WO1993018646A1 - The cleanbed cowtrainer - Google Patents
The cleanbed cowtrainer Download PDFInfo
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- WO1993018646A1 WO1993018646A1 PCT/NL1993/000064 NL9300064W WO9318646A1 WO 1993018646 A1 WO1993018646 A1 WO 1993018646A1 NL 9300064 W NL9300064 W NL 9300064W WO 9318646 A1 WO9318646 A1 WO 9318646A1
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- Prior art keywords
- cow
- floor
- lie down
- animal
- contact points
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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
- A01K15/00—Devices for taming animals, e.g. nose-rings or hobbles; Devices for overturning animals in general; Training or exercising equipment; Covering boxes
- A01K15/02—Training or exercising equipment, e.g. mazes or labyrinths for animals ; Electric shock devices ; Toys specially adapted for animals
- A01K15/028—Cow trainers
Definitions
- the invention concerns an apparatus for teaching cows to lie down in the cubicles, which are to be found in the stables for that purpose, instead of on the wet dirty floor of the passageways.
- the animals can walk freely around. The room they have exists of passageways and cubicles. The passageways are used when feeding and drinking and to drive the animals from and to the cubicles.
- the animals get very dirty, which requires a lot of extra work when they are milked and because the floor is cold and wet the animal will contract all kinds of ailments after some time. It is the object of the invention to provide means to cure the animal of the habit to lie down in the wet corridor.
- the apparatus according to the present invention is fastened on the cow with a girth and measures the electric resistance of the floor on which the cow is going to lie down. Dung and urine have a comparatively low resistance, a dry floor with or without rubber mats has a very high resistance.
- the apparatus will produce a sound signal a few times, if the animal does not react by standing up this will be followed by an electric shock.
- This electric shock is repeated only a few times to avoid that animals which cannot stand up would be exposed continuously to electric shocks.
- the contact points must be situated in such a way that the surface resistance (the resistance measured on the surface of the insulation) is so high that it does not affect the measuring of the apparatus and only a low resistance between these contactpoints is measured when the cow lies down on a wet floor. This low value must immediately be neutralised when the cow stands up again. For instance it would be obvious to fasten the contact points under the body of the cow to the girth. However, this does not work because liquid and dirt will stuck to the body of the cow when she stands up. The resistance between the two contact points is then measured across the body of the cow and the apparatus will react as if the cow is still lying in the dung.
- the solution to this problem has been found by fastening the contact points to two flexible insulated wires. These wires are attached to the apparatus and hang loosely on both sides of the cow, so that, when the cow is standing up, there is continuously a high surface-resistance because there is always a dry, clean insulated area between the contact points.
- the contact points must be attached about halfway on both sides of the animal. In the cubicle this is the dryest place and the chances are negligable that both contact points will touch the ironwork of the stable at the same time.
- the invention will have the following effect: after the apparatus has been placed on the cow, the animal will soon learn that after some sound signals an electric shock will follow. She gets to know that when she lies down on a wet floor she will be warned by sound signals. In this way most animals discover by themselves the dry cubicles where they do not hear any sound signals when they lie down. If, after one day, the cow has not yet found a dry resting place, the animal must be tied into a cubicle during the night. Because she is very tired, she will certainly lie down that night, so that from that time she knows where she can lie down. Now there is no need any more to tie her into the cubicle, however , it is necessary that the apparatus remains on the cow for some time so that she will get completely used to the box.
- Fig I shows a complete Cleanbed Cowtrainer with girth 1, contact points 2, flexible wires 3, switch 4 and the electrodes 5 giving the electric shocks.
- Fig II shows the apparatus fastened on the cow.
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Priority Applications (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP93908152A EP0667740A1 (en) | 1992-03-20 | 1993-03-17 | The cleanbed cowtrainer |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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NL9200516 | 1992-03-20 | ||
NL9200516A NL9200516A (en) | 1992-03-20 | 1992-03-20 | DRY TRAY. |
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WO1993018646A1 true WO1993018646A1 (en) | 1993-09-30 |
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PCT/NL1993/000064 WO1993018646A1 (en) | 1992-03-20 | 1993-03-17 | The cleanbed cowtrainer |
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EP (1) | EP0667740A1 (en) |
NL (1) | NL9200516A (en) |
WO (1) | WO1993018646A1 (en) |
Cited By (7)
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EP0845208A3 (en) * | 1996-11-13 | 1998-08-19 | Heinz Albrecht | Method and means for training cattle to step back while defecating or urinating,such that the excrements are dropped behind the cattle cubicle |
NL1012873C2 (en) * | 1999-08-20 | 2001-02-23 | Nedap Nv | Dairy farming self closing remotely controlled feeding fence that restrains an animal from lying down immediately after milking |
EP1078570A1 (en) | 1999-08-20 | 2001-02-28 | N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek NEDAP | Apparatus for restraining animals from lying down |
EP1195086A2 (en) * | 2000-09-29 | 2002-04-10 | Tsuchiya Dairy Equipment MFG Co. | Livestock guidance system and automatic feeding system using this system |
GB2467555A (en) * | 2009-02-04 | 2010-08-11 | Iti Scotland Ltd | A harness for an animal parturition sensor |
WO2013122468A1 (en) * | 2012-02-15 | 2013-08-22 | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Automated monitoring and controlling of undesired livestock behaviour |
WO2019022594A1 (en) | 2017-07-24 | 2019-01-31 | Hanskamp Agrotech B.V. | Toilet for cattle, in particular for cow |
Citations (1)
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FR2212093A1 (en) * | 1973-01-03 | 1974-07-26 | Thouvenin Henri |
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- 1993-03-17 WO PCT/NL1993/000064 patent/WO1993018646A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1993-03-17 EP EP93908152A patent/EP0667740A1/en not_active Withdrawn
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FR2212093A1 (en) * | 1973-01-03 | 1974-07-26 | Thouvenin Henri |
Cited By (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP0845208A3 (en) * | 1996-11-13 | 1998-08-19 | Heinz Albrecht | Method and means for training cattle to step back while defecating or urinating,such that the excrements are dropped behind the cattle cubicle |
NL1012873C2 (en) * | 1999-08-20 | 2001-02-23 | Nedap Nv | Dairy farming self closing remotely controlled feeding fence that restrains an animal from lying down immediately after milking |
EP1078570A1 (en) | 1999-08-20 | 2001-02-28 | N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek NEDAP | Apparatus for restraining animals from lying down |
EP1195086A2 (en) * | 2000-09-29 | 2002-04-10 | Tsuchiya Dairy Equipment MFG Co. | Livestock guidance system and automatic feeding system using this system |
EP1195086A3 (en) * | 2000-09-29 | 2005-09-14 | Tsuchiya Dairy Equipment MFG Co. | Livestock guidance system and automatic feeding system using this system |
GB2467555A (en) * | 2009-02-04 | 2010-08-11 | Iti Scotland Ltd | A harness for an animal parturition sensor |
WO2010089585A1 (en) * | 2009-02-04 | 2010-08-12 | Iti Scotland Limited | A harness for an animal |
WO2013122468A1 (en) * | 2012-02-15 | 2013-08-22 | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Automated monitoring and controlling of undesired livestock behaviour |
WO2019022594A1 (en) | 2017-07-24 | 2019-01-31 | Hanskamp Agrotech B.V. | Toilet for cattle, in particular for cow |
US10874085B2 (en) | 2017-07-24 | 2020-12-29 | Hanskamp Agrotech B.V. | Toilet for cattle, in particular for cow |
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EP0667740A1 (en) | 1995-08-23 |
NL9200516A (en) | 1993-10-18 |
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