Respiratory metabolism cage for accurate feeding and automatic metabolism monitoring of goats

Abstract

The invention discloses a respiratory metabolism cage for accurate feeding and automatic metabolism monitoring of goats. The respiratory metabolism cage comprises a closed metabolism cage body, wherein an inner cavity of the closed metabolism cage body is divided into a goat activity area and an excrement and urine separation and collection area by an excrement leakage plate; an air inlet conduit, a water inlet pipe, a feeding pipe, a trough and a gas detection sensor are arranged in the goat activity area, and a video acquisition and infrared device is arranged at the top of the goat activity area; an excrement blocking screen plate is arranged below the excrement leakage plate, an excrement pushing plate is arranged at one end of the excrement blocking screen plate, and an excrement collecting box is arranged at the other end of the excrement blocking screen plate; a urine guide plate is arranged below the excrement blocking screen plate, a urine guide opening is formed in the urine guide plate and communicates with a urine collecting basin arranged on the bottom surface of an inner cavity of the metabolism cage body through a guide pipe, and a heat conduction pipe is arranged on the lower bottom surface of the urine guide plate; an air outlet conduit is arranged in an area defined by the urine guide plate, the bottom surface of the inner cavity of the metabolism cage body and the inner wall of the metabolism cage body, a water level sensor and a liquid component sensor are arranged in the urine collecting basin, and a urination switch is arranged at the bottom of the urine collecting basin; and pressure sensors are arranged at four corners of the bottom surface of the trough, four corners of the lower bottom surface of the excrement leaking plate and four corners of the lower bottom surface of the excrement blocking screen plate.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of herbivorous livestock feeding and monitoring, and in particular relates to a respiratory metabolism cage for precise feeding and automatic monitoring of metabolism of goats. Background technique [0002] my country's goats and sheep are rich in germplasm resources, and have different requirements for the quality of feed and forage resources. The nutritional research around them is becoming more and more refined. The classic balance test is based on its nutrient metabolism and the evaluation method of forage nutritional value. [0003] The digestion and metabolism cage is an essential experimental tool for animal nutrition research. It is mainly used to separate and collect test animal feces and urine. It is a special breeding cage specially designed for collecting test animal excrement. At present, the metabolic cage only has the function of separating and collecting the excrement of experimental animals,...

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Problems solved by technology

[0004] Aiming at the problems of low degree of automation, limited monitoring indicators, and difficulty in sample collection in traditional large-scale herbi

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