GB2100569A - Improvements in bedding, litter or the like for livestock - Google Patents
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- GB2100569A GB2100569A GB08119153A GB8119153A GB2100569A GB 2100569 A GB2100569 A GB 2100569A GB 08119153 A GB08119153 A GB 08119153A GB 8119153 A GB8119153 A GB 8119153A GB 2100569 A GB2100569 A GB 2100569A
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- 244000144972 livestock Species 0.000 title claims description 9
- 239000004794 expanded polystyrene Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 9
- 241000283073 Equus caballus Species 0.000 claims abstract description 5
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 claims description 36
- 239000004793 Polystyrene Substances 0.000 claims description 13
- 229920002223 polystyrene Polymers 0.000 claims description 13
- 239000004033 plastic Substances 0.000 claims description 12
- 229920003023 plastic Polymers 0.000 claims description 12
- 241000283086 Equidae Species 0.000 claims description 10
- 241001465754 Metazoa Species 0.000 claims description 9
- 239000010902 straw Substances 0.000 claims description 6
- 241000283690 Bos taurus Species 0.000 claims description 4
- 239000000645 desinfectant Substances 0.000 claims description 4
- 239000003599 detergent Substances 0.000 claims description 4
- -1 germicides Substances 0.000 claims description 4
- 230000009931 harmful effect Effects 0.000 claims description 4
- 238000004806 packaging method and process Methods 0.000 claims description 4
- 238000004064 recycling Methods 0.000 claims description 4
- 229920002994 synthetic fiber Polymers 0.000 claims description 4
- 239000004150 EU approved colour Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 238000010521 absorption reaction Methods 0.000 claims description 2
- 230000000844 anti-bacterial effect Effects 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000003899 bactericide agent Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 238000004140 cleaning Methods 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000000356 contaminant Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000000975 dye Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000000417 fungicide Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 230000002070 germicidal effect Effects 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000008187 granular material Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 238000009413 insulation Methods 0.000 claims description 2
- 230000009191 jumping Effects 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 229940006093 opthalmologic coloring agent diagnostic Drugs 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000005022 packaging material Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000003415 peat Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000008188 pellet Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000012466 permeate Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 230000001681 protective effect Effects 0.000 claims description 2
- 210000002700 urine Anatomy 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000002023 wood Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 238000005452 bending Methods 0.000 claims 1
Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
- A01K1/015—Floor coverings, e.g. bedding-down sheets ; Stable floors
- A01K1/0152—Litter
- A01K1/0155—Litter comprising organic material
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
- A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
- A01K1/015—Floor coverings, e.g. bedding-down sheets ; Stable floors
- A01K1/0152—Litter
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- Animal Husbandry (AREA)
- Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
- Housing For Livestock And Birds (AREA)
Abstract
An equine bedding or litter comprises discrete rod-like or tube-like bodies of closed-cell expanded polystyrene.
Description
SPECIFICATION
Improvements in bedding, litter or the like for livestock
The present invention relates to bedding, litter or the like for animals, and more particularly to bedding for use in stabling horses.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved bedding or litter material as an alternative to the more usually employed straw, wood shavings or peat which is currently relatively expensive and often difficult to obtain and/or handle and/or dispose of in bulk.
The animal bedding or litter according to the present invention comprises discrete bodies of a synthetic plastics material.
The characteristics of the bodies should be such that, when the bodies are distributed over a stable floortoform a layerofthe required depth, they will provide a relatively soft and/or resilient bedding possessing the required degree of thermal insulation, they will allow urine to permeate therebetween without significant absorption, and they will resist, or will not be readily prone to movement or flow transversely to an extent which would result in exposure of the underlying stable floor, due to normal movements of the horse. These characteristics may be achieved by the choice of basic synthetic material, and/orthe manner in which it is formed into the discrete bodies, and/or the shape(s) and/or size(s) of the bodies.
I have discovered that a particularly advantageous material is polystyrene, such as expanded polystyrene. This material is inert in the sense that it does not appear to give rise to any harmful effects due to contact with horses, nor is it usually attractive to horses to eat, and even if eaten, does not appear to be harmful. Furthermore, such material is readily available in bulk, since it is commonly employed, in a variety of forms, as a protective packaging material for industrial and domestic articles.
The bodies may, for example, comprise chips, strips, granules or pellets, or equivalent, obtained for example, by crushing, shredding or otherwise breaking down scrap preformed closed-cell, expanded polystyrene blocks or other shapes used in packaging. Alternatively, the bodies may be molded or otherwise preformed to the required shape(s) and size(s), and as such may comprise one or more of the currently available preformed shapes employed for packaging. Such preformed shapes or bodies are marketed, for example by Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd., under the trade name " ". The bodies whether preformed or not, may, for example, be of such a size that their major dimension is of the order of 1 to 3cm or more.
The individual bodies are preferably not spherical, nor should they have an overall smooth rounded shape approaching spherical, since, as a mass, they will then tend to be readily displaced and positionally unstable underfoot. Furthermore, such bodies might require dams, baffles, or other retaining means at stable doors or other openings to prevent unintentional out-flow.
Appropriate preformed shapes may be star, corrugated, or chopped tube or rod.
Whilst polystyrene, such as closed-cell expanded polystyrene, has been proposed, other forms of polystyrene, and/or other plastics materials, may be employed.
The synthetic plastics bodies may be used as bedding or litter for livestock other than horses, for example cattle, and/or it may be used for surfacing show rings, etc, used for horses or cattle, for example it may form at least the top surface of a show jumping arena.
The bodies may be used alone, or in combination with other materials, i.e. they may be mixed with conventional bedding or litter materials, such as straw.
The bodies may be recycled, i.e. may be cleaned and/or disinfected in an appropriate manner, and reused. In this respect, synthetic materials such as polystyrene posses the advantage over conventional natural litter materials that the former are relatively inert, and are not degraded to any significant extent by recycling or cleaning using hot liquid cleansing agents, detergents or disinfectants.
Thus, from another aspect, the present invention provides a bedding or litter material for livestock as hereinbefore described, in combination with apparatus or reclaiming and recycling contaminated bedding or litter material.
Alternatively, the bodies (and optionally their contaminants) may be destroyed, consumed or otherwise disposed of, for example incinerated, dissolved or otherwise degraded.
Thus, from yet another aspect, the invention provides a bedding or litter material for livestock as hereinbefore described, in combination with apparatus for disposing of such material.
Disinfectants, fungicides, germicides, and/or bactericides, or the like, and/or colouring agents or dyes, may be added to, or combined with, the material hereinbefore described. Alternatively or additionally, the material may be prepared or treated to render it biodegradable.
CLAIMS (Filed 22.6.82)
1. An animal bedding or litter which comprises discrete bodies of a synthetic plastic material, the bodies being of such a size and shape that, in use, when laid to form a layer several bodies deep, the bodies tend to resist generally transverse separational movement due to normal movements of an animal.
2. An equine bedding or litter comprising discrete bodies of a synthetic plastic material, the bodies being of rod-like or tu be-like form.
3. A bedding or litter as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein the bodies are sized and shaped to resemble natural straw.
4. A bedding or litter as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the plastics material comprises polystyrene or equivalent.
5. A bedding or litter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the polystyrene or equivalent is closed-cell, expanded polystyrene or equivalent.
**WARNING** end of DESC field may overlap start of CLMS **.
Claims (7)
1. An animal bedding or litter which comprises discrete bodies of a synthetic plastic material, the bodies being of such a size and shape that, in use, when laid to form a layer several bodies deep, the bodies tend to resist generally transverse separational movement due to normal movements of an animal.
2. An equine bedding or litter comprising discrete bodies of a synthetic plastic material, the bodies being of rod-like or tu be-like form.
3. A bedding or litter as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein the bodies are sized and shaped to resemble natural straw.
4. A bedding or litter as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the plastics material comprises polystyrene or equivalent.
5. A bedding or litter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the polystyrene or equivalent is closed-cell, expanded polystyrene or equivalent.
6. A bedding or litter as claimed in claims 2 and 5, or claim 3 or 4 in combination with claim 5, wherein the polystyrene or equivalent is partially expanded to an extent such that it tends to fold or crease, rather than break, if subjected to an excessive bending load.
7. An animal bedding or litter substantially as hereinbefore described.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB08119153A GB2100569A (en) | 1981-06-22 | 1981-06-22 | Improvements in bedding, litter or the like for livestock |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| GB08119153A GB2100569A (en) | 1981-06-22 | 1981-06-22 | Improvements in bedding, litter or the like for livestock |
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| GB2100569A true GB2100569A (en) | 1983-01-06 |
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| GB08119153A Withdrawn GB2100569A (en) | 1981-06-22 | 1981-06-22 | Improvements in bedding, litter or the like for livestock |
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Cited By (9)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO1986000781A1 (en) * | 1983-02-02 | 1986-02-13 | Sally Carden Davies | An animal mattress |
| US5184574A (en) * | 1990-12-20 | 1993-02-09 | Kirk Robert C | Cat litter box |
| EP0528660A2 (en) * | 1991-08-17 | 1993-02-24 | Dunlop Limited | Livestock bedding |
| US5429073A (en) * | 1993-10-26 | 1995-07-04 | Shakespeare Company | Bedding materials for animals |
| US6453846B2 (en) * | 1999-03-15 | 2002-09-24 | Rapac, Inc. | Method of applying bedding on the floor of a poultry rearing barn and for recycling or disposing of spent bedding |
| US8464500B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2013-06-18 | Shelly Ann Townsend | Process for reprocessing soiled animal bedding |
| US9596827B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2017-03-21 | Shelly Ann Townsend | Method for reprocessing animal bedding |
| US10626059B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2020-04-21 | Equine Eco Green, Llc | System and method for reprocessing animal bedding |
| US10995041B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2021-05-04 | Equine Eco Green, Llc | System and method for reprocessing animal bedding |
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Cited By (13)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WO1986000781A1 (en) * | 1983-02-02 | 1986-02-13 | Sally Carden Davies | An animal mattress |
| US5184574A (en) * | 1990-12-20 | 1993-02-09 | Kirk Robert C | Cat litter box |
| EP0528660A2 (en) * | 1991-08-17 | 1993-02-24 | Dunlop Limited | Livestock bedding |
| GB2258990A (en) * | 1991-08-17 | 1993-03-03 | Dunlop Ltd | Livestock bedding. |
| EP0528660A3 (en) * | 1991-08-17 | 1993-10-27 | Dunlop Ltd | Livestock bedding |
| US5429073A (en) * | 1993-10-26 | 1995-07-04 | Shakespeare Company | Bedding materials for animals |
| US6453846B2 (en) * | 1999-03-15 | 2002-09-24 | Rapac, Inc. | Method of applying bedding on the floor of a poultry rearing barn and for recycling or disposing of spent bedding |
| US8464500B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2013-06-18 | Shelly Ann Townsend | Process for reprocessing soiled animal bedding |
| US9596827B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2017-03-21 | Shelly Ann Townsend | Method for reprocessing animal bedding |
| US10626059B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2020-04-21 | Equine Eco Green, Llc | System and method for reprocessing animal bedding |
| US10995041B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2021-05-04 | Equine Eco Green, Llc | System and method for reprocessing animal bedding |
| US11472751B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2022-10-18 | Equine Eco Green, Llc | System and method for reprocessing animal bedding |
| US11649193B2 (en) | 2009-02-23 | 2023-05-16 | Equine Eco Green, Llc | System and method for reprocessing animal bedding |
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| WAP | Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1) |