Kamar Heatmount Detectors are a valuable heat detection aid that assist in identifying cows ready for artificial breeding. The detectors are a pressure sensitive device with a built-in timing mechanism designed to be activated by standing heat behavior. Glued onto the sacrum (tail head), pressure from the brisket of a mounting animal requires approximately 3 seconds to turn the detector from white to red. This timing mechanism helps distinguish between true standing heat versus false mounting activity. Standing heat behavior in the bovine is the most reliable sign that a cow is ready to be bred.

Detectors are glued between the tail head and the hip bones. A liquid adhesive is commonly used, but the new QuickStick Kamar detectors feature a peel-and-stick application. For more on the QuickStick Kamar detector, please visit the Kamar Detector Page

The University of Maryland, in a Journal of Dairy Science report, indicated efficiency of the Kamar Heatmount Detector was as high as 84% when combined with visual observation. Visual only was 68% in the same study.

The detector is manufactured in San Diego, California. Warehousing and order processing is done in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, with a sales office in Indianapolis, Indiana. Our operations cover the U.S. from East to West! Our distributors virtually cover the world! Kamar Heatmount Detectors are available from most A. I. companies, or contact us direct for the name of a retail distributor close to you.