with a styptic substance; and coupling a sidewall of the disposable receptacle to an inside edge of an opening in a bracket extending from the pet nail clipper; wherein the receptacle is comprised of a cup and a lid and the lid is made with a rubber or silicone and has an entrance into an interior of the receptacle.