Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 1/02 - PorcheriesNichesClapiers à lapins ou similaires
• A01K 13/00 - Dispositifs pour panser ou soigner les animaux, p. ex. étrillesProtège-fanonsTrousse-queueDispositifs pour empêcher les animaux de mordre leurs mangeoiresDispositifs de lavageProtection contre les conditions climatiques ou les insectes
• A01K 1/00 - Logement des animauxSon équipement

Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 1/02 - PorcheriesNichesClapiers à lapins ou similaires

Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 1/02 - PorcheriesNichesClapiers à lapins ou similaires
• A01K 1/00 - Logement des animauxSon équipement

Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• G08B 23/00 - Alarmes réagissant à des conditions indésirables ou anormales, non spécifiées
• A01K 1/02 - PorcheriesNichesClapiers à lapins ou similaires
• A61D 17/00 - Dispositifs pour signaler des troubles pendant que l'animal est en travail
• A01K 1/00 - Logement des animauxSon équipement

Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 21/00 - Dispositifs pour faciliter ou prévenir l'appariement
• A61D 19/00 - Instruments ou procédés pour la reproduction ou la fertilisation

Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• G08B 23/00 - Alarmes réagissant à des conditions indésirables ou anormales, non spécifiées

Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 29/00 - Autres appareils pour l'élevage
• A01K 1/02 - PorcheriesNichesClapiers à lapins ou similaires
• A61D 1/08 - Instruments ou dispositifs d'obstétrique vétérinaire

Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 1/02 - PorcheriesNichesClapiers à lapins ou similaires
• A01K 29/00 - Autres appareils pour l'élevage

Abrégé

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.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01K 1/00 - Logement des animauxSon équipement
• A01K 1/02 - PorcheriesNichesClapiers à lapins ou similaires
• A01K 29/00 - Autres appareils pour l'élevage
• G01G 17/08 - Appareils ou méthodes pour peser un produit ayant une forme ou des propriétés particulières pour peser du bétail
• G01P 13/00 - Indication ou enregistrement de l'existence ou de l'absence d'un mouvementIndication ou enregistrement de la direction d'un mouvement
• G08C 17/02 - Dispositions pour transmettre des signaux caractérisées par l'utilisation d'une voie électrique sans fil utilisant une voie radio
• G08C 19/00 - Systèmes de transmission de signaux électriques

Produits et 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.

Produits et 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.