Animal feed activity collection apparatuses, methods and systems

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10772293
APP PUB NO 20170318779A1
SERIAL NO

15148709

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Systems and methods provide automated data collection of feed behavior and intake for animals in confinement where the animal ingests feed from a feed station that includes a first and second feed container each of which holds a feed that is freely accessible to the animal, and a respective first and second weight sensor each of which senses a change in weight of the respective feed in the container. A processor is configured to transmit instructions to cause it to receive from the weight sensors, a plurality signals indicative of a change in weight in the first and second feed containers. The processor records a reduction in weight sensed by the first or the second sensor as consumption of the respective feed, and records a change in weight sensed by the first or the second sensor as feeding activity at the respective feed container.

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  • PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC

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Caldwell, Mark Labadie, US 8 91
Gordon, Mary Beth Wappingers Falls, US 2 1
Jerina, Michael Eureka, US 3 4
Schmidt, Douglas Union, US 17 463

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