Animal husbandry – Bed or rest
Patent
1988-07-12
1991-02-19
Swiatek, Robert P.
Animal husbandry
Bed or rest
119 5, A01K 1502
Patent
active
049933639
ABSTRACT:
A method of raising farm animals including mammals, birds, and fish, provides the farm animals with playing toys to improve their behavioral characteristics, feeding habits, mortality rates, and overall health and quality.
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Cornell Research Foundation Inc.
Swiatek Robert P.
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