WO2001091640A1 - A method and apparatus for detecting lameness in animals - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a new method and apparatus for detecting lameness in animals and promoting animal well-being.
- the preferred embodiment of this invention is for detecting lameness in four legged animals, such as but not limited to horses, dairy cows, non-dairy cows, pigs, and sheep.
- Dairy production is an important industry in the U.S. and a major branch of agriculture in many countries around the world.
- Cow lameness caused by hoof and leg ailments is a costly problem for the dairy farmer.
- Lameness necessitates medical treatment, reduces milk production, results in decreased body condition, impairs reproduction performance, and adversely impacts the social status of animals.
- Economically, lameness is reported to be the third most costly problem for dairy herds following mastitis and sub-fertility.
- the average cost of lameness is reported to be 412 dollars per incident and the annual incidence rate in the U.S. is fifteen percent.
- the annual economic losses due to lameness is over 570 million dollars for the over nine million U.S. cows. These losses significantly impair dairy farms and harm the entire bovine industry.
- Lameness in dairy herds has been reported to be a critical economic factor and a vital animal-welfare issue for the dairy industry around the world.
- Various lameness evaluation schemes that assess the severity of the ailment, using non-clinical personal, have been suggested. These schemes are based on visual observations of individual cattle. In one scheme, lameness scoring is based on the shape of the cow's back both as the animal stands and as the animal walks. However, although this scheme lends itself to field use, its results are highly subjective and are non-quantitative in nature.
- H value is compared with a previously calculated sound horse model.
- This type of system and index are not available for detecting lameness in dairy cows and they are not as sensitive and versatile as the system described herein.
- the H index relies on leading a horse multiple times across a measuring device under the assumption that the speed of the horse remains constant during all measurements.
- This invention relates to a method and apparatus for detecting lameness in animals and for promoting animal well-being, wherein one or more force places are configured to detect forces generated by an animal and these forces are utilized to determine the soundness of an animal.
- the invention comprises a computer-based diagnostic system to detect and analyze ground reaction forces produced by an animal passing through the diagnostic system, comprising a first plate and a second plate disposed adjacent the first plate.
- a first plurality of load cells is also provided, wherein each of the first plurality of load cells is configured to detect a force applied to the first plate along at least one axis and output at least one signal representative of the detected force.
- a second plurality of load cells is provided, wherein each of the second plurality of load cells is configured to detect a force applied to the second plate along at least one axis and output at least one signal representative of the detected force.
- a processor adapted to execute at least one force analysis instruction set is provided to, in combination with the force analysis instruction set, receive signals output from the first and second plurality of load cells and calculate a magnitude and location of a force applied to each of the first plate and the second plate.
- a length each of the first plate and the second plate is selected to be greater than a distance traversed by the animal at a standard walking gait of the animal so that each limb of the animal contacts a respective one of the first plate and second plate at least once.
- this aspect of the invention permits all measurements to be made during a single pass of the animal through the system thereby ensuring that all measurements are made at a single transversal speed.
- Other aspects of the invention include incorporation of speed sensors to obtain the average or instantaneous speed(s) of an animal through the system.
- the invention comprises a computer-based method for detecting and analyzing ground reaction forces produced by an animal, comprising the steps of guiding an animal to move across an instrumented force-sensing floor comprising a left floor plate, a right floor plate, a plurality of left floor plate load cells configured to ' measure a force applied to the left floor plate and output a force proportioned signal, and a plurality of right floor plate load cells configured to measure a force applied to the right floor plate and output a force proportioned signal; constraining at least one of the animal's lateral body movement and leg movement so that the animal's left limbs contact the left floor plate and the animal's right limbs contact the right floor plate; calculating forces applied to the left floor plate and to the right floor plate by summing the signals output by the left floor plate load cells and right floor plate load cells, respectively; and comparing
- Still another aspect of the invention includes a computer-readable medium bearing instructions enabling a computer having at least one processor to detect and analyze ground reaction forces produced by an animal to determine a physical condition of the animal, the instructions, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to carry out the steps of calculating ground reaction forces produced by the animal by summing the force proportioned signals output by load cells separately measuring loads of each of a left floor plate and a right floor plate and comparing the calculated forces to a range of forces indicative of at least one of a sound animal condition, an indeterminate animal condition, or a lame animal condition.
- Figure 1(a) is a schematic representation of Reaction Force Detection (RFD) system of the present invention showing a partial side view of the RFD system including a step up, force-detecting floor plates, and ramp down.
- RFD Reaction Force Detection
- Figure 1(b) is an isometric view of a force plate used in the present invention and an applied load.
- Figure 1(c) is a top down view of the RFD system including a step up, force- detecting floor plates, and ramp down of the present invention.
- Figures 2(i)-2(iv) are graphs depicting the load cell reactions of the left and right plates plotted as a function of time ((i) and (ii)), the animal's walkthrough speed as measured by a photo cell array (iii), and the animal's body weight calculated by summing the load cell reactions (iv).
- Figures 4(i)-4(vi) are graphs illustrating a typical time history of X ( Figures 4(i) and 4(ii)) and Y ( Figures 4(iii) and 4(iv)) coordinates of the cow's limb positions when passing through the RFD unit. Corresponding ground reaction forces are depicted in Figures 4(v) and 4(vi).
- Figures 5(i)-5(iv) are graphs showing the accuracy of the X and Y coordinates of the limb positions.
- Figures 6(i)-6(iv) are graphs showing the time history of the Y coordinate of a sound cow's limb positions on the left and right plates ( Figures 6(i) and 6(ii), respectively) and the corresponding normalized ground reaction forces (GRF)( Figures 6(iii) and 6(iv), respectively) obtained by dividing the GRF by the animal's body weight.
- GRF normalized ground reaction forces
- Figures 7(i)-7(iv) are graphs showing the time history of the Y coordinate of a lame cow's limb positions on the left and right plates ( Figures 7(i) and 7(ii), respectively) and the corresponding normalized ground reaction forces ( Figures 7(iii) and 7(iv), respectively).
- Figures 8(a)-8(f) are graphs showing the Y-positions of the limbs on the left plate (a) and right plate (b), as well as the distributions of an equivalent GRF for two-limb conditions (c and d) and distributions of equivalent GRF to individual limbs (e and f).
- Figures 9(a)-9(d) are bar charts showing normalized peak ground reaction force (PGRF) for sound cows and for lame cows ( Figures 9(a) and 9(b), respectively) and Symmetry Factors of sound cows and lame cows.
- PGRF peak ground reaction force
- Figure 10 depicts a computer-based system upon which the invention may be implemented.
- Figure 11 illustrates limb movement variables of individual limbs of two sound cows calculated in accord with the apparatus and method of the invention.
- Figure 12 illustrates limb movement variables of individual limbs of two lame cows calculated in accord with the apparatus and method of the invention.
- the Reaction Force Device (RFD) system 100 measures, among many other variables, the weight and forces related to walking gait of animals.
- the RFD system 100 has a walk-through layout configured to guide the animals through the RFD one at a time. As the animal passes through the RFD system, stepping on instrumented plates, the animal's limb reaction forces, weight, bilateral symmetry of limb reaction forces, and other factors may be determined, as discussed below. Once one animal has passed through the RFD system, another animal may then enter the RFD system.
- the RFD system is particularly suited to applications wherein a plurality of animals, such as a herd of cattle, are sequentially enter the system to determine the presence of lameness in any particular individual in the group.
- impediments to animal movement may be provided.
- impediments include an initial step-up 110, side railings 115 (shown only on one of two sides in Figure 1(a)) or side walls that constrain the animal's lateral movement to thereby force the animal to walk over the plate, and a divider 125 the prompts the animal to place its left leg on a left plate 130 and right foot on a right plate 120 or prevents the animal from placing its left leg on a left plate 130 and right foot on a right plate 120.
- the step-up 110 dimensions are 127 cm x 122 cm x 18 cm (width, length and height), although these dimensions may be freely varied to accomplish the intended result.
- the step-up 110 is configured to compel the animals to space themselves and walk through the system one at a time.
- the left and right floor plates 130, 120 are each made of three layers comprising a 3/16" steel floor grating covered with 1/8" sheet steel and a top surface comprising an anti-slip, corrosion-resistant flooring.
- the gratings may be, for example, SGW gratings manufactured by McNichols Corporation of Tampa, Florida and the anti-slip flooring may be 1/8" Chemplate made by Chemgrate Corporation of Woodinville, WA.
- each plate 130, 120 is 63 cm in width and 198 cm in length, as shown in the central portion of Figure 1(a).
- divider 125 is approximately 1 cm in width, yielding the total width of 127 cm.
- a force plate length of between about 300 and 500 cm, although longer force plate lengths could certainly be utilized. It has been determined, however, that if the plate is too small, such as 36 cm x 52 cm, data collection of the ground reaction forces (GRFs) for bovines and animals of like gait becomes increasingly difficult, necessitating multiple passes through the system to obtain GRFs for all limbs.
- GRFs ground reaction forces
- the size and number of the plates may be varied in accord with the invention, such variation must permit measurement of the GRFs for all four of the animals limbs in a single pass of the animal through the RFD. This may be accomplished, for example, by sampling the walking gait or other gait such as a trot or run, of a sample population of the animals and determining the distance traversed by the animals at that gait to a desired statistical significance. In one aspect of the invention, it is preferred to use a length inclusive of at least 3 ⁇ of the distance traversed by the sample population at the desired gait. In another aspect of the invention, the above length is multiplied by a factor such as two, three, or more to obtain multiples of individual limb contact data with the first and second plates 130, 120.
- more than two plates 130, 120 may be used in accord with the invention.
- another set of plates, a second left plate and a second right plate could be provided after the first left plate 130 and first right plate 120.
- a fore force plate and a hind force plate could be provided prior to or subsequent to the initial plates 130, 120 to detect differences in an animal's stance and force distribution between fore limbs and rear limbs.
- Partition or divider 125 projects upwardly from an inner edge of one of the left and right plates 130, 120 or a position between the left and right plates.
- This divider 125 in a preferred aspect of the invention, is a single continuous divider having a width of about 1 cm and a height of between about 0.5 to 1.5 cm. The width and the height may vary in accord with a size of the animal, but is preferred not to exceed a height of about 3 cm. The inventors have determined that barrier 125 heights above 3 cm start to affect the animal's normal cadence, thus potentially reducing the amount of or value of the data obtained.
- the height of barrier 125 may exceed 3 cm if the specific data desired to be obtained is not related to or dependent on the animal's cadence and limb cross-over is itself a concern.
- the divider 125 may comprise a rigid or semi-rigid material, such as a plastic or resilient rubber, and may preferably be rounded at the edges.
- a partition or divider 125 is not required, however, as limb-cross over is uncommon and may be corrected by an additional run of the animal through the RFD or by intervention by the RFD user in the data analysis to back out the values of the left limb and right limb, respectively.
- each plate 130, 120 is supported by an array of four load cells 150 distributed adjacent the four corners of the respective plate 130, 120.
- the invention may comprise more or less load cells 150 distributed in various locations and arrangements above, below, or adjacent the plates 130, 120 in accord with the physical configuration and type (e.g., number of axes) of load cell selected and the desired robustness of data.
- X is positive in a direction toward the outside of the plates
- Y is positive in a direction of the rear or backside of the plates
- Z is positive in an upward direction.
- the position of a force applied to the plates 130, 120 is thus defined through the left and right coordinate systems (X L , Y L and X R , Y R ) shown Figures 1(a) and 1(c).
- a single limb i.e., hoof or foot
- the RFD system 100 calculates the position of that limb.
- the RFD system 100 calculates the position of an equivalent or resultant force, as discussed below.
- a suitable load cell for this arrangement is Model RL35083 produced by Rice Lake Weighing Systems of Rice Lake, Wisconsin. If a greater or lesser number of load cells 150 is desired, correspondingly and respectively decreasing or increasing the Ground Reaction Force (GRF) experienced by any individual load cell 150, alternative load cells may be selected to appropriately maintain the GRFs within the calibrated working ranges of each load cell. For applications involving cows, the inventors have determined that the GRFs are substantially vertical and GRF variations due to lameness, or the onset thereof, are determinable based on differences in these vertical GRFs. Therefore, bovine applications may employ a plurality of single-axis load cells measuring force in only the vertical direction, thus achieving a significant cost reduction over comparable multi-axis system.
- GRF Ground Reaction Force
- the present invention also includes applications utilizing multi-axis load cells such as 2-axis, 3 -axis, and n-axis load cells, where n is any integer, in any number and any combination.
- multi-axis load cells such as 2-axis, 3 -axis, and n-axis load cells, where n is any integer, in any number and any combination.
- n is any integer, in any number and any combination.
- a lesser number of multi-axis load cells 150 could be used in lieu of the four single-axis load cells of the embodiment described above for a bovine application.
- an equal number or greater number of such multi-axis load cells could be used, just as the number of single-axis load cells could be increased, as desired.
- Some embodiments of the present invention could, for example, advantageously utilize one or more load cells 150 per left or right plate 130, 120, wherein the load cell 150 is able to measure three orthogonal force components along the X, Y, and Z axes, as well as the moments about the axes, producing up to six outputs.
- These multi-axis load cells are particularly useful for measuring GRF components of hoof or foot movement in a plurality of axis, but may be also used to reduce the number of load cells required for an RFD, such as an RFD configured for a bovine application, by replacing the 4 single-axis load cells with two 3 -axis load cells for each of the left and right plates 130, 120.
- the load cell 150 specifications and arrangements may be freely varied and optimized to identify ailments endemic to a particular animal type based on the physical manifestation of such ailment on the GRFs produced by the animal's hoof or foot against a load sensitive surface 130, 120.
- the load cells 150 and left and right plates 130, 120 are mounted on a single base.
- the load cell 150 outputs are sampled by an A/D board 950, such as an lotech DaqBook model 200, receiving signals from an external eight channel strain gage module 970, such as an lotech DBK43 A.
- These eight channels are read sequentially through a single channel amplifier 960 and the sampled data is stored in computer memory 906, 910 in a convenient computer readable medium, such as an ASCII file.
- the sampling rate of the A/D board is preferably set to 100 Hz, but may be increased in accord with frequency of the sampled events to provide an appropriate sampling rate, such as a sampling rate greater than the Nyquist rate, as known to those skilled in the art.
- a ramp down 140 is disposed immediately after the left and right plates to permit egress of the animal from the RFD system 100.
- a suitable ramp down possesses a width of 127 cm and a length of 122 cm, although these dimensions may vary significantly in accord with space constraints, if any. Generally, the downgrade is maintained between about 5 to 15° to avoid injury to the animals.
- the ramp 140 preferably comprises the same layered structure as the left and right floor plates 130, 120. Alternatively, some animals, such as horses do not respond well to such ramps, steps, or height differences. Therefore, another embodiment of the invention advantageously incorporates the left and right floor plates 130, 120 into the floor itself so that the upper surface of the floor plates 130, 120 are substantially flush with the remainder of the floor surface.
- a plurality of photocells, and corresponding reflective elements, may be disposed to measure each animals' speed through the RFD system 100.
- three photocells 160 are sequentially arranged along the left or right plates 130, 120 so as to be triggered by the cow's brisket and rear flank as the cow passes though the line of sight of one of the three sequentially spaced photo-cells. Any number of photocells could be used in accord with the invention, however. Additionally, it is generally preferred that the photocells 160 be spaced along the entire length of the plates 130, 120, or may be grouped toward the center or toward one side in accord with the invention.
- the RFD system 100 is calibrated by placing a known or calibrated weight at predetermined (X, Y) positions along each of the left and right plates 130, 120 and recording the voltage produced by the individual load cells 150.
- the weights may be 113.2 kg, 158.6 kg, and 203.8 kg.
- the reaction forces at each of the eight load cells 150 is evaluated, in one preferred aspect of the invention, via one or more finite element models (FEM), known to those skilled in the art, when the unit loads are applied at the left and right calibration points C L and C R .
- FEM finite element models
- Alternative calculation methods known to those skilled in the art may also be used to determine the reaction forces.
- Lines that pass through the zero load conditions and best fit, using conventional best fit techniques, to the three applied known loads establish the loading factors of the eight individual load cells 150.
- the calibration factors of the load cells 150 are calculated as a ratio of the computed applied loads to the individual load cell 150 readings. These factors, listed in Table 1 below, are stored computer 900 for later use by the calibration program. It is preferred that the calibration procedure be performed prior to use of the RFD; however, trending analyses may advantageously be performed to determine the degree of miscalibration over time for a particular application and environment to determine the efficacy of such per-use calibrations.
- load cell 150 reactions to the cow's passage are recorded as a function of time (see Figures 2(i) and 2(h)) while the aforementioned array of photocells 160 measures the walkthrough speed ( Figure 2(iii)). Summation of load cell 150 reactions provides an accurate measurement of the cow's body weight. As shown in Figure 2(iv), for example, the body weight of cow 18 is determined to be 672.7 Kg.
- the load cell 150 reactions are used to calculate the X and Y coordinates of the cow's limb positions and the associated left and right Ground Reaction Forces (GRF), previously mentioned.
- GRF Ground Reaction Forces
- the X and Y limb contact positions are calculated by summing the moments in the X-axis and Y-axis directions. Specifically, the GRF R and XR and YR contact limb positions of the right plate are calculated as:
- R Lc ⁇ is the reaction force read by the i-th load cell
- X LOI and Y LC! are the X and Y coordinates of the load cells positions, as depicted in Figure 3.
- the corresponding GRF and limb positions of the left plate are calculated in a similar way:
- the time history of the X and Y limb positions and the left and right GRF values for a sound cow that has passed through the device are depicted in Figure 3.
- the X and Y limb positions and the GRF values, shown in Figure 3 are used to calculate various limb movement variables, as discussed in greater detail below.
- These limb movement variables are analyzed to objectively determine whether an animal, such as a cow, has hoof, foot, or leg ailments. Analysis of these limb movement variables are the key to identifying lame animals and detecting which limb of an animal is afflicted with an ailment well before the ailment is manifested in a manner detectable by purely visual observation of the animal's movement.
- the limb movement variables are calculated by analyzing the X, Y and GRF values and the walking speed of each animal passing through the RFD system 100. Various limb movement characteristics are calculated from the information depicted in Figure 6. Table 2 below lists the values of non-limiting limb movement variables:
- FIG. 6 A full set of leg positions, X and Y values, and ground reaction forces, GRF values are plotted in Figure 6 for a healthy cow and in Figure 7 for a lame cow.
- the identification of the time, position, and intensity of individual front and rear limb contact with the left and right plates 130, 120 is premised, in part, on the fact that the left and right forelimbs strike the plate first and the hind limbs follow behind. Using this premise, the sequence by which the animal's limbs contacted the plates 130, 120 may be determined.
- Photocell 160 data is used to confirm the position of the cow and to verify that only one cow is on the force plates 130, 120.
- Limb movement variables, provided below, may be calculated when a single leg is in contact with the left or right plate or even when two limbs are in contact with a single plate.
- the typical RFD output consists of both single and two limb positions.
- the stance time may be computer for a fore limb, a rear limb, or for both a fore and rear limb, or for all limbs.
- the total time that a limb is in contact with the left or right plate 130, 120 may be calculated by taking a difference between a first time at which an applied force from the selected limb first exceeds a predetermined threshold force as the limb is applied to the plate and a second time at which the applied force from the limb falls below the predetermined threshold force.
- the predetermined threshold is simply a force that is used as a trigger to start and stop the computation of the stance time.
- the preselected force is generally between 0.00 to about 5.0 lbf, but could be 10.0 lbf, 20.0 lbf, or higher, so long as a consistent value is used.
- Figure 7 depicts the Y coordinate and normalized GRF of a cow (lame cow 94) that is known to be lame as a result of sole bruising in her right rear limb.
- both the front limb and the rear limb are in contact with the left plate 130.
- the value of Yl and Y2 do not change and are known.
- the GRF of the individual limbs may be calculated by solving the following two limb model presenting two equations with two unknowns:
- limb movement variables can be used to evaluate the symmetry characteristics of the animal movement (e.g., walking, trotting, running, etc.) parameters.
- a symmetry factor (“SF") is expressed as:
- R L M V and L L V correspond to right and left limb movement variables.
- a zero SF value represents a symmetric condition whereas positive and negative values represent dominance of the right and left sides, respectively.
- SF is an intensity indicator of lameness that utilizes the bilateral symmetry of the animal's body to examine the extent to which a selected left or right limb movement variable differs from the corresponding value of its counter side.
- Table 4 lists the SF values of the limb movement variables of the sound cow of Figure 6 and the lame cow of Fig. 7.
- Figure 9 depicts the test results as normalized PGRF and symmetry factor bar charts.
- Figure 9(i) depicts the normalized PGRF values of sound cows (cows 18, 130, and 136), wherein the typical values of 0.5 for the front limbs and 0.4 for the rear.
- the corresponding PGRF values for the three lame cows (cows 94, 113, and 982), shown in Figure 9(ii) are 0.12 (right rear limb), 0.24 (left rear limb), and 0.25 (right rear limb).
- Figure 9(iii) and 9(iv) further depict the symmetry factors of the front and rear limbs.
- the SF values for the sound cows 18, 130, and 136 are better than 0.07
- the SF values of cows 94, 113, and 982 are -0.61, 0.33, and -0.30, respectively.
- various conventional lameness detection schemes employ visual observations of the animal's posture or gait to obtain relatively assign a value corresponding to the severity of the lameness.
- the present invention advantageously determines various limb movement characteristics through the RFD system.
- the RFD system can be used to measure multiple variables representative of limb movements, such as: (a) pealc value of ground reaction force (GRF) of individual limbs, (b) integral of GRF with respect to time, (c) stance time, (d) average GRF, (e) step size, (f) integral of the Fourier transformation of the GRF signature with respect to frequency, and (g) the integral with respect to frequency of the Fourier transform of the GRF signature multiplied by the frequency, (h) various symmetry variables, and numerous other combinations, derivatives, and integrals.
- the variables representative of limb movements may be normalized with respect to body weight and symmetry variables may be used to compare left to right limbs for the same speed of body movement.
- the limb movement variables can be used to evaluate the symmetry characteristics of the animal walking parameters, for example, the limb movement variables may be advantageously used to actually relate clinical lameness diagnoses of individual limbs to the measured values of limb movement variables.
- the conventional techniques utilize subjective and non-quantitative visual observation.
- a statistically sufficient sample population of a selected animal such as a dairy cow or horse, for example, is evaluated using the RFD to obtain limb movement variables for each animal. Subsequent to or preceding the RFD testing on the sample population, a determination is made by a veterinarian or other person trained to diagnose lameness, or other ailment or condition manifesting in the animal's movement.
- correlations may be drawn between individual limb variables or combinations of limb variables such as but not limited to any data manipulation, such as but not limited to products, sums, differences, dividends, derivatives, integrals, log charts, etc., conventionally used to relate data to definable patterns used to then generate a function to describe an observed phenomena such that a function of one or more variables may be established between the limb movement data, limb movement variables, and/or combinations thereof, and lameness, for example.
- additional RFD tests e.g., a "subsequent" test
- This subsequent test may be used to validate or confirm the results of the first test, particularly when the first test indicates the onset of a potential problem with the animal.
- the invention is not limited to simple determinations of "sound” or “lame”, but is capable of measuring and defining many levels or degrees of lameness, which facilitates early detection of potential lameness precursors and thereby promotes animal well-being.
- inventors have performed logistic regression and discriminant analyses, such as by LOGISTICTM, STEPDISCTM, and SASTM computer program subroutines, known to those skilled in the statistical analysis art, to determine a strong correlation between the visual lameness scoring scale and the GRFs determined by the apparatus of the invention.
- the correlation between the visual lameness scoring scale and the GRFs can be captured by the average GRF values (p ⁇ 0.05), or in other words, a 95% confidence level, of individual limbs.
- the model or formulas generatable therefrom such as but not limited to an estimated lameness index derived as the weighted sum of these probabilities, predict probabilities that a cow is sound, mildly lame, and lame.
- the models or formulas generated from the data obtained by the RFD system may include many degrees of lameness, or other observed characteristic, in accord with a statistically significant sample size. For example, 5 degrees of lameness, or even 10 or more degrees of lameness may be gleaned from sufficient data samples.
- the inventors have determined, with respect to a small sample size of 16 mildly lame and sound dairy cows, that the diagnostic results of the visual scoring scale and the new estimated lameness index matched perfectly for lame cows and the visual scores and lameness index of 2 out of 16 mildly lame and sound cases exhibited discrepancies.
- the limb movement data, limb movement variables, and mathematically manipulated combinations or variations thereof can be used to develop objective measures of dairy cow lameness in combination with existing clinical lameness diagnoses of individual limbs.
- limb movement data can be used to develop many other objective measures of dairy cow lameness or other characteristics of interest in combination with existing clinical lameness diagnoses of individual limbs and these objective measures could include many levels of severity or interest.
- models for an ailment such as lameness, as varying degrees of severity thereof, may be developed for specific animal-types based on the data obtained by the RFD.
- Such models could thus determine the lameness score of individual limbs based on the values of a set of important limb movement variables and could account for many environmental variables such as geographic location, climate, living conditions, and even farm management styles.
- the RFD system following development of correlations between the raw data and/or derived data, as noted above, obtained from the RFD system, the RFD system can be largely or entirely automized.
- an RFD system could be placed in a tract that the animals pass through with a frequency commensurate with at least a desired diagnostic frequency and the system may be set up and calibrated in advance.
- trending data of the RFD system calibration may be used to determine whether or not a particular application or environment of the RFD system would permit re-calibrations at a frequency less than the diagnostic test frequency.
- the computer determines, based on the raw and/or derived data, that a potential malady is present in the animal, the computer could output a signal to identify the animal in the RFD system as a suspect animal.
- one aspect of the invention includes a means for identification or labeling of the animal for subsequent follow-up by veterinarian.
- one or more dye markers, ink jets, or other marking device may be provided at the exit of the RFD to place a temporary mark on an animal as it exits the RFD system.
- These dye markers, or other marking devices may place a temporary colored mark on the animal's hide to designate the occurrence of an ailment.
- Various colors could also be used as an indicator of severity.
- an imaging system could be used to image the animal or a part thereof, such as a conventional location of a brand or marking or ear tag and store the information on the computer memory or transmit the information to a remote location.
- the animals may be equipped with electronic memory devices or data tags, such as but not limited to those manufactured by SanDisk Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif.
- Such devices typically encapsulated, utilize semiconductor memory devices or chips to store information and an antenna to send and receive data in the form of radio or high- frequency signals.
- the RFD system computer, or other device could read the memory of an animals data tag using, for example, radio signals or high-frequency signals.
- Detailed testing information as described above, may be output to and stored in such "local" memory to facilitate trending of limb movement data, or other variables, such as but not limited to weight. In such a configuration, the system would perform a read operation on the animal's data tag upon entry of the animal into the RFD.
- the animal's previous test data could be uploaded into the RFD computer and, following the movement of the animal through the RFD, could be compared to the current test data in various manners such as, but not limited to, those described above.
- current test data could overwrite or supplement the previous test data in accord with data tag memory requirements.
- the data tag may be advantageously used to simply store the results of previous test results. For example, if lameness is being detected and there is a 10-level severity scale, the date of a test and the severity on the 10- level scale could be saved in the data tag memory. In a subsequent test, that data could be retrieved to facilitate data analysis and trending in view of the new test results.
- the tags may be read from and written to several feet away within less than one second. Naturally, if the animal receives treatment, the data tag memory could be reset or supplemented with such information.
- FIG 10 is a block diagram illustrating a conventional computer system 900 upon which an embodiment of the invention may be implemented.
- Computer system 900 includes a bus 902 or other communication mechanism for communicating information, and a processor or processors 904 coupled with bus 902 for processing information.
- Computer system 900 also includes a main memory 906, such as a random access memory (RAM) or other dynamic storage device, coupled to bus 902 for storing information and instructions to be executed by processor 904.
- Main memory 906 also may be used for storing temporary variables or other intermediate information during execution of instructions to be executed by processor 904.
- Computer system 900 further includes a read only memory (ROM) 908 or other static storage device coupled to bus 902 for storing static information and instructions for processor 904.
- ROM read only memory
- a storage device 910 such as a magnetic disk or optical disk, is provided and coupled to bus 902 for storing information and instructions.
- Computer system 900 may be coupled via bus 902 to a display 912, such as a cathode ray tube (CRT), for displaying information to a computer user.
- a display 912 such as a cathode ray tube (CRT)
- An input device 914 is coupled to bus 902 for communicating information and command selections to processor 904.
- cursor control 916 is Another type of user input device
- cursor control 916 such as a mouse, a trackball, or cursor direction keys for communicating direction information and command selections to processor 904 and for controlling cursor movement on display 912.
- This input device typically has two degrees of freedom in two axes, a first axis (e.g., x) and a second axis (e.g., y), that allows the device to specify positions in a plane.
- Computer system 900 is used to process all GRF data obtained by the various load cells by means of the calibration program and data acquisition software and converts the force data, using equations and principles discussed herein, into usable data.
- the pertinent programs and executable code is contained in main memory 906 and is selectively accessed and executed in response to processor 904, which executes one or more sequences of one or more instructions contained in main memory 906.
- Such instructions may be read into main memory 906 from another computer-readable medium, such as storage device 910.
- processors in a multi-processing arrangement may also be employed to execute the sequences of instructions contained in main memory 906.
- hard- wired circuitry may be used in place of or in combination with software instructions and it is to be understood that no specific combination of hardware circuitry and software are required.
- the instructions may be provided in any number of forms such as source code, assembly code, object code, machine language, compressed or encrypted versions of the foregoing, and any and all equivalents thereof.
- Computer-readable medium refers to any medium that participates in providing instructions to processor 904 for execution and "program product” refers to such a computer-readable medium bearing a computer- executable program.
- the computer usable medium may be referred to as "bearing" the instructions, which encompass all ways in which instructions are associated with a computer usable medium.
- Computer-readable mediums include, but are not limited to, non-volatile media, volatile media, and transmission media.
- Non- volatile media include, for example, optical or magnetic disks, such as storage device 910.
- Volatile media include dynamic memory, such as main memory 906.
- Transmission media include coaxial cables, copper wire and fiber optics, including the wires that comprise bus 902. Transmission media may comprise acoustic or light waves, such as those generated during radio frequency (RF) and infrared (IR) data communications.
- RF radio frequency
- IR infrared
- Computer-readable media include, for example, a floppy disk, a flexible disk, hard disk, magnetic tape, any other magnetic medium, a CD-ROM, DVD, any other optical medium, punch cards, paper tape, any other physical medium with patterns of holes, a RAM, a PROM, and EPROM, a FLASH- EPROM, any other memory chip or cartridge, a carrier wave as described hereinafter, or any other medium from which a computer can read.
- Various forms of computer readable media may be involved in carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions to processor 904 for execution.
- the instructions may initially be borne on a magnetic disk of a remote computer.
- the remote computer can load the instructions into its dynamic memory and send the instructions over a telephone line using a modem.
- a modem local to computer system 900 can receive the data on the telephone line and use an infrared transmitter to convert the data to an infrared signal.
- An infrared detector coupled to bus 902 can receive the data carried in the infrared signal and place the data on bus 902.
- Bus 902 carries the data to main memory 906, from which processor 904 retrieves and executes the instructions.
- Computer system 900 may also include a communication interface 918 coupled to bus 902 to provide a two-way data communication coupling to a network link 920 connected to a local network 922.
- communication interface 918 may be an integrated services digital network (ISDN) card or a modem to provide a data communication connection to a corresponding type of telephone line.
- ISDN integrated services digital network
- communication interface 918 may be a local area network (LAN) card to provide a data communication connection to a compatible LAN.
- LAN local area network
- Wireless links may also be implemented.
- communication interface 918 sends and receives electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that carry digital data streams representing various types of information.
- Network link 920 typically provides data communication through one or more networks to other data devices.
- network link 920 may provide a connection through local network 922 to a host computer 924 or to data equipment operated by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) 926.
- ISP 926 in turn provides data communication services through the worldwide packet data communication network, now commonly referred to as the "Internet" 928.
- Internet 928 uses electrical, electromagnetic or optical signals that carry digital data streams.
- the signals through the various networks and the signals on network link 920 and through communication interface 918, which carry the digital data to and from computer system 900, are exemplary forms of carrier waves transporting the information.
- the processing required by method of the invention described by way of example herein may be implemented on a local computer utilizing storage device 910 or may be implemented, for example, on a LAN or over the internet.
- Computer system 900 can send messages and receive data, including program code, through the network(s), network link 920, and communication interface 918.
- a server 930 might transmit a requested code for an application program through Internet 928, ISP 926, local network 922 and communication interface 918.
- the received code may be executed by processor 904 as it is received, and/or stored in storage device 910, or other non- volatile storage for later execution. In this manner, computer system 900 may obtain application code in the form of a carrier wave.
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