Determining respiratory or circulatory health condition in animals for improved management
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A61B-005/05
A61B-008/00
A01K-029/00
A01K-037/00
출원번호
US-0965665
(2010-12-10)
등록번호
US-8282557
(2012-10-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Haynes, John T.
Pratt, William C.
출원인 / 주소
MWI Veterinary Supply Co.
대리인 / 주소
Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
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128
초록▼
A method and system for managing at least one animal is disclosed. The method can include imaging, such as ultrasound imaging, a lung of a live animal, such as a ruminant or bovine. The imaging can be performed to determine a degree of respiratory damage from past respiratory illness. After imaging,
A method and system for managing at least one animal is disclosed. The method can include imaging, such as ultrasound imaging, a lung of a live animal, such as a ruminant or bovine. The imaging can be performed to determine a degree of respiratory damage from past respiratory illness. After imaging, information regarding respiratory damage can be used to select at least one aspect of the treatment, care or disposition of the animal. For example, the information can be used to select the amount or type of feed provided to the animal at a feedlot. The information also can be used to select how long the animal should be housed at the feedlot prior to slaughter. If an animal is diagnosed with a respiratory illness, information about its degree of respiratory damage from past respiratory illness also can be used to select the appropriate medical treatment or lack of treatment.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for managing at least one animal, comprising: receiving a live animal at a feedlot;entering into a computer system information relating to the animal, wherein the computer system comprises a feedlot business system (FBS) computer capable of performing accounting functions and passing dat
1. A method for managing at least one animal, comprising: receiving a live animal at a feedlot;entering into a computer system information relating to the animal, wherein the computer system comprises a feedlot business system (FBS) computer capable of performing accounting functions and passing data back and forth between the FBS computer and one or more various computers used in the computer system;measuring the animal at a processing location and entering first measurement characteristic data into the computer system including at least weight;associating the first measurement data with a unique identifier for the animal in the computer system;imaging at least one lung of the animal to produce a first image and determine a degree of respiratory damage in the animal;comparing the first image to at least one other lung image to determine whether the first image indicates active or past disease;assigning the animal a respiratory damage designation corresponding to the animal's degree of respiratory damage;recording the respiratory damage designation in an electronic database;associating the respiratory damage designation with the unique identifier for the animal in the computer system;determining in the computer system, from at least in part the first measurement characteristic data and the respiratory damage designation, a projected condition for the animal; andselecting at least one aspect of treatment, care, and/or disposition of the animal based on the respiratory damage designation and whether the first image indicates active or past disease. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising performing an auditory evaluation of internal tissue characteristics. 3. The method of claim 1 where at least one of the one or more various computers is at a location remote from the FBS computer. 4. The method according to claim 1 where the computer system further comprises a computerized animal drug inventory control and animal health history and drug treatment system, a computerized feed additive delivery system, a computerized bunk reader system, or each and every combination thereof. 5. The method of claim 4 further comprising receiving and storing data from the computerized animal drug inventory control and animal health history and drug treatment system, the computerized feed additive delivery system, the computerized bunk reader system, or each and every combination thereof. 6. The method of claim 5 where the data includes drug usage information, feed ration usage information, feed additive usage information, or each and every combination thereof. 7. The method of claim 5 where the FBS computer is capable of receiving and storing data concerning an amount of feed ration delivered to at least one or more feed pens from the computerized bunk reader system. 8. The method according to claim 4 where the FBS computer further comprises the animal drug inventory control, animal health history and drug treatment system, the feed additive delivery system, the bunk reader system, or a combination of such systems. 9. The method according to claim 4 where each of the FBS computer and the computerized animal drug inventory control, animal health history and drug treatment system, the computerized feed additive delivery system, and the computerized bunk reader system is a separate computer in communication with one another. 10. The method according to claim 4 where the FBS computer records and stores data from the computerized feed additive delivery system and utilizes such information to calculate a cost of production and feed additive costs for the animal. 11. The method according to claim 4 where selecting at least one aspect of treatment, care, and/or disposition of the animal comprises: determining in the computer system for the animal a projected feed intake, a projected gain and an estimated time required to reach the projected condition, from at least in part the first measurement characteristic data, the respiratory damage designation, the projected condition, feed ration information, and if used, growth promotants; anddirecting the animal to a feed pen and there feeding the animal with a sort group of animals for a feeding period. 12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising: measuring and recording at least one physical characteristic of the animal in a subsequent measuring step, including at least a second weight measurement, and matching second measurement data with the animal's unique identifier and with the first measurement data;determining in the computer system performance characteristics for the animal, based at least in part on the first and second measurement data; andre-sorting the animal into one of multiple sort groups of animals based at least in part on the performance characteristics and the respiratory damage designation. 13. The method of claim 12 where the animal is re-sorted into a salvage group and removed from the feedlot. 14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising: administering a feed additive growth promotant to the sort group based at least in part on an estimated time required to reach a projected condition for the sort group;dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into a feed ration by the computerized feed additive delivery system for administering the feed additive growth promotant to the sort group; anddispensing the feed additive growth promotant at a determined time prior to shipment of the sort group from the feedlot for substantially optimizing economic value for the sort group. 15. The method according to claim 14 where the feed additive growth promotant is selected from a group of growth promotants including ionophores. 16. The method according to claim 14 further comprising discontinuing dispensing the feed additive growth promotant into the feed ration for the sort group to provide a withdrawal period for the feed additive growth promotant. 17. The method according to claim 1 where the projected condition includes a projected weight gain and selecting at least one aspect of the treatment, care or disposition of the animal comprises selecting the amount or type of feed provided to the animal. 18. The method of claim 17 where the type of feed is a weight maintenance diet. 19. The method of claim 1, further comprising imaging the animal's lungs at another time during the animal's lifecycle to provide a second lung image. 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising comparing the second lung image to the first lung image. 21. The method of claim 1 where selecting at least one aspect of the care, treatment, or disposition of the animal comprises determining whether or not to treat the animal for a respiratory illness diagnosed after assigning the respiratory damage designation. 22. The method of claim 21 where determining whether to treat the animal comprises determining whether or not to administer a drug to the animal. 23. The method of claim 22, further comprising: administering the drug to the animal; andadjusting the estimated time required to reach the projected condition based upon a drug withdrawal period for the drug prior to selecting the animal for a sort group. 24. The method of claim 1 where selecting at least one aspect of the care, treatment, or disposition of the animal comprises selecting how long the animal should remain at the feedlot prior to slaughter. 25. The method of claim 24 where the animal is sent to slaughter without spending any time at the feedlot. 26. The method of claim 1 where selecting at least one aspect of the care, treatment, or disposition of the animal comprises providing the respiratory damage designation to a buyer to aid the buyer in a decision regarding purchasing the animal. 27. The method of claim 1, further comprising: entering into the computer system location data for the animal for a location or locations occupied by the animal;enabling confidential information to be filtered from data in the computer system, where the confidential information includes at least a previous location identifier; andgenerating a filtered record for the animal that includes the animal's respiratory damage designation, a location identifier for a present location of the animal, and that the animal occupied a previous location without disclosing the previous location identifier. 28. The method of claim 27 further comprising entering into the computer system data for animals commingled from different locations. 29. The method of claim 28 further comprising identifying in the computer system a subsequently identified animal that shared a location with the animal. 30. The method of claim 27, further comprising: requesting a trace report from a data trustee upon discovering the animal has active respiratory disease;generating a trace report that filters confidential information; andidentifying locations of identified animals that have commingled with the animal. 31. The method of claim 30 further comprising implementing a treatment strategy for the identified animals that commingled with the animal with active respiratory disease. 32. The method of claim 31 where the treatment strategy comprises treating the respiratory disease, quarantining the identified animals, slaughtering the identified animals, or a combination thereof.
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