Metabolism cage used for adult cattle

Abstract

The invention provides a metabolism cage used for adult cattle. The metabolism cage comprises a rectangular cage body having three side fences and a door fence; the bottom of the cage body is a bottomplate suspended in air, the bottom of one end, close to the door fence, of the bottom plate is provided with a convex platform, the middle position of the part, located on the convex platform close to one end of the door fence, of the bottom plate is provided with a dung leaking opening, sliding grooves are arranged in the part, located on two sides of the dung leaking opening, of the convex platform, a curtain plate is arranged in one sliding groove, the upper part of one end, close to the door fence, of the curtain plate is provided with a push plate, the push plate passes through the dungleaking opening to extend into the cage body, and the other end of the curtain plate is connected with a push rod of an electric push rod 1 through a rotating shaft; a shell of the electric push rod 1is fixed under the bottom plate; and a proximity sensor is arranged on a railing of the upper part of one side fence, the proximity sensor is connected with a signal processor, the signal processor is connected with a control panel, and the control panel is provided with a turning-on button of the electric push rod 1 and a turning-off button of the electric push rod 1. The metabolism cage provided by the invention has the beneficial effects of having a simple structure and automatic separation and collection of dung and urine, and being capable of improving accuracy of dung collection.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of animal experiment cages, in particular to a metabolic cage for adult cattle. Background technique [0002] The digestion and metabolism test is the main test method for studying the digestion, absorption and utilization of nutrients. The digestion and metabolism cage is an essential research device for the digestion and metabolism test. urine. However, the design of the metabolic cages currently used is often too simple, and the bottom of the current metabolic cages uses ordinary leaky manure boards to collect feces. The gaps of the leaky manure boards are too large to affect the comfort of the cattle in the cage, and the gaps are too small, and the feces tend to stick. On the leaking feces board, resulting in inaccurate feces collection results, which in turn leads to inaccurate test data and affects test results. [0003] In addition, in the digestion and metabolism test of cattle, adult cattle account for a la...

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