A stand-alone chamber or multi-chamber inhalation system has at least two alternative vaporized test liquid supply systems for passive or self-administered delivery of vaporized test fluid and air to one or more test chambers, which can be passive or restraint chambers, based on operator selection of delivery on and off times in a passive mode or actuation of an actuator in the chamber by a test animal in a self-administered mode. In one case, a multiple inhalation chamber system has two or more separate test fluid delivery systems and provides options for selective passive uniform drug delivery to multiple chambers or selective delivery of two or more different drugs to different groups of chambers from different delivery systems so that two different drugs or different concentrations of delivered drugs can be tested simultaneously.

A computing system comprising one or more computing devices can obtain one or more images of an animal. The computing system can determine, using at least one of one or more machine-learned models, a plurality of joint positions associated with the animal based on the one or more images. The computing system can determine a body model for the animal. The computing system can estimate a body pose for the animal based on the one or more images, the plurality of joint positions, and the determined body model.

Systems and methods for facilitating communication with animals. Interacting with a display that presents touchable buttons in manners that are suitable for animals, animals can be trained to use touch gestures to produce speech. Various embodiments add to convenience and ease for designated animal users, offer guidance and flexibility for human users who train or communicate with the animal users, and provide a rich potential for customization and improvements.

To provide a management apparatus capable of capturing a position of a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition. A management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a control unit. The control unit extracts, on the basis of first information that is generated by a sensor device worn by an individual and is related to a living body of the individual, a specific individual satisfying a predetermined condition, and generates, on the basis of position information related to a position of the specific individual, search information for causing a mobile object to move to the position of the specific individual.

An electrode support includes a first reference electrode and a second electrode, the electrodes being electrically insulated from each other and able to measure two electric potentials at the surface of a haired animal body, the electrode support further including an electronic module including at least one memory, a calculator and a first electric interface to receive electric signals acquired from each electrode for recording a cardiac activity of the haired animal, the electrodes each including a one-piece structure formed of a polymer material in which conductive elements are distributed, the structure including a base and a plurality of projections able to go through a coat.

A treadmill may include two separate left and right belts rotating around two sets of rollers, four legs having an adjustable height via air suspension to customize an inclination of the treadmill, a thermoelectric assembly, a fragrance assembly having a rotating fragrance cartridge to emit various smells toward a user of the treadmill, a display on which exercise programs are played, and an attachment module having a dispensing tray on which treats are dispensed. A handle of the treadmill may have a sensor to sense a height and front-rear position, and a belt divider provided between the left and right belts may have position or proximity sensors to sense a left-right position. An inclination of the treadmill may be automatically adjusted according to positions detected by the sensors, and the fragrance assembly, attachment module, and inclination may be automatically operated in accordance with an exercise program played on the display.

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved control system (10) for adapting a light recipe in a growing cycle of at least one boar (40), so as to delay sexual maturation of said at least one boar, which at least alleviates the problems and disadvantages related to boar taint. Thereto, the invention provides a control system for adapting a light recipe (21) in a growing cycle of at least one boar to delay sexual maturation of said at least one boar, wherein the control system comprises a controller (11) configured to: control a lighting device (20) to illuminate the at least one boar with said light recipe; obtain a first signal indicative of a sexual maturation level of the at least one boar; control, upon determining that the sexual maturity level of the at least one boar exceeds a predefined sexual maturity level, the lighting device to adapt said light recipe by (i) increasing a blue content of a spectrum of said light recipe, (ii) increasing a length of a photo-period of said light recipe, and/or (iii) increasing a light intensity of said light recipe.

An electronic ear tag [1] for use in the monitoring or management of livestock has a mass of 32 grams or less. The tag has a polycarbonate housing [3] made with front and rear portions [9] and [11] which are ultrasonically welded together, and has a short neck [7] and a prong [15] for attachment to the ear of an animal. A PCB [40] in the housing includes a microprocessor, a GNSS module and a LoRa transceiver and antenna. A gateway [103] for communication with the ear tag {1] and with the telephone network is also disclosed, as is an animal monitoring and/or management system which uses the ear tag [1] and the gateway [103].

The present invention refers to a system of environmental data collection, monitoring and behavioral analysis of animals on pasture, in a georeferenced environment using agrometeorological sensors, with the objective of spreading precision farming. The data generated is collected over a wireless network and stored in a database. The system is capable of analyzing the data of the various sensors to generate information on the cattle's behavior, and can also correlate them with environmental characteristics and data of the management area.

A sound collecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a sound collecting part that detects sound in a body of an animal, a sound absorbing member that is provided on the sound collecting part, and a contact member that is provided on the sound absorbing member such that the contact member contacts a body surface of the animal, wherein the sound collecting part includes a housing, an opening causing the inside of the housing to be in communication with the outside of the housing on a surface of the housing proximate to the sound absorbing member, and a sound collecting element provided inside the housing for detecting the sound, wherein the sound absorbing member covers the opening of the housing, and protrudes toward the inside of the housing.