Abstract

An apparatus for drying piglets immediately after birth includes a container shaped and arranged for receiving up to three or four of the piglets having an opening arrangement for manual insertion by the worker of the piglets to be confined within the container during a drying period. The container has a system for applying air movement and optionally heat to the piglets while confined with the container for drying and a release arrangement having a door controlled by a settable timer or a system for detecting when the piglets are dry for allowing release from the container of the piglets after a sufficient drying time period has elapsed. The container includes a base mounted in each farrowing crate and a cover portion which is removable from one crate to another.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 1/02 - PigstiesDog-kennelsRabbit-hutches or the like
• A01K 13/00 - Devices for grooming or caring of animals, e.g. curry-combsFetlock ringsTail-holdersDevices for preventing crib-bitingWashing devicesProtection against weather conditions or insects
• A01K 1/00 - Housing animalsEquipment therefor

Abstract

An apparatus for drying piglets immediately after birth includes a container shaped and arranged for receiving up to three or four of the piglets having an opening arrangement for manual insertion by the worker of the piglets to be confined within the container during a drying period. The container has a system for applying air movement and optionally heat to the piglets while confined with the container for drying and a release arrangement having a door controlled by a settable timer or a system for detecting when the piglets are dry for allowing release from the container of the piglets after a sufficient drying time period has elapsed. The container includes a base mounted in each farrowing crate and a cover portion which is removable from one crate to another.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 1/02 - PigstiesDog-kennelsRabbit-hutches or the like

Abstract

An apparatus for drying piglets immediately after birth includes a container shaped and arranged for receiving up to three or four of the piglets having an opening arrangement for manual insertion by the worker of the piglets to be confined within the container during a drying period. The container has a system for applying air movement and optionally heat to the piglets while confined with the container for drying and a release arrangement having a door controlled by a settable timer or a system for detecting when the piglets are dry for allowing release from the container of the piglets after a sufficient drying time period has elapsed. The container includes a base mounted in each farrowing crate and a cover portion which is removable from one crate to another.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 1/02 - PigstiesDog-kennelsRabbit-hutches or the like
• A01K 1/00 - Housing animalsEquipment therefor

Abstract

The number of piglets dying at birth is reduced by providing a temperature sensor in a farrowing crate at the piglet area thereof on a movable cover so that, when the sow is expected to give birth, the sensor is located in the crate at a location to detect the presence of one or more piglets after birth. On detection by a control unit using the sensor signal of the one or more piglets, the sensor communicates a signal to a pager carried by an operator indicating to the operator that birth of piglets is in progress and activates a heating lamp for the piglets in the pen to attract them away from the area of the sow to reduce crushing. The control unit and the sensor also control the heat output. The cover can slide along the piglet area and can lift to expose the piglet area.

IPC Classes  ?

• G08B 23/00 - Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions
• A01K 1/02 - PigstiesDog-kennelsRabbit-hutches or the like
• A61D 17/00 - Devices for indicating trouble during labour of animals
• A01K 1/00 - Housing animalsEquipment therefor

Abstract

Estrus and ovulation of animals and particularly sows is determined for planning of a preferred time zone of fertilization by a sensing system arranged to detect standing of the animal. Data from the sensing system is collected and analyzed using an algorithm and information that is displayed on an indicating system to provide an indication to a worker of the time zone of estrus and ovulation and of a useful fertilization time zone and a preferred fertilization time zone of the animal. The indicating system includes a countdown clock to the preferred time zone of fertilization. In the event that the fertilization fails, an indication is provided about whether the actual time of fertilization occurred at the preferred time of fertilization indicated to the worker. When estrus is completed, a confidence level is provided about the position of the actual time of fertilization relative to ovulation.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 21/00 - Devices for assisting or preventing mating
• A61D 19/00 - Instruments or methods for reproduction or fertilisation

Abstract

The number of piglets dying at birth is reduced by providing a temperature sensor in a farrowing crate at the piglet area thereof on a movable cover so that, when the sow is expected to give birth, the sensor is located in the crate at a location to detect the presence of one or more piglets after birth. On detection by a control unit using the sensor signal of the one or more piglets, the sensor communicates a signal to a pager carried by an operator indicating to the operator that birth of piglets is in progress and activates a heating lamp for the piglets in the pen to attract them away from the area of the sow to reduce crushing. The control unit and the sensor also control the heat output. The cover can slide along the piglet area and can lift to expose the piglet area.

IPC Classes  ?

• G08B 23/00 - Alarms responsive to unspecified undesired or abnormal conditions

Abstract

The number of piglets dying at birth is reduced by providing a temperature sensor in a farrowing crate at the piglet area thereof on a movable cover so that, when the sow is expected to give birth, the sensor is located in the crate at a location to detect the presence of one or more piglets after birth. On detection by a control unit using the sensor signal of the one or more piglets, the sensor communicates a signal to a pager carried by an operator indicating to the operator that birth of piglets is in progress and activates a heating lamp for the piglets in the pen to attract them away from the area of the sow to reduce crushing. The control unit and the sensor also control the heat output. The cover can slide along the piglet area and can lift to expose the piglet area.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 29/00 - Other apparatus for animal husbandry
• A01K 1/02 - PigstiesDog-kennelsRabbit-hutches or the like
• A61D 1/08 - Veterinary obstetrical instruments or devices

Abstract

The number of piglets dying at birth is reduced by providing a temperature sensor in a farrowing crate at the piglet area thereof on a movable cover so that, when the sow is expected to give birth, the sensor is located in the crate at a location to detect the presence of one or more piglets after birth. On detection by a control unit using the sensor signal of the one or more piglets, the sensor communicates a signal to a pager carried by an operator indicating to the operator that birth of piglets is in progress and activates a heating lamp for the piglets in the pen to attract them away from the area of the sow to reduce crushing. The control unit and the sensor also control the heat output. The cover can slide along the piglet area and can lift to expose the piglet area.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 1/02 - PigstiesDog-kennelsRabbit-hutches or the like
• A01K 29/00 - Other apparatus for animal husbandry

Abstract

The number of piglets dying at birth is reduced by providing a motion
or weight sensor in a farrowing crate at the piglet area thereof so that, when
the sow
is expected to give birth, the motion sensor is located in the crate at a
location to
detect motion of one or more piglets after birth and, on detection of motion
of the
one or more piglets, causing the motion sensor to wirelessly communicate a
signal
to a pager carried by an operator indicating to the operator that birth of
piglets is in
progress.

IPC Classes  ?

• A01K 1/00 - Housing animalsEquipment therefor
• A01K 1/02 - PigstiesDog-kennelsRabbit-hutches or the like
• A01K 29/00 - Other apparatus for animal husbandry
• G01G 17/08 - Apparatus for, or methods of, weighing material of special form or property for weighing livestock
• G01P 13/00 - Indicating or recording presence or absence of movementIndicating or recording of direction of movement
• G08C 17/02 - Arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless electrical link using a radio link
• G08C 19/00 - Electric signal transmission systems

Goods & Services

(1) Cages téléguidées pour verrats servant à l'insémination artificielle porcine. (1) Exploitation d'un commerce traitant de la conception, fabrication, installation et vente d'équipement, nommément cages téléguidées pour verrats servant à l'insémination artificielle porcine.

Goods & Services

(1) Cages téléguidées pour verrats servant à l'insémination artificielle porcine. (1) Exploitation d'un commerce traitant de la conception, fabrication, installation et vente d'équipement, nommément cages téléguidées pour verrats servant à l'insémination artificielle porcine.