Intensive combined-cage type animal house

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of animal feeding and discloses an intensive combined-cage type animal house. The animal house comprises a shell that forms a confined space isolated from the outside, a bracket, a three-dimensional manipulator, a plurality of animal cages, and a plurality of through-holes through which the confined space is connected with the outside, wherein the bracket, the three-dimensional manipulator and the animal cages are all arranged in the shell, and the through-holes include a feed port, a padding port, a water inlet, an air inlet, an exhaust port and a garbage outlet. The animal cages are disposed on the bracket and are provided with pipes connected to the through-holes, respectively. The manipulator is controlled by a computer and can automatically take and place the animal cages and replace paddings. The plurality of the through-holes are controlled by the computer to provide materials for the animal house and transport waste from the animal house. The shell of the animal house forms the confined space that is isolated from the outside ,and the confined space is connected with the outside through the through-holes, and the operator does not need to enter the animal house, so the space is saved, air and light control is limited to the animal house, so that people are free from direct contact with animals during feeding, therefore the effective control volume is reduced, and the control system is simplified, thereby reducing the equipment investment and reducing the energy consumption of the system operation.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of animal feeding, in particular to an intensive animal room. Background technique [0002] Animals are commonly used substitutes in life science and medical research, and are widely used in large quantities. Almost all life science and medical research institutions have animal rooms. Commonly used small and medium-sized experimental animals include mice, rats, guinea pigs, rabbits, cats, etc., especially rodents. Take the breeding of rats and mice as an example. At present, in accordance with the requirements of experimental standards, data reliability, animal welfare and environmental protection, general research institutions will build animal rooms with SPF (Special Pathogen Free) or above standards in accordance with the requirements, or require high standards. Or, even on this basis, add an independent cage system (IVC). [0003] The design and operation principle of the SPF system is basically: use clean air t...

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Problems solved by technology

The epidemic situation in the experimental animal room is often caused by poor management of the animal room, such as the invasion and infection of wild rats, man-made sabotage, etc. Once an epidemic occurs, especially an epidemic with a relatively high risk factor, in the spirit of putting people first The entire animal room needs to be cleaned and disinfected strictly. Because the system of the animal room is complex, the cleaning process is complicated and long, which is serious or even destructive to a laboratory; fires often It is caused by the aging of the lines in the animal laboratory and illegal operation of flammable and explosive chemicals. Since the laboratory and the animal room are connected, animals are often passive victims after a fire occurs

[0006] In fact, whether it is construction or operation and maintenance, there are problems in all links: simple concept, unreasonable design, waste of space, extensive management, reliance on labor, weak concept of animal welfare, and animal experiments that despise the process of animal feeding and care. improved, achievable

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