A monitoring apparatus (1) for monitoring of a condition state in a quadruped mammal is described, including at least a housing portion (3) comprising a plurality of motion sensors (11) disposed to sense movement in at least two degrees of freedom, a data capture module to capture movement data generated by the motion sensors, wireless transmitter module (17) to transmit captured data to a remotely located hub (21), and a power source (19) to provide electrical power; and an attachment portion (5) to engage the housing in a fixed orientation onto a surface of the body of an animal to be monitored, for example on the torso or neck. A mounting system including such an apparatus and a method of monitoring of a plurality of quadruped mammals to draw inferences in relation to a condition state using such an apparatus are also described.

Disclosed herein is a method for determining a pregnancy state of an animal. The method comprises detecting an amount of one or more biomarkers in a breath sample from the animal, the amount of the or each biomarker being indicative of a pregnancy state of the animal.

The present invention related to a technique for determining the progesterone-associated physiological state of a lactating cow. The technique comprises determining at least one Milk Solid (MS)-related parameter in at least one milk sample from a lactating cow; and determining the progesterone-associated physiological state according to the Milk Solid (MS)-related parameter. Determining the progesterone-associated physiological state may comprise determining the progesterone level of the cow by correlating the MS-related parameter with calibrated data. The MS related parameter may comprise at least one of size, synthesis, composition of a MS, a pattern of progesterone concentration or direction of progesterone concentration, or at least one dielectric parameter of the MS.

A computer-implemented method, a controller, an arrangement, and a milking system, wherein a point in time of an insemination of an animal is received, and a measurement of progesterone level is obtained in an analyte of the animal, and the animal is determined to be non-pregnant when the progesterone level of the obtained measurement is lower than a progesterone threshold limit, where the measurement is made within 11 days from the point in time of the insemination.

The present invention relates to a portable kit for pregnancy detection in livestock using urine sample and its method of use. More specifically, the present invention provides a quick, simple and onsite testing kit for pregnancy estimation in livestock comprising a combination of two solutions acidifying agent and colour developing agent in a vehicle, wherein kit helps to develop a red colour in presence of Abscisic acid (about 10 μg/ml and above) as indication of pregnancy and Yellowish orange colour at lower concentration of Abscisic acid as indication of non-pregnancy. Therefore, a kit provides colour based pregnancy detection in livestock using animal urine which provides ease of testing and immediate results. The portable kit would be particularly useful in field or rural settings where laboratory equipment, chemicals, and refrigerated storage are unavailable.

A method of managing a disease and an apparatus performing the same are provided. The method of managing livestock disease includes receiving biometric information of livestock from a biosensor capsule settled in a body of the livestock, detecting a singular point deviating from a reference value, based on the biometric information, monitoring a health state by increasing a disease probability of the livestock when the singular point is detected, and detecting a disease by determining an abnormality in the health state of the livestock when the disease probability of the livestock is a first threshold value or more. An animal subject suspected of reproductive disorders (ovarian cyst) may be rapidly detected, and intensive care (veterinary examination and hormone prescription) may be provided to the farm, thereby increasing productivity of the farm.

A system for treating livestock may include a ramp for containing dairy livestock and one or more mobile units configured to travel on the ramp, below the dairy livestock, and milk the dairy livestock. A mobile unit may be adapted to travel to a predefined location within a stall, and attach a milking equipment unit to the dairy livestock in the stall. A plurality of mobile units and a central management unit may be configured to dynamically cause at least some of the plurality of mobile units to each perform a portion of a treatment or task.

An AI-based system and method for monitoring health conditions is disclosed. The method includes capturing at real-time a multimedia data of a ROI and identifying location of one or more image capturing devices. The method includes identifying one or more proximal mobile servers in proximity to the ROI, retrieving one or more ROI parameters from a storage unit and determining one or more travel. Furthermore, the method includes establishing a communication session between the one or more image capturing devices and the set of most optimal mobile servers upon, generating a command by analyzing the retrieved one or more ROI parameters, the identified location of the one or more image capturing devices and the determined one or more travel parameters by using a data management-based AI model and performing the one or more operations for monitoring health conditions of one or more animals based on the generated command.

A system for analyzing a condition of an animal, wherein the system includes at least an identification unit (2.1) which is arranged to be worn by an animal, wherein the identification unit includes a first transmitter unit (4), a movement sensor (6), and a control unit (8) which is communicatively connected with the transmitter unit and the movement sensor, wherein the system further includes a receiver unit (8) and a computer (10) which is connected with the receiver unit and wherein the system further includes positioning means for measuring a position of the identification unit, wherein the control unit is arranged for, in use, storing and/or processing electronic information of movements of the animal which have been obtained with the movement sensor. The system is further arranged to feed positions of the identification unit measured with the aid of the positioning means to the computer and/or the control unit, wherein the computer and/or the control unit is arranged to process the electronic information about detected movements and the electronic information about the measured positions in combination for analyzing the condition of the animal.

Apparatus for managing animals such as but not limited to livestock. In some embodiments, a tag assembly is configured for attachment to an outer ear of an animal. The tag assembly has a main body and a shaft that extends through an aperture extending through the outer ear to attach the main body to a facing surface of the outer ear. A primary temperature sensor of the tag assembly is configured to obtain outer ear temperature data indicative of an outer ear temperature of the outer ear. A control circuit is configured to receive the outer ear temperature data via a wireless communication link with the tag assembly. The control circuit determines a health state of the animal in response to a localized change in a magnitude of the outer ear temperature data in relation to a set of ambient temperature data over a selected time interval.