Estrous Detection Tag

End User/Market: Dairy Farmer

Background:

A dairy farmer's income is derived from the sale of milk produced by a cow, and a cow's yearly milk production is directly related to an optimum breeding program. The practice of manual observation of a cow's behavior to determine optimum breeding time is practical only on farms with a small herd of cows. Manual observation of individual cow behavior is difficult and impractical on frams with a large herd size.

Opportunity:

Develop an automated method of monitoring individual cow behavior to predict optimum breeding time.

Solution:

Develop an electronic estrous detection tag.

Results:

Electronic, self-contained estrous detection tag with passive RFID.Three US patents and numerous foreign patents. Technology licensed to companies worldwide to manufacture, use and sell.

Technologies:

Passive RFID, short range data transmission, digital logic circuits, Z-80 microprocessor, assembly language firmware, LED's, power supply, data logging, Fortran IV data analysis software, schematic capture.