An ambulatory physiological monitor for extended use in animal welfare studies

Author

Harris, Philip J. ; Henderson, Jon D. ; Schaare, Peter N.

Author_Institution

Technol. Dev. Group, Horticulture & Food Res. Inst. of New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand

Volume

4

fYear

1998

fDate

29 Oct-1 Nov 1998

Firstpage

1917

Abstract

Monitoring physiological activity in freely moving subjects poses a considerable challenge. The FRPM is a novel instrumentation pack designed to record and analyse physiological processes in ambulatory subjects for extended periods of time with no researcher intervention. Several monitors can be used simultaneously, with significant data analysis and compression being performed on the unit before the summarised results are transmitted by radio link back to a base computer. Currently the FRPM is being used to investigate stress levels in sheep during transportation and handling for animal welfare studies

Keywords

auditory evoked potentials; biology computing; biomedical electronics; biomedical telemetry; computerised monitoring; data compression; electrocardiography; electroencephalography; farming; medical signal processing; sleep; veterinary medicine; zoology; DRAM module; ECG signals; EEG sleep state analysis; ambulatory physiological monitor; animal welfare studies; auditory evoked response; data analysis; data compression; extended use; farming; free range physiological monitor; freely moving subjects; handling; instrumentation pack; physiological processes; power management; radio link; signal processing algorithms; stress levels in sheep; transportation; Animals; Batteries; Biomedical computing; Biomedical monitoring; DC-DC power converters; Electroencephalography; Energy management; Instruments; Radio link; Signal processing algorithms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1998. Proceedings of the 20th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5164-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1998.746973

Filename

746973