US 11,890,104 B2
Systems and methods for determining parturition onset in animals
Claire Mariani, Aimargues (FR); Sylvie Chastant-Maillard, Toulouse (FR); Hanna Mila, Toulouse (FR); Fanny Aguer, Anglet (FR); Aurélien Grellet, Toulouse (FR); and Achraf Adib-Lesaux, Aimargues (FR)
Assigned to MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/252,635
Filed by MARS, INCORPORATED, McLean, VA (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/038522
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/246549, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/688,193, filed on Jun. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0267534 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/4343 (2013.01) [A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); G16H 50/20 (2018.01); A61B 2503/40 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a server for determining timing of parturition onset in non-human animals, comprising:
receiving, at the server, one or more first biomarkers relating to a first animal;
comparing, at the server, the one or more first biomarkers relating to the first animal to at least one predetermined reference biomarker stored in a reference database wherein the at least one predetermined reference biomarker comprises a threshold value of the one or more first biomarkers;
determining, at the server, an estimated timing of parturition onset for the first animal based on the comparison of the one or more first biomarkers;
providing a customized recommendation based on the estimated timing of parturition onset; and
transmitting, from the server, at least one of the customized recommendation or the estimated timing of parturition onset to a user computer, wherein the customized recommendation comprises an intervention step requesting at least one additional biomarker for the first animal.