Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 21R4221B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts, lint and derivatives of the cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 21R4221B3TXF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 21R4432B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts, lint and derivatives of the cotton variety 21R4432B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 21R4432B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 21R4432B3TXF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 21R4126B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts, lint and derivatives of the cotton variety 21R4126B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 21R4126B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 21R4126B3TXF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 21R4534B3TXF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts, lint and derivatives of the cotton variety 21R4534B3TXF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 21R4534B3TXF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 21R4534B3TXF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.

Abstract: The invention provides seeds and plants of pepper hybrid SVPB0599 and pepper line SBR-8T19-6666. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVPB0599 and pepper line SBR-8T19-6666 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another plant, such as a pepper plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, plant parts, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid pepper hybrid SVPB0599 and pepper line SBR-8T19-6666 comprising introduced beneficial or desirable traits.

Abstract: A milking arrangement includes a milking machine for milking an animal, where the milking arrangement includes an analysing unit configured to determining a value of haptoglobin quantity in a milk sample taken from milk harvest by the milking machine. The analysing unit including a haptoglobin sensor device configured to provide a value of haptoglobin quantity in the milk sample.

Abstract: A potty training device includes: a support member providing a support surface for supporting a pet, wherein at least a portion of the support surface is capable of receiving defecation inducers; and an interfering member disposed on the support member to hinder the pet from defecating in the defecation inducers. The support member includes: a support plate providing the support surface; and a discharge hole formed through the support plate so that the pet's excrement is discharged through the discharge hole. The interfering member is provided in a cover, wall, or grate shape and positioned above the defecation inducer, such that the pet is able to access the defecation inducer by smell, touch, or sight, but unable to defecate into the defecation inducer, and the interfering member.

Abstract: A water absorption treatment material includes a plurality of grains having a water absorbing property. Each of the grains contains rice flour as a main material.

Abstract: Disclosed is an outdoor folding dining table for pets, which includes a mounting base, two groups of table platforms, two groups of table legs and two groups of swing rods, the two groups of table platforms are respectively rotatably connected to two upper sides of the mounting base, the two groups of table legs are respectively rotatably connected to two lower sides of the mounting base, and two ends of each group of swing rods are respectively hinged to one group of table platforms and one group of table legs which are located on the same side. During use, the dining table for pets may be normally used only by outwards rotating for unfolding the two groups of table platforms and table legs and propping up and fixing the table platforms and the table legs by utilizing the swing rods, so that the use and operation are very convenient.

Abstract: A floating water circulator (FWC) expels water at or near a water surface, providing kinetic energy, mixing, and/or temperature destratification while retarding formation of ice and/or insect reproduction in bodies of water with varying depth and/or debris, and while consuming significantly less power than a heater. An FWC includes a float configured to maintain buoyancy, allowing the FWC to rise and fall with water elevation. An FWC may provide shallow water operation. A pump may be configured to pump subsurface water from the body of water into a distributor. The distributor may be configured to receive, distribute and discharge the pumped water in multiple directions at or near the water surface through a plurality of outlets located in a side and/or a bottom of the FWC to ripple the water surface while suppressing/inhibiting splashing that may disturb livestock or induce freezing. FWC operation may be adaptable to deployment conditions.

Abstract: A system for automatically sensing, monitoring, and analyzing livestock to provide age verification and relative vigor metrics. The system generally includes a tag attachable to a livestock, a location detector, and a data processor. The tag senses livestock motion and produces first data indicative of a physical parameter. The location detector senses livestock location and produces second data indicative of the physical parameter. The data processor receives and stores a first aggregation of data of the same type as the first data and a second aggregation of data of the same type as the second data for a plurality of other livestock. The data processor statistically analyzes the first data and second data in relation to the first and second aggregations of data and generates an indication of the age and a relative vigor metric of the livestock.

Abstract: Provided herewith is a system for recording and transmitting pet information. A server maintains a plurality of web-accessible documents and services including a pet profile, which includes editable fields for entering and maintaining specific categories of information about a pet. Shareable specialty profiles of the pet profile each display a specialty subset of the specific categories to respective specialty pet servicing personnel. Specialty web access portals each provide read and write access of a respective shareable specialty profile to the personnel. A shareable public profile of the pet profile displays a public portion of the categories on a publicly accessible web page. A scannable code enables a public user to access the web page including the shareable public profile from the server upon scanning with a hand-held mobile device. A wireless communication system transmits the public profile from the server to the mobile device.

Abstract: A biometric animal identification system includes a set of jaws including: a first jaw; and a second jaw cooperating with the first jaw to close over and to flatten a portion of an ear of an animal. The system also includes: an optical emitter arranged on the first jaw and configured to emit light toward the second jaw to illuminate the portion of the ear inserted between the first jaw and the second jaw; a camera coupled to the second jaw and defining a field of view intersecting the optical emitter; and a sensor coupled to the set of jaws and configured to output a signal representing closure of the set of jaws over the portion of the ear. The system also includes a controller configured to trigger the camera to capture an image of the portion of the ear, illuminated by the optical emitter, based on the signal.

Abstract: A dog place marker system and method providing a place-marker unit formed as a planar mat of a colored single-ply waterproof fabric with a low-profile binding, grommets, and a leash opening, having an electronic subsystem with a main electronic unit, a power unit, a controller, an RF antenna, and a sensor unit. The proximity of the dog to the place-marker unit can be sensed and reported through a remote unit to a person who is not in the immediate vicinity of the dog and the place-marker unit. In a preferred embodiment, an on-dog electronic unit is also provided to enhance the ability to identify a specific dog and provide more detailed information about the dog's position on or near the place-marker unit. A carry pouch, a shoulder strap, a cinch strap, and carabiners are also provided for storing, carrying, and using the mat.

Abstract: A livestock location tracking system is used to establish a history of locations of livestock animals throughout their lifespan to determine time spent in pasture, in pens, at feed stations, and/or other locations of interest. The recordation of locations of livestock occurs within the context of a livestock management system that includes a management system platform, a remote computer system, one or more local sensors and/or transceivers, one or more advanced livestock tags, one or more basic livestock tags and/or enhanced basic livestock tags, and one or more mobile devices.

Abstract: The present disclosure includes devices, and systems for monitoring and detection systems. Some of the methods may include monitoring one or more birds that each has a receiver-located tag and/or a global positioning satellite (GPS) tag, and for each of the bird(s) having a receiver-located tag: receiving, at at least one of a plurality of detection stations, a signal from the receiver-located tag, each of the detection stations comprising two or more directional antennas, determining bird heading information and bird distance information, estimating a position and trajectory of the bird; and calculating an amount of time for the bird to reach a boundary around a wind turbine (TTB). In some methods, for each of the bird(s) having a GPS tag: receiving GPS data from the GPS tag when the bird crosses a geo-fence that surrounds the wind turbine; estimating a position and trajectory of the bird.

Abstract: Provided are an animal monitoring system, an animal monitoring server, an animal monitoring method, an animal monitoring program, and a rectal temperature estimation model capable of accurately estimating a rectal temperature of a monitored animal such as a pet without causing the animal to feel annoying.

Abstract: A method of counting pigs or poultry includes mounting a camera at an alleyway through which the livestock pass with a width such that the livestock can pass at least two abreast and are free to turn to move in an opposite direction against the direction of travel before all livestock of the group complete their movement though the alleyway. An analysis of the images is carried out which takes into account errors caused by livestock which turn in the portion of the alleyway to move in the opposite direction temporarily before continuing to complete the travel through the portion of the single alleyway to the remote location and takes into account errors caused animals being side by side when passing through the portion of the single alleyway.

Abstract: An artificially-created honey-yielding environment is established, including a hive and an associated flora cell, within which first and second plant populations cohabit. Within the cell, honey-producing insects from the hive are permitted to forage. One of the populations has been artificially introduced. The other may be indigenous to the cell. The first plant population serves as a primary source of nectar which yields bioactive honey and the second serves as a source of a nutrient, such as protein, which is not abundantly available from the first species at a nutritionally adequate level for sustaining the metabolism and energy of the foraging honey-producing insects for returning to the hive. The first flora population may be a Leptospermum species. An example of the second is Corymbia maculata.

Abstract: A system and method for light treatment of pollinating insects including a hive structure including at least one hive compartment box including multiple frames spaced apart inside the at least one hive compartment box and at least one light device.

Abstract: A method and system for exposing pollinators in a hive to photobiomodulation, including a device that emits infrared light with a predetermined radiant energy that received by a surface per unit area over time between and is a configurable by a schedule system.

Abstract: An automatic unit for one or several beehives for commercial or recreational beekeeping including honey production and pollination services comprises: (a) a plurality of bee frames (honeycomb, brood frames and other bee frames) releasably mounted within at least one hive chamber; (b) a mechanism for removing the bee frames from the hive chamber and inserting the bee frames thereinto; (c) an automated honey harvesting arrangement; (d) an arrangement for monitoring bees conditions, analyzing obtained data and reporting results to a user; and (e) an arrangement for feeding bees, pest and climate control. The mechanism for removing and inserting the bee frames comprises a frame loader linearly displaceable along at least one hive chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an Artemia hatching-and-supplying fully-automated system and includes: an Artemia hatching-and-supplying device for automatically collecting and supplying Artemia larvae; and a tilted transparent membrane window that is optionally detachably connected to the Artemia hatching-and-supplying device, wherein the Artemia hatching-and-supplying device comprises: a hatching tank in which Artemia larvae hatch from eggs; a collecting tank that collects only pure larvae and is connected to the hatching tank; and a square central passage that is formed adjunctively at the center of the rear wall of the hatching tank in order to connect the hatching tank and the collecting tank to a space.

Abstract: An aquarium skimmer device can include a filter body that attaches to a water pump, filter, or power head, wherein the filter body is configured to hold a filter medium for filtering water that passes through the filter body. The skimmer device can also include a funnel holder that attaches to a top of the filter body, and a funnel assembly comprising a funnel. The funnel assembly can be received by the funnel holder and configured to float up and down with respect to the funnel holder with changes in water level, and a wide opening of the funnel is positioned one inch or less below a surface of the water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic ornamental fish, as well as methods of making such fish by in vitro fertilization techniques. Also disclosed are methods of establishing a population of such transgenic fish and methods of providing them to the ornamental fish industry for the purpose of marketing.

Abstract: This document provides genetically modified animals (e.g., mice), humanized heavy chain antibodies, humanized nanobodies, and methods of making and using the same. For example, genetically engineered non-human animals (e.g., genetically engineered mice) that can be designed to produce heavy chain antibodies that can be used to generate a single domain antibody or nanobody are provided.

Abstract: An automated farming installation (2) comprises a controller, one mobile workstation (6) controlled by the controller, and one work surface (3) able to support at least a load of substrate. The work surface (3) comprises a longitudinal continuous tank made by connection of at least two profiled tank portions, and the mobile workstation (6) is moved over a portion of the work surface to perform at least one sub-action controlled by the controller.

Abstract: The invention is directed towards a retrieval line that is adapted to help users retrieve gear from the floor of a water body, such as commercial fishing traps on the ocean floor, and that is configured to reduce the risks of damaging entanglements with marine life.

Abstract: Fishing line protectors are provided that are configured to attach to the foot of a fly fishing reel. The fishing line protectors include a base piece that has a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an inner side and an outer side. The fishing line protectors also include a first leg connected to the inner side of the base piece at the first end that extends away from the base piece and terminates in a first knob at a first distal end of the first leg, and a second leg connected to the inner side of the base piece at the second end that extends away from the base piece and terminates in a second knob at a second distal end of the second leg.

Abstract: A fishing reel according to the present invention comprises a level wind device that uniformly winds a fishing line around a spool rotatably supported between left and right side plates of a reel body. The level wind device comprises a fishing line guide that comprises: a pair of rollers each provided with a through hole extending in an axial direction; a pair of roller fixing shafts inserted into the through holes of the pair of rollers and rotatably supporting the rollers; and a base portion supporting the pair of roller fixing shafts and engaging with a worm shaft supported between the left and right side plates, and a fishing line is inserted into between the pair of rollers.

Abstract: The One Handed Auto Fishing Pole for the Disabled is the only product of its kind that is specifically developed for individuals who are only able to use one hand while fishing due to injury and/or physical impairment as it provides a go-to-tool that simplifies rod functionality via power control features. This unprecedented product is uniquely designed with durable, high-quality materials to ensure long term sustainability and can cater to a targeted consumer based who enjoys fishing excursions; yet, are limited in adequate supplies suitable for their own utilization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a permanently stable hoof protector for equidae (e.g. horses, donkeys) as a combination product, comprising at least one hoof protector sole and a hoof protector lug system, for attachment to a hoof, in particular for therapeutic purposes. The hoof protector sole according to the invention for a hoof of an equid comprises at least one base plate made of a thermoplastic polymer (TP), wherein the TP has a hardness of at least 35 Shore(A) and the base plate comprises a top side and a bottom side, and wherein the bottom side of the base plate substantially reproduces the shape of the ground contact area of the hoof, whereby a hoof protector sole is provided which is light, chemically and mechanically resilient and shock-absorbing and thus adapted to the impulse forces of the horse's run.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a remote monitoring device for animals or insects. An example remote monitoring device may comprise: a receptacle or platform for receiving a monitored load, the receptacle or platform configured with one or more load cells for measuring the monitored load; a transmitter; and a microcontroller configured with a processor; wherein the processor is programmed to: measure, with the one or more load cells, an initial mass of the monitored load; periodically measure, with the one or more load cells, a current mass of the monitored load; and transmit, with the transmitter, a notification signal once a predetermined mass difference between the initial mass and the current mass is reached. An example method for remote monitoring of animals or insects is also disclosed.

Abstract: A system may include a trap and a consumable. The trap may include a data capture mechanism configured to capture data and send the data to a system operator. The consumable may include a device having an associated electronic identification code. A status-determining mechanism may be configured to determine a status of the consumable, which status may be readable via the data capture mechanism. The consumable may include a sensor configured to detect flying insects via mutual capacitance sensing. The sensor may be configured to provide a directional fringe field responsive to a flying insect. The sensor may include a plurality of sensor triplets arranged in a grid array. Each sensor triplet may include a sensor conductor and two electrically conductive un-grounded conductors. The two un-grounded conductors may be disposed one on either side of the sensor conductor to form the sensor triplet.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ovitrap and a method of controlling mosquito populations. The ovitrap includes a container, a cover, and a dividing mechanism for dividing the container into two regions, which in use are filled with water, and which communicate via an opening such that a first volume below the dividing mechanism defines a larvae trapping region, and a second volume above the dividing mechanism defines an egg receiving region A light source having a cool, white spectra with two peaks is mounted above the container and positioned to direct light downwards at a water surface, such that the larvae move in a direction away from the light source, from the second volume into the first volume below the dividing mechanism via the opening. A gating mechanism is operatively linked to the light source for opening and closing the opening.

Abstract: An insect trap includes a light to attract insects to a sticky or adhesive material and a power source to allow use in a variety of locations.

Abstract: A fogging machine includes a blower assembly that includes an electric motor and a turbine coupled to the electric motor and configured to generate an airflow. A conduit is connected to the blower assembly and terminates at a conduit outlet. The conduit is configured to permit an operator to direct the airflow at a desired location. A liquid assembly is connected to the blower assembly for emitting a liquid in the airflow to create a mist. A support assembly permits the fogging machine to be carried by an operator.

Abstract: An insect repellant device including a repellant portion and a light portion with a simulated flame and constant light option.

Abstract: The present set of embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for packing and transporting materials suitable for taxidermy. More specifically, the present disclosure includes embodiments of animal cape and skull transportation apparatuses including a hood adjoined to a cape receiver wherein the hood is adapted to receive the muzzle of an animal and cape receiver is adapted to receive an animal cape including hide harvested from near the shoulder region of the animal. Additional embodiments allow for the apparatus to partially enclose the cape and skull of an animal to preserve between initial harvest and a taxidermy professional.

Abstract: A deer scent spraying device is provided. The device is designed to spray an aerosol compound, such as, but not limited to, doe estrus or buck urine, from at least one spray can of the device at a timed interval into the surrounding environment. This allows a hunter to ensure said compound is continuously present in said environment to attract deer to said area while hunting. The timed interval may be selected by a button on the device or via a mobile application in wireless electrical communication with the device.

Abstract: The hunting industry for years has needed the use for elevated equipment. In order for hunters to excel, they opt to uses bases or stands that allow them to properly set up. Many of these bases allow for vertical height however other equipment is needed to move them into place. The hunter would benefit from these stands or bases having the ability to be easily moved and positioned. The mobile self erecting elevated base can help solve the problem of portability. The design allows for improved mobility and positioning.

Abstract: Provided is a lung preservation composition comprising a non-carbonic buffered nutrient media, preferably a phosphate buffered nutrient media, and a dextran, optionally Dextran 40 and and optionally prostaglandin E1 (PGE1), and optionally at least one of alpha 1 antitrypsin (A1AT), an impermeant, optionally raffinose, an antioxidant, optionally glutathione, and necrostatin-1. Also described is a method of preserving a lung prior to and/or during transplant using said lung preservation composition, and kits comprising one or more components of the lung preservation composition.

Abstract: A system and method for tissue perfusion to assess, maintain, mature, and possibly rehabilitate the tissue. The system of the present teachings includes a tissue enclosure having a fluid reservoir. Pumps, valves, and a controller move perfusate through the tissue. The system includes features to assist in monitoring the health of the tissue, and a removable tray to facilitate moving the tissue from a point of origin to the tissue enclosure. The system moves perfusate to and through the tissue, and provides nutrition to the tissue. The system includes an output flow rate/volume sensor, at least one infusion pump, disposable and durable parts, and a sensor suite.

Abstract: Applicants have developed novel methods and compositions for controlling, treating, preventing, or ameliorating arthropod infection and identifying kinin receptor agonists and antagonists. Novel compositions include one or more active agents of small molecules antagonists or agonists of arthropod kinin receptor. Methods of preventing disease development and infestation by arthropods are disclosed as well as methods of making, using, and producing such compositions.

Abstract: An agricultural product may comprise an aqueous carrier phase, a neutral surfactant or a reaction product thereof, and a reaction product of a saccharide polymer and a fatty acid. The reaction product of the saccharide polymer may be obtained in the presence of water and a hydroxide base (optionally in the presence of the neutral surfactant). The saccharide polymer comprises a dextran, a dextrin compound, or any combination thereof. The reaction product of the saccharide polymer and the fatty acid may be present at a concentration effective to lower surface tension of the neutral surfactant and may be highly biodegradable as evaluated by OECD 301B. Compositions comprising the reaction product of the saccharide polymer and the fatty acid may be applied to an untreated soil to form a treated soil that absorbs water faster or to a greater extent than does the untreated soil.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an agrochemical composition comprising at least one pesticidal active ingredient and a solvent based on a dioxabicycloalkane derivative, as well as an agrochemical formulation comprising said composition. Additionally, the present disclosure also describes the use of a dioxabicycloalkane derivative and a method for treating and/or preventing diseases or pests in a plant or plant seed.

Abstract: Herbicide/safener combinations based on safeners from the class of substituted [(1,5-diphenyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)oxy]acetic acids and their salts The present invention relates to combinations comprising one or more component (A) effective as safener and one or more herbicidally active compounds (component (B)), where component (A) represents one or more compounds of the general formula (I) or agrochemically acceptable salts thereof and component (B) represents one or more herbicides. The application further relates to a process and the use of the herbicide/safener combinations according to the invention for control of harmful plants or for regulation of growth.

Abstract: Methods of attracting marine life and methods of stabilizing marine feeds or attractants in flowing water involve submerging stable marine attractant feed block products in water for at least 12 hours where a portion of the feed block dissociates from itself and another portion of the feed block remains intact after about 12 hours. Marine life is attracted to the dissociated portions of the feed block dissociated, and/or to the portion of the marine attractant feed block that remains intact. The feed block includes at least one of a marine feed or attractant, a binder composition, the binder composition comprising a hardening agent and a cross-linked edible polymer comprised of an edible acid and a gelatinized starch, and a sugar component, where the at least one of the marine feed or attractant is retained within a web defined by the binder and distributed throughout the marine attractant feed block.

Abstract: Compositions and methods can be used to reduce the population of microorganisms present during the processing of grains and seeds. More specifically, microorganism levels are reduced in grains and seeds being malted by contacting the grains and seeds with a sanitizing solution that contains a peroxyacid and hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: The objective of the invention is to provide a plant activator having a resistance to the wash-off and a superior handleability, transportability and storage stability. A powdery plant activator comprising, at least one compound selected from an oxo fatty acid or a derivative or a salt thereof and a hydroxy fatty acid or a derivative or a salt thereof, and an unsaturated fatty acid (excluding an oxo fatty acid and a hydroxy fatty acid).