RU2118489C1 - Device for trauma prophylaxis of veterinary workers from cattle horn impacts - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: animal farming. SUBSTANCE: device has thick-wall conical casing with longitudinal recess in its lower part and hollow ball-shaped shock-absorber filled with porous material. Metal hoop removably put onto upper part of casing is connected with rubber tape which is connected to hook engageable with base of one horn. Rubber pressing ring is put onto casing. Prior to conducting procedures, device is put on animal's horn at side, from which procedure is to be conducted. Pressing ring is urged for sliding down the casing so that hook engages other horn. Upon accomplishment of procedures, hook is initially removed, then pressing ring is released by moving it upward and device is finally removed from the horn. EFFECT: increased efficiency, simplified construction and reliable protection of specialists from animal's horn impacts. 2 dwg

Description

 The invention relates to safety in veterinary medicine and can be used to prevent injury to veterinary specialists from blows from cattle horn during diagnostic studies, treatment and mass veterinary prophylactic treatments.

 Various methods of dehydration are known: prevention of horn formation in calves at an early age from 1 to 6 weeks of age by thermal, chemical and surgical methods, dehydration of young animals up to 6 months of age by using special forceps, dehydration of adult animals not older than one and a half to two years by surgical intervention, circumcision of the ends of the horns in adult animals by the use of special bill hooks and scissors (see G. Kuznetsov. Surgical diseases of animals in industrial type farms. - .: Kolos, Leningrad branch, 1980, p. 153-163; Veterinary medicine, N 7, 1978, p. 80; Veterinary medicine, N 8, 1980, p. 53; Veterinary medicine, N 11, 1981, p. 56; ed. certificate N 741833, class A 01 K 17/00, 1980, F. Kanarev Occupational safety, ed. 2 rev. and add. - M.: Agropromizdat, 1988; Livestock, N 10, 1995, p. 15, rubric - "Our home").

 The disadvantages of these methods are: prevention of horn formation and dehydration of calves is not always done on farms due to the fact that calves are often born weak, they have digestive disorders and respiratory diseases; these methods are very painful and often accompanied by severe bleeding, inflammation of the skin, require special chemicals, tools and a certain skill from a veterinarian; most farms do not cut the ends of the horns in adult animals due to the lack of special bill hooks and forceps.

 All these shortcomings lead to the fact that adult animals remain with horns and pose a great danger to veterinary specialists. An animal can strike with a horn of any strength on any part of the head and body of a person. A blow to the eye, face and stomach is especially dangerous. As a result, veterinarians are seriously injured and may become disabled.

 Closest to the invention is a "Device for reducing the aggressiveness of horned animals" (and.with. N 1491423, A 01 K 15/00, 1984).

 A device for reducing the aggressiveness of horned animals contains an electric generator in the form of a cylinder, which is fixed with a clamp on the back of the middle part of the horn of an animal. In addition, for fixing the magnetic casing on the horn, a locking bolt installed in the hole of the horn from the side of the end can be used. The ends of the windings of the generator are connected to the electrodes implanted in the head of the animal. During aggressive movements of the animal’s head, when it makes a butt, the capacitor and electrodes are closed and the animal receives an electric shock to the head from the discharge of the capacitor.

 The disadvantages of this device: this device is intended only to reduce the aggressiveness of horned animals in relation to other animals located next to it, and not to prevent injury to veterinarians; the electric generator is fixed on the back side of the middle part of the animal’s horn with a clamp, in connection with this the end of the animal’s horn remains exposed and poses a great danger to humans; the device is fixed on the horn of the animal for life, because the electrodes of the electric generator are implanted in the head; the device is a very complex electrical device, which consists of a large number of different parts and, apparently, is very expensive. In this regard, this device cannot be fixed on the horn of each horned animal, even on one small farm.

 The purpose of the invention is the prevention of injury to veterinary specialists from blows by the horn of cattle during diagnostic studies, treatment and veterinary prophylactic treatments.

 The goal is achieved in that the device for the prevention of injury is made of rubber and consists of a thick-walled cone-shaped hollow body with a small longitudinal section in the lower part and a hollow spherical shock absorber filled with foam rubber, and there is also a rubber clamping ring for tightly fitting the case to the horn and a hook for hooking to another horn.

 The drawing shows a device for the prevention of injury to veterinarians from blows by the horn of cattle, side view. It consists of a hollow cone-shaped body 1 with a small longitudinal section in the lower part, a hollow spherical shock absorber 2, which inside is filled with foam rubber. A removable metal hoop 3 is attached to the upper part of the housing 1, which connects to the rubber band 4. The rubber band 4 is connected to the hook 5 for hooking to the root of another horn. Also on the housing 1 is wearing a rubber clamping ring 6.

 A device for the prevention of injury to veterinary specialists from blows by the horn of cattle is used as follows.

 Before carrying out treatment, diagnostic tests and veterinary preventive treatments, the device is worn on the horn of the animal, which side, for example, will take blood from the jugular vein or injected medicine. Then, by moving a hand down the housing 1, the clamping ring 6 moves. After that, the hook 5 immediately hooks onto the root of the other horn.

 Thus, a device worn on the horn of an animal is ready to protect a veterinarian from severe injury.

 After the end of work, the hook 5 is removed, the clamping ring 6 moves upward along the housing 1 and the device is removed from the horn by moving upward.

 Tests during treatments and treatment of animals showed that this device reliably prevents the injury of veterinary specialists from being hit by cattle horn.

Claims (1)

 A device for preventing injury to veterinarians from being hit by a horn of cattle, comprising a housing for mounting on a horn, characterized in that the device is made of rubber and consists of a thick-walled conical hollow body with a small longitudinal section in the lower part and a hollow spherical shock absorber filled with foam rubber, and there is also a rubber clamping ring for tightly fitting the housing to the horn and a hook for hooking to another horn.