AGRICULTURE
Wireless Monitoring of Free-Ranging Animals
The ability to detect indicators of heat stress and disease in animals has continued to be an agricultural research priority. Core body temperature and heart rate have been traditional measurements of animal well being because of their close correlation to animal health. Current methods of monitoring these physiological parameters have required restraining the animal or confining the animal to a small area when using data acquisition equipment, therefore compromising the results.
The CorTemp™ Wireless Animal Monitoring System easily enables you to monitor core body temperature and heart rate while non-intrusively obtaining data. The free-ranging environment of the animals also greatly expands the researcher’s ability to gain objective results, while providing a tremendous impact, both on the animal’s well-being and the economics of animal production.
The system consists of one or more animal personal monitoring sets: an ambulatory monitor, an RF Remote Unit, a Polar® Brand Heart Rate Belt, CorTemp™ implantable or ingestible core body temperature sensor. These personal animal monitoring sets communicate the data back to an RF Central Base Station and link into a PC for continuous, real-time observation by the researcher. Signal distances from the personal monitor set to the RF base station can vary up to several hundred feet, depending on the environment.
HQI manufactures both implantable and ingestible sensors in a wide variety of sizes to accommodate large and even the smallest animals. The CorTemp™ System is perfectly suited for animal research, commercial production and transportation environments.
