624 results about "Animal health" patented technology

This invention relates to a method, system and apparatus for the management of comprehensive and cumulative genetic and health assessment databases in relation to animals worldwide. More specifically, the invention is directed to methods and systems that are used to determine animal health care, well-being and nutrition.

Systems, methods, and computer code products for monitoring the behavior, health, and / or characteristics of an animal are disclosed herein. In one implementation, the animal is positioned inside a waste container placed on a system that is adapted to determine, record and communicate over a network various animal health parameters. These parameters can be processed to determine trends, statistics and changes of animal physiological functions. The results can be used to access animal health conditions and issue warnings, alarms, messages, and other notifications to designated caretakers. These notifications may be displayed using various means such as computers and / or mobile devices. Data retrieval and review capability can provide improved understanding of an animal's health conditions and facilitate early illness detection.

A highly automated non-confining system to continuously, or at selected time intervals identify, measure, monitor and manage the consumption behavior, substance intake, body weight and growth of individual animals in their usual production environment including range, pasture, feedlot, dairy and farm without disruption to typical behaviors in order to determine, analyze, model and predict a variety of conditions relating to animal health, productivity, efficiency and quality. A transmitter generally attached to the animal identifies the individual animal by a unique individual code. A weighing device measures animal weight while an animal is consuming substances. An antenna receives the unique signal from the transmitter and a transmitting and receiving device sends acquired signals to a computer and receives instructions from a computer. A computer acquires signals and modification factors incorporated in the computer generate an event or interval measurement of an animal's weight and gain, growth rate and substance consumption, and the animal behavior affecting the measurement. A visual identification mechanism marks cattle that the computer system has determined require intervention. The system models and predicts animal health and growth, performance, carcass characteristics, feed utilization, manure and methane output.

The present invention comprises the discovery and development of an effective cryoprotectant composition, without containing skim milk or any other animal-derived compounds, to achieve long-term stability of freeze-dried lactic acid bacteria (LAB), at different temperatures, whereby the retention of viability of the freeze-dried LAB after 6 months of storage, preferably after 9 months of storage, more preferably after 12 months of storage is more than 50%. The invention is in the field of producing freeze dried bacteria, in particular Lactic acid bacteria. More in particular, the invention relates to the use of a novel combination of cryoprotectants for increasing the viability of bacteria after freeze drying, improving the texture of the lyofilized cake for easy grinding and improving the long term stability of the freeze dried bacteria at different temperature conditions. The invention further relates to such freeze dried bacteria for use in food industry or in human or animal health applications. More in particular, the invention relates to the increased viability and long-term storage of recombinant bacteria capable of expressing heterologous proteins or peptides and administered to humans or animals for therapeutic or vaccination purposes.

The present invention provides a bolus for introducing into a ruminant animal's reticulum, comprising at least one pressure sensor (e.g. acoustic sensor and pressure transducer) configured and operable for receiving an overall pressure signal emanated by two or more signal sources in its surroundings and outputting a data stream indicative thereof; a processing utility for receiving and processing the data stream indicative of the overall pressure signal to isolate therefrom signal components from two or more defined sources and outputting one or more values indicative of a health condition of the animal; and a communication utility for receiving said one or more values and transmitting a signal corresponding thereto. The invention also provides a method for monitoring health condition of a ruminant animal and a system therefore, making use of the bolus of the invention.

A technology for intensifying the fermentation depth of bean dregs by use of composite enzyme to obtain a vegetative protein forage includes such steps as sequentially adding the water at 30-45 deg.C, activated composite enzyme, and the Bacillus subtilis, lactic ferment, yeast, or their mixture, stirring, and fermenting at 30-50 deg.C for 48-84 hr until its pH=4.5-5.5.

The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for preparing nutrition, health, and / or wellness recommendations for an animal. The systems and methods involve collecting data from the animal, analyzing the data, and providing the nutrition, health, and / or wellness recommendation based upon the analyzed data.

A dual-effect microbial feed additive for ruminant is prepared through pulverizing corn, steaming, liquefying, saccharified, inoculating lactobacillus acidophilus and saccharomyce cerevisiae, fermenting to obtain living bacterium preparation, culturing bacillus subtilis, aspergillus oryzae and aspergillus niger in the culture medium prepared from corn, bran and soybean dregs, fermenting to obtain composite enzyme preparation, and proportionally mixing said living bacterium preparation with said composite enzyme preparation. It can promote the growth and health of ruminant and increase the utilization rate of feed.

A highly automated non-confining system to continuously, or at selected time intervals identify, measure, monitor and manage the consumption behavior, substance intake, body weight and growth of individual animals in their usual production environment including range, pasture, feedlot, dairy and farm without disruption to typical behaviors in order to determine, analyze, model and predict a variety of conditions relating to animal health, productivity, efficiency and quality. A transmitter generally attached to the animal identifies the individual animal by a unique individual code. A weighing device measures animal weight while an animal is consuming substances. An antenna receives the unique signal from the transmitter and a transmitting and receiving device sends acquired signals to a computer and receives instructions from a computer. A computer acquires signals and modification factors incorporated in the computer generate an event or interval measurement of an animal's weight and gain, growth rate and substance consumption, and the animal behavior affecting the measurement. A visual identification mechanism marks cattle that the computer system has determined require intervention. The system models and predicts animal health and growth, performance, carcass characteristics, feed utilization, manure and methane output.

Systems, methods, and computer code products for monitoring the behavior, health, and / or characteristics of an animal are disclosed herein. In one implementation, the animal is positioned inside a waste container placed on a system that is adapted to determine, record and communicate over a network various animal health parameters. These parameters can be processed to determine trends, statistics and changes of animal physiological functions. The results can be used to access animal health conditions and issue warnings, alarms, messages, and other notifications to designated caretakers. These notifications may be displayed using various means such as computers and / or mobile devices. Data retrieval and review capability can provide improved understanding of an animal's health conditions and facilitate early illness detection.

The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the health of an animal comprising administering to the animal a composition comprising Bacillus subtilis QST 713 or a mutant thereof.

A system, method, and apparatus is provided for computerized management of the databases relating to phenotypic health assessment and genomic mapping and genetic screening of animals. Multiple remote users can access a computer network connected with a central database processing resource for managing the data There is appropriate security and payment of appropriate fees for accessing and retrieving data Users may input data relating to animal health, lifespan, and genetic background, and obtain reports relating to phenotypic health assessment of a particular animal subject or animal group, and genotypic characteristics of a particular subject or animal group to which this subject belongs. The central computer database processing resource stores phenotypic data and genotypic data relating to animals and analyzes their relationship according to predetermined criteria. The input of data and reporting of data is preferably electronic, or through fax or voice communication. The analysis of the health assessment database and genetic database can be automatic and / or in part manually interpreted by experts related to the central database processing resources.

A method and system for monitoring the physiological condition, and / or suitability of animal feed, of ruminant animals, by: sensing actions of the animal indicating a ruminating activity; and accumulating the time of the ruminating activities over a predetermined time period to provide an indication of the physiological condition of the animal, and / or of desirable changes in its feed for maximizing milk production and / or for maintaining animal health. In one described preferred embodiment, the sensed actions of the animal are chewing actions produced by the animal while chewing animal feed according to a predetermined chewing rhythm indicating a ruminating activity as distinguished from an eating activity. In a second described embodiment, the sensed actions of the animal are regurgitations of a bolus from the animal's rumen to the animal's mouth sensed by a collar around the animal's neck.

A collar with an ultra-wideband radar is described. A housing contains sensor electronics and the transmit and receive antennas are located separate from the housing around the circumference of the collar. A first example of the collar includes a first transmit antenna and a first receive antenna. A second example of the collar adds a second transmit antenna and a second receive antenna.

A monitoring device for monitoring the well-being of animals, the monitoring device including a carrier arrangement which can be attached to an animal and which has at least one sensor for sensing a vital function of an animal wearing the carrier arrangement. In the event of a deviation of an actual state from a target state of the animal that leaves a tolerance range, an output signal signaling the deviation is outputted by an output unit.

The present invention relates to improved chemical additives for use in hydraulic fracturing fluids for the recovery of oil or natural gas entrained in deep-layer shale formations. Many chemical agents currently in use in such water / sand (or other proppants) mixtures could pose human and animal health risks if these chemicals migrate from the shale beds into the environment contaminating the water table, rivers, streams and lakes. The fracturing fluid chemical additives of this invention are designed to be retained or anchored in or near the deep shale layers and are prevented, or greatly delayed from upward migration. Specifically, many chemical additives required for proper fracturing fluid performance can be chemically bonded to inert particulate materials before incorporation into said fluids. The fracturing fluid chemical additives are able to perform their function in the shale fracturing process, and then become nearly permanently trapped in the shale layers protecting the environment above.

The present invention provides combinations of dietary supplements and methods of using of these combinations to improve the health and production performance of animals. In particular, the combinations of the invention comprise antioxidants, trace minerals, organic acids, essential amino acids, and mixtures thereof.

The invention provides a real-time method and computer-implemented system of monitoring animal health comprising sensing at least one physical characteristic by means of an active physical sensor attached to the animal, and sensing at least one activity of the animal by means of an activity sensor attached to the animal; positioning an active activity signal generator in the environment, such that the activity signal generator is associated with an activity, gathering physical characteristic data and activity data, and wirelessly transmitting all such data to a network receiver / converter, in real-time; converting all such data if necessary, and transmitting all such data over a computer network to one or more users, in real-time.

The invention provides health-care food for beautifying and brightening hair of a dog, belonging to the field of animal health-care products. The health-care food formula comprises the following components by weight based on 1kg: 10-30g of deep sea fish oil, 10-30g of linseed oil, 5-20g of poppyseed oil, 10-30g of perilla oil, 10-30g of grape seed oil, 10-30g of lecithin, 5-20g of chelate iron, 1-10g of chelate manganese, 5-20g of chelate zinc, 1-5g of chelate copper, 0.05-0.2g of yeast selenium, 150-250g of methionine, 50-150g of lysine, 1-4g of vitamin E, 0.05-0.2g of vitamin D, 0.5-2g of vitamin A, 0.05-0.2g of vitamin B1, 0.1-0.4g of vitamin B2, 0.05-0.2g of vitamin B6, 0.05-0.4g of vitamin B12, 0.05-0.2g of biotin, 0.1-0.4g of nicotinic acid, 1-5g of bacillus, 1-5g of yeast, 120-180gof chicken liver powder, 50-80g of Rosmarinus officinalis and the balance of yeast powder. The components are made into a tablet with the specification of 0.7-0.9g according to a regular tabletting process, and the water content is less than 10%. The health-care food provided by the invention has the advantages of high titer and strong stability and is capable of improving the fur health of the dog, protecting hair follicles and hair shafts against damage, enabling the hair to be smooth and soft, reducing hair slip, promoting regeneration of furs, improving immunity comprehensively and ensuring the dog in a healthy and vital state.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a microbial fertilizer, a nutrient solution, a fodder and a pesticide and for fermentation bed cultivation by utilizing indigenous microorganism probiotics. The microorganism probiotics are formed by fermenting eight pure natural materials, including indigenous bacteria, green juice, fresh fish amino acid, enzyme alcohol, Chinese prescription nutrient solution, lactic acid bacteria, natural calcium and water-soluble calcium phosphate potassium; the microorganism probiotics contain the mixed flock of various beneficial bacteria, such as, lactic acid bacteria, photosynthetic bacteria, bacillus and yeast; the fertilizer can be used for fertilizing and loosening soil; the agricultural products are free from residue, taste nice and are high in yield; the fodder can be used for guaranteeing no residue on the cultured animal meat product; the meat is tender and free from smell; after the microorganism nutrient solution is used, the microorganism pesticide can prevent and treat insect diseases; the chemical pesticide and the fertilizer residue can be eliminated and decomposed; when the fermentation bed is used for culturing, the excrement cleaning is not required; the animal excrement is decomposed by the fermented padding while beneficial mycoprotein is formed; the fodder can be eaten by the animals; the microbial fertilizer is odorless, zero-emission, environment-friendly, pollution-free to environment and beneficial to the health of human and animals.

An animal monitoring device. In particular, the monitoring device is capable of not only identifying the animal and keeping track of its movement, but it may also be capable of monitoring ketone emissions and / or other vital health indicators of the animal. By tracking these measurements, it is possible to provide a unique indication of the health of the animal. Through data logging hardware, this device would be able log these clinical health indicators for a sufficient period of time in a non-invasive manner.

Methods for promoting health or wellness, regulating food intake, and increasing nitrogen retention in an adult animal by feeding the animal a food containing lysine in an amount of at least about 3% by weight of total protein. Also, kits containing lysine and a food suitable for consumption in separate packages and instructions for how to combine the lysine and food are provided.

An expandable livestock facility equipment network over which data is received from various automated pieces of equipment or monitors, and utilized by a control unit to provide an overall indication of the status of the livestock facility, including feed supply management, animal health conditions, and equipment operational conditions.

The invention discloses a method for biodegrading mycotoxin in feed by using a mycotoxin degrading enzyme, and belongs to the field of feed resources. The method comprises the following steps: directly mixing degrading complex enzyme of aflatoxin, zearalenone and deoxynivalenol with moldy feed raw materials, concentrated feed or complete feed; and detoxifying the feed polluted by the mycotoxin to ensure that the degradation rate of the mycotoxin reaches over 80 percent. The method can effectively remove the mycotoxin from the feed, improves animal health and animal production performance, and can effectively solve the problem of feed resource shortage in China.

An improved method and apparatus is disclosed for producing a stable, non-toxic, antimicrobial electrolyzed saline solution with a broad range of anti-infective and therapeutic applications. The resulting solution is balanced to normal and hypertonic saline and has been shown to exhibit remarkable antimicrobial, antiviral and therapeutic characteristics. The nature of this solution makes it suitable for applications in food safety, animal health, agriculture and sterilization. The solution also exhibits a marked lack of toxicity upon intravenous, aspired, oral or topical application in mammals. The therapeutic applications represent a broad platform, possibly covering a variety of potential areas of use, including topical disinfection, antimicrobial application, wound treatment, oxidative stress reduction and enhancement of immune function to better detect malfunctioning cells.

A dietary supplement system including three general components is provided. The first component is the fatty acid component and this includes sunflower seeds (containing omega 6 fatty acids), flax seed (containing omega 3 fatty acids) and powdered oils (containing omega 3 or omega 6 fatty acids and generally produced from sunflower oils). The weight ratio of omega 6 fatty acids to omega 3 fatty acids is 10:1 to 1:1, with 10:1 to 5:1 being preferred for normal animals and 2:1 to 1:1 being preferred for animals which have fatty acid responsive conditions. The second component is the GI component, which is used for facilitating animal gut health. This component includes prebiotics, probiotics and immunoglobulin (typically from albumin concentrate). The third component is the breed specific component and can include vitamins, minerals, additional fatty acids, antioxidants, amino acids, palatants, and nutraceutical additives.

The invention encompasses compositions and methods for improving animal health and in certain embodiments to compositions and methods for improving hepatic and immune function in aged felines.

The invention discloses an animal health care probiotics leavening capable of improving meat quality and application thereof. The leavening includes a component A, a component B and a component C, and a live bacteria proportion in the component A, component B and component C is 1: (0.2-5) : (0.1-5); the component A is a composition of one or two from plant lactobacillus and manure enterococcus faecalis; the component B is composition of one or two from lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidobacterium; and the component C is saccharomyces cerevisiae. The leavening of the invention can be utilizedto prepare probiotics bacteria liquid and fermented feed for animal culture in order to increase meat quality of culture animals. The technical method of the invention is capable of improving meat quality, simple and practical.