ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,755, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to CEVA SANTE ANIMALE (Cedex, France).
"Method for monitoring the feeding and water consumption of an animal" was invented by Edouard Timsit (Libourne, France), Frederic Berier (Libourne, France) and Devan Lharidon (Libourne, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for monitoring the feeding and water consumption of a bovine such as a cow. According to the invention, at least one sensor transported by the bovine is used to detect the presence of water and/or food in an area located in the muzzle of said animal and outside the body of said animal, in order ...