Animal husbandry – Milkers – With signals – indicators – registers – and timers
Patent
1989-11-27
1992-03-31
Weiss, John G.
Animal husbandry
Milkers
With signals, indicators, registers, and timers
119 28, A01K 100
Patent
active
050997939
ABSTRACT:
A farrowing shed constructed to reduce the incidence of crushing of the infant pigs by the sow during farrowing and to facilitate the maintenance and servicing of the shed during usage, the shed having a pair of sidewalls, front and back walls connecting between the side walls, an inclined floor, which may be formed of slats, to provide ventilation therethrough, a roof constructed onto the assembled walls, and a front pivotal gate arranged on an incline to provide convenient access into the shed; the interior of the shed is formed having two compartments, one for locating the farrowing pigs at the front portion thereof, while the back portion of the shed forms a sow compartment, the two compartments being separated by a divider, either formed of wood slats or metal rails, which rails may be stragecially located to effectively prevent the crushing of any infant pigs by the sow.
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Denk Paul M.
Weiss John G.
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