CA2261319A1 - Lee calf processing sleigh - Google Patents
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- CA2261319A1 CA2261319A1 CA 2261319 CA2261319A CA2261319A1 CA 2261319 A1 CA2261319 A1 CA 2261319A1 CA 2261319 CA2261319 CA 2261319 CA 2261319 A CA2261319 A CA 2261319A CA 2261319 A1 CA2261319 A1 CA 2261319A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
- A01K1/02—Pigsties; Dog-kennels; Rabbit-hutches or the like
- A01K1/0236—Transport boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses for animals; Fittings therefor
- A01K1/0263—Harnesses
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
- A01K1/02—Pigsties; Dog-kennels; Rabbit-hutches or the like
- A01K1/0236—Transport boxes, bags, cages, baskets, harnesses for animals; Fittings therefor
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K15/00—Devices for taming animals, e.g. nose-rings or hobbles; Devices for overturning animals in general; Training or exercising equipment; Covering boxes
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61D—VETERINARY INSTRUMENTS, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, OR METHODS
- A61D3/00—Appliances for supporting or fettering animals for operative purposes
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01G—WEIGHING
- G01G17/00—Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property
- G01G17/08—Apparatus for or methods of weighing material of special form or property for weighing livestock
Abstract
A light weight apparatus that is used to restrain baby calves for transporting drying warming, weighing, and processing.(castrating, dehorning, ear tagging, tattooing vaccinating, branding and disinfecting navel)
Description
S~C1FICAtlOri This invention relates the transportation, processing and weighing of ncvvborn catvcs.
'There are many tools for transporting, processing and weighing of calvcsbut most are only capable of doing one or two of the tasks mentioned. There often inefficient, awkward and may need two people to operate. Common tools for transporting new born cah~es, have the calves lying on the device low to the ground or up to high for cow to recognize her calf. It is important that the cow is able to recognize her calf;
or she wl'll not follow when the calf is being transported. If the calf is raised up off the ground she wont see it , and if it's transported to low she may cause injury to her calf by accidentally stepping on it.
New bores are often processed on the ground with the farmer kneeling on the calf to hold it down, or has the help of someone else. This technique gets both the farmer, and the calf dirty, and puts the farmer in danger of being injured by the calf or cow. Other systems for securing calves for processing often need two people to operate and have the calf laying on it's side, which makes it difficult to castrate because gravity is not helping to drop the testicles. The head is lying on it's side making it difficult to ear tag, or dehorn on the bottom side of the head.
Systems for weighing calves are often bullcy and need two people to operate and may be easily damaged from rough handling.
I have found that these problems have been over conic by having one tool to do all throe jobs, transporting, weighing, and processing. The calf sleigh moves easr'ty through snow, mud, manure, and dry ground. It can travol up and down stops and through door ways. The calf is up off the ground and in a natural position. 'The calls legs and head are secured, but his head and body are fully exposed for processing, due to the fact the calf is laying on his chest, and stomach the testicles are forced down malting castration easier. The calfs head is in a up right position at a comfortable working height malting tagging, tattooing, dehorning, or administer oral medication a simple process. The weighing mechanism is the sleigh itself it won't be damaged by the elements or rough treatment.
The imrentions description, and operation will riow follow with referenncxs to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. # 1 is a side view of calf sleigh with detachable scale bar ( 1 ).
Fig.#2 is front view of sleigh showing removable tool/medicine box.(2) Also shown is the sleeve (3) to store scalc bar in.
Rope (4) for towing is also shown.
Transportation of the calf is done by lifting the calf up and onto the deck (6), with the calls legs put through the 4 holes (7) on the deck. Now the calf is suspended off the ground, safe from injury. The calf is clearly visfble with it's legs under him in a natural position, the cow thinks ~e calf is running away and readily follows.
Once in the calf sleigh, one pennon can easily process the calf: The calls head is secured in a natural position by an adjustable ion ~P (5)~ P~ just behind the head where the neck begins. The catPs ears, horns, mouth, neck and body are easily accessible for ear tatrooin~ dehorning, giving ~ medication, injections and f branding.
The deck has two additional holes, one for the testicles (8) and one for the navel (9). Pressure from the weight of the calf lying on its stomach, forces the testicles into the scrotum, making it easy to castrate.
The calf s naval is exposed through a hole (9) in the deck. This reduces the chance of transmitting disease from calf to calf through naval contamination. The exposed naval makes naval disinfecting possible.
Due to the unique design, the deck (6) flexes in proportion to the weight of the calf.
A calibrate bar (1), placed at the back of the deck (6), will indicate the calls weight. On the front of the calf sleigh is a removable tool/medicine box (2). It holds all the tools and medicines needed to process the calf.
To rcntovc the calf from the icwcntion, aimpty tip the alcigh on ita side and slide the sleigh away from the calf. The calf's legs will sfide out of the holes.
'There are many tools for transporting, processing and weighing of calvcsbut most are only capable of doing one or two of the tasks mentioned. There often inefficient, awkward and may need two people to operate. Common tools for transporting new born cah~es, have the calves lying on the device low to the ground or up to high for cow to recognize her calf. It is important that the cow is able to recognize her calf;
or she wl'll not follow when the calf is being transported. If the calf is raised up off the ground she wont see it , and if it's transported to low she may cause injury to her calf by accidentally stepping on it.
New bores are often processed on the ground with the farmer kneeling on the calf to hold it down, or has the help of someone else. This technique gets both the farmer, and the calf dirty, and puts the farmer in danger of being injured by the calf or cow. Other systems for securing calves for processing often need two people to operate and have the calf laying on it's side, which makes it difficult to castrate because gravity is not helping to drop the testicles. The head is lying on it's side making it difficult to ear tag, or dehorn on the bottom side of the head.
Systems for weighing calves are often bullcy and need two people to operate and may be easily damaged from rough handling.
I have found that these problems have been over conic by having one tool to do all throe jobs, transporting, weighing, and processing. The calf sleigh moves easr'ty through snow, mud, manure, and dry ground. It can travol up and down stops and through door ways. The calf is up off the ground and in a natural position. 'The calls legs and head are secured, but his head and body are fully exposed for processing, due to the fact the calf is laying on his chest, and stomach the testicles are forced down malting castration easier. The calfs head is in a up right position at a comfortable working height malting tagging, tattooing, dehorning, or administer oral medication a simple process. The weighing mechanism is the sleigh itself it won't be damaged by the elements or rough treatment.
The imrentions description, and operation will riow follow with referenncxs to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. # 1 is a side view of calf sleigh with detachable scale bar ( 1 ).
Fig.#2 is front view of sleigh showing removable tool/medicine box.(2) Also shown is the sleeve (3) to store scalc bar in.
Rope (4) for towing is also shown.
Transportation of the calf is done by lifting the calf up and onto the deck (6), with the calls legs put through the 4 holes (7) on the deck. Now the calf is suspended off the ground, safe from injury. The calf is clearly visfble with it's legs under him in a natural position, the cow thinks ~e calf is running away and readily follows.
Once in the calf sleigh, one pennon can easily process the calf: The calls head is secured in a natural position by an adjustable ion ~P (5)~ P~ just behind the head where the neck begins. The catPs ears, horns, mouth, neck and body are easily accessible for ear tatrooin~ dehorning, giving ~ medication, injections and f branding.
The deck has two additional holes, one for the testicles (8) and one for the navel (9). Pressure from the weight of the calf lying on its stomach, forces the testicles into the scrotum, making it easy to castrate.
The calf s naval is exposed through a hole (9) in the deck. This reduces the chance of transmitting disease from calf to calf through naval contamination. The exposed naval makes naval disinfecting possible.
Due to the unique design, the deck (6) flexes in proportion to the weight of the calf.
A calibrate bar (1), placed at the back of the deck (6), will indicate the calls weight. On the front of the calf sleigh is a removable tool/medicine box (2). It holds all the tools and medicines needed to process the calf.
To rcntovc the calf from the icwcntion, aimpty tip the alcigh on ita side and slide the sleigh away from the calf. The calf's legs will sfide out of the holes.
Claims
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows.
A single device that is able to do what three separate devices did before, transport, weigh and process baby calves. This is an improvement over other single operation devices in that it is fight weight and easy for one person to handle. It has no wheels to bog down in mud and can easily pass through a standard doorway and travel up and down steps.
The calf is in a position that makes him recognizable to the cow and is in a better position for processing.
The scale is part of the sleigh, making it durable.
A single device that is able to do what three separate devices did before, transport, weigh and process baby calves. This is an improvement over other single operation devices in that it is fight weight and easy for one person to handle. It has no wheels to bog down in mud and can easily pass through a standard doorway and travel up and down steps.
The calf is in a position that makes him recognizable to the cow and is in a better position for processing.
The scale is part of the sleigh, making it durable.
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| CA 2261319 CA2261319A1 (en) | 1999-02-11 | 1999-02-11 | Lee calf processing sleigh |
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| CA 2261319 CA2261319A1 (en) | 1999-02-11 | 1999-02-11 | Lee calf processing sleigh |
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Cited By (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN102538933A (en) * | 2011-11-28 | 2012-07-04 | 杨小红 | Automatic weighing device of neonate warm box |
| US8791105B2 (en) | 2010-07-14 | 2014-07-29 | Kansas State University Research Foundation | Methods for alleviating chronic pain and improving performance of cattle undergoing dehorning or castration |
| US8833307B2 (en) | 2012-09-04 | 2014-09-16 | Kenneth H. Olfert | Calf capturing cart |
| CN109122381A (en) * | 2018-10-09 | 2019-01-04 | 山东省农业科学院畜牧兽医研究所 | A kind of calf forage foraging behaviour self-recording unit |
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Cited By (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US8791105B2 (en) | 2010-07-14 | 2014-07-29 | Kansas State University Research Foundation | Methods for alleviating chronic pain and improving performance of cattle undergoing dehorning or castration |
| CN102538933A (en) * | 2011-11-28 | 2012-07-04 | 杨小红 | Automatic weighing device of neonate warm box |
| US8833307B2 (en) | 2012-09-04 | 2014-09-16 | Kenneth H. Olfert | Calf capturing cart |
| CN109122381A (en) * | 2018-10-09 | 2019-01-04 | 山东省农业科学院畜牧兽医研究所 | A kind of calf forage foraging behaviour self-recording unit |
| CN109122381B (en) * | 2018-10-09 | 2024-04-12 | 山东省农业科学院畜牧兽医研究所 | Automatic recording device for calf feed intake behavior |
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