A method and instruction set stored in a computer readable medium are provided
to singulate the limbs of a plurality of animals traversing an instrumented force-sensing
floor. The method and the instruction set include the steps of (a) obtaining a
data file comprising positional data and ground reaction force data for the animals
traversing an instrumented force-sensing floor; (b) dividing the positional data
into a plurality of time zones, each time zone having a start time and an end time;
(c) determining whether each of said time zones represents positional data and
ground reaction force data for a single limb or for multiple limbs; (d) singulating
multiple limb time zones into a plurality of separate single limb time zones; (e)
identifying each limb in each time zone as a fore limb or a hind limb and a left
limb or a right limb; and (f) associating each identified fore and hind limb with
a respective one of the animals.
