Electronic weighing, identification and subdermal body temperature sensing of range livestock

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6822624

Anderson, D M; Landt, J A; Salazar, P H

Individual animal weights can be obtained manually or automatically in a computer-compatible format with an electronic scale. If an electronic identification, subdermal body temperature sensing unit is interfaced with an electronic scale, the weight, identification, and subdermal body temperature of individually identified animals can be obtained either manually or automatically, and transcriptional and phonetic errors thus eliminated. Electronics can be used at remote locations despite extreme temperatures, dust, and fluctuation in battery power. For research purposes, daily weight fluctuations, watering behavior, and subdermal body temperature can be recorded continuously. When the system becomes commercially available, increased livestock production at a lower cost will be possible.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6822624
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-81-748; CONF-8010174-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

553000* -- Agriculture & Food Technology
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES
ANIMALS
BODY TEMPERATURE
CATTLE
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
DOMESTIC ANIMALS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
MAMMALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
REMOTE SENSING
RUMINANTS
TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT
VERTEBRATES
WEIGHT INDICATORS
WEIGHT MEASUREMENT