The MaGiix bolus is a rumen transponder utilizing microchip RFID technology to provide:

Automatic, accurate sensing of body temperature, and Permanent, tamper-proof animal identification.

Temperature accuracy is within 0.2 deg. F, enabling detection of sickness and physiologic cycles.

WHAT IS MaGiiX CTMS?

Welcome to the MaGiiX Cattle Temperature Monitoring System (CTMS)? An innovative, patent-pending, RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) based system designed to automatically and accurately monitor individual cattle body temperatures in a feedlot or dairy.

The CTMS system consists of a passive radio-frequency rumen transponder (the Bolus), a Panel Reader, and software program (Information Control Software) to run on your personal computer to collect and view the data.
The Bolus - contains temperature-measuring electronics and is administered down the throat of the cow using a standard balling gun. It resides in the reticulum (the second chamber of the digestive tract) for the life of the animal. Each uniquely identifiable Bolus continuously monitors and transmits the internal temperature of the animal and provides life-long electronic animal identification. The bolus is FDA-compliant
The Panel Reader- houses an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) Reader, two Antennas and Radar Proximity Sensors. It also measures the surrounding ambient temperature and relative humidity.
Information Control Software (ICS) ? The easy-to-use PC-based software program that organizes and catalogs the temperature data readings. With this software, you can display the temperatures of individual or groups of animals over a period of time, configure the RFID Reader(s), and set alarm limits.

HOW DOES THE MaGiiX CTMS SYSTEM WORK?

Temperature and ID are recorded each time an animal walks past the Panel Reader, generally as cows enter or exit a milking parlor.

As a cow passes the Panel Reader, radar sensors automatically detect the animal, turning on the transmitter. A magnetic field induces a small electrical charge inside the bolus, sufficient to energize the transmitter. The bolus responds to this interrogation signal by transmitting its unique identification number and temperature on a coded radio-frequency.

Additionally, because the system is connected via an Ethernet connection, the data collected in the ICS program's database can be easily downloaded to a Farmer's Computer to integrate with third party Farm or Dairy Management software, if desired. The reader inside the Panel decodes the received bolus signal and then routes the data to a remote computer, via an Ethernet link. This data animal ID and cow's reticular temperature is collected, time and date-stamped and stored in a database using the Information Control Software (ICS) installed on your personal computer.