Cattle Ear Tag Sensor
Detect BRD
Before
It Costs You
Continuous heart rate and respiratory monitoring — the earliest physiological signals of Bovine Respiratory Disease. Catch it before it's visible. Treat it before it's expensive.
For Pen Riders
One Rider.
Thousands of Cattle.
Every Single Day.
Pen riders carry one of the most demanding responsibilities in agriculture. Every morning they move through pens holding hundreds of head, scanning each animal for the subtle signals of illness: the droopy ear, the tucked back, the animal standing off by itself at the bunk. It is skilled, physical, relentless work, and the feedlot runs because of it.
But BRD doesn't start visually. It starts physiologically — elevated heart rate, early respiratory distress — days before an animal shows the signs a rider can spot from horseback. That gap isn't a failure of observation. It's a biological reality.
Seismi doesn't replace the pen rider. It gives them a new sense. The ear sensor captures physiological data from every tagged animal, and the Pen Rider app turns that data into a ranked attention list each morning — so the rider walks into the pen already knowing which animals to look at first. The judgment call is still theirs, backed by new data.
What Seismi Adds to the Pen Rider's Toolkit
- Physiological signals 24–48 hours before visible symptoms — the window that matters most
- A ranked pull list each morning, so the most at-risk animals get attention first
- Objective data to back up the rider's instinct when making the pull call
- Fewer missed pulls and retreatments — better outcomes per head, less rework
- A record of every pull decision and outcome, building a smarter system over time
Workflow
Four Steps.
Zero Workflow Changes.
Tag at Intake
The lightweight sensor attaches alongside existing cattle ID tags during standard intake processing. No change to existing workflows. No training required.
Passive Collection
Fixed readers and wireless power stations at feed bunks and water tanks collect vitals as cattle go about their routine. No batteries to replace. No manual scanning.
Cloud Analytics
Raw physiological signals are processed in the cloud, converting heart rate and respiratory rate patterns into individual animal health scores and cohort trends.
Prioritized Alerts
Pen Rider delivers a ranked attention list each morning — not blanket alarms. Alerts are calibrated with your consulting veterinarian to fit your pull protocols.
Pen Rider
by Seismi
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Ranked pull list Animals sorted by health score each morning — highest risk first
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Live vitals Heart rate and respiratory rate per animal, updated continuously
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Treatment history Pull decisions, outcomes, and retreatment records in one place
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Pen-level dashboard Cohort health trends for feedlot managers and consulting vets
Software
The App Built
for Pen Riders
Every morning, Pen Rider delivers a ranked list of animals that need attention — sorted by physiological health score, not gut instinct. Your pen riders start each day knowing exactly which animals to look at first.
The app surfaces the data that matters without the noise. Alerts are tuned in partnership with your consulting veterinarian to match your specific pull thresholds and treatment protocols — so pen riders get actionable information, not alert fatigue.
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What the System Measures
Heart Rate Monitoring
Continuous cardiopulmonary tracking from each tagged animal. Deviations from baseline signal early-stage BRD onset — often 24–48 hours before visible symptoms appear.
Respiratory Rate Monitoring
Real-time respiration tracking to identify respiratory distress. Elevated respiratory rate is one of the earliest and most reliable indicators of BRD before clinical signs manifest.
BRD Early-Warning Alerts
Actionable, prioritized alerts calibrated with your veterinarian to flag at-risk animals without alert fatigue. The system learns what matters to your operation.
Herd-Level Analytics
Pen and cohort trends for feedlot managers and consulting veterinarians. Track treatment outcomes, retreatment rates, and mortality over time — and show the ROI of early detection.
Under the Hood
The Sensor Is the First Layer
Every reading the Cattle Sensor captures feeds a growing proprietary dataset of animal health — the foundation for AI models that will predict BRD days before physiological signals are visible, and eventually produce a digital twin of each animal tracked across its entire life.
Antimicrobial Stewardship
Earlier Detection.
Smarter Treatment.
Earlier identification of BRD-at-risk cattle enables more targeted, timely treatment — reducing the need for broad-spectrum metaphylaxis. Seismi supports the industry's shift toward responsible antimicrobial stewardship by giving veterinarians objective physiological data to guide treatment decisions.
When you know which animal is at risk and when the risk began, you treat with precision. Not prophylactically across the pen.
Ready to See It
in Action?
Schedule a 30-minute call to see the Seismi Cattle Sensor and Pen Rider app demonstrated on real feedlot data. Bring your consulting vet.