Calf house for animal husbandry and veterinary medicine

By designing feed troughs with movable scraping and ventilation components in calf pens, the problem of feed trough residue was solved, ensuring healthy calf growth, reducing feed waste, and improving the management efficiency of calf pens.

CN223666976UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-16西乌珠穆沁旗巴彦花镇综合保障和技术推广中心
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520049816.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-09
Publication Date
2025-12-16
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-09

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Technical Problem

Feed residue can easily accumulate in the feeding troughs of calves, affecting their digestion and absorption, and consequently their healthy growth.

Method used

A calf pen for animal husbandry and veterinary use has been designed, which includes a feeding trough set on the wall. The feeding trough has a movable scraper assembly and an outlet. The scraper assembly includes a scraper and a brush for cleaning up residue. The bottom of the feeding trough has a collection box to collect residue and is equipped with a ventilation assembly to improve the air quality inside the pen.

Benefits of technology

Effectively cleaning up residual feed prevents the growth of pathogens, ensures that calves eat fresh feed, reduces feed waste and the risk of disease transmission, and improves healthy growth and breeding efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a calf house for animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, which belongs to the field of animal husbandry and comprises an enclosing wall arranged on a base, a ceiling arranged at the top of the enclosing wall, a door plate capable of being opened and closed arranged on the enclosing wall, a fence arranged in the enclosing wall, and a trough mechanism capable of cleaning calf feed residues arranged in the enclosing wall. A ventilation assembly is arranged on the fence, the trough mechanism comprises a feeding trough located on one side of the fence, a scraping assembly capable of moving in the length direction of the feeding trough is arranged on the feeding trough, discharge ports are formed in the bottoms of the two ends of the feeding trough, and sealing plugs are arranged on the discharge ports. According to the calf breeding house for animal husbandry and veterinary medicine, residual feed on the feeding trough can be regularly cleaned through the trough mechanism, deterioration, mildewing or peculiar smell generation caused by long-time accumulation of the feed are prevented, it is ensured that calves always eat fresh and sanitary feed, and the health problem caused by the fact that the calves eat the deteriorated feed is avoided.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of animal husbandry, especially to a calf shed for animal husbandry. BACKGROUND

[0002] The calf shed provides a relatively closed but controllable growth environment for calves. Through reasonable temperature, humidity, ventilation and light control, it can ensure the growth of calves in a comfortable environment and reduce health problems caused by environmental factors. The calf shed provides a relatively closed and easily controlled environment for animal husbandry, which is conducive to disease diagnosis and treatment. In the shed, animal husbandry can easily observe the symptoms of calves and perform clinical examination to accurately determine the disease type.

[0003] In the calf shed, the feeding trough provides a centralized feeding area for calves, making it convenient for management personnel to put feed into the designated position for calves to eat uniformly. When calves eat through the feeding trough, if the feed is put in too much or too fast, the calves may not be able to finish eating in time, resulting in some feed remaining in the feeding trough. The presence of feed residues means that part of the feed has not been effectively utilized by the calves, causing waste of feed. The feed residues may contain bacteria or parasite eggs, which can become a source of disease transmission if not cleaned for a long time. If calves eat feed containing residues for a long time, it may affect their digestion and absorption, and thus affect their healthy growth. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model aims at: in order to solve the problem that the existing calf shed is prone to feed residues in the feeding trough, which affects the digestion and absorption of calves and thus affects their healthy growth, and proposes a calf shed for animal husbandry.

[0005] To achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technology: a calf shed for animal husbandry, comprising a fence wall arranged on a base, a ceiling arranged on the top of the fence wall, an openable and closable door panel arranged on the fence wall, a fence arranged in the fence wall, and a trough mechanism capable of cleaning calf feed residues arranged in the fence wall, and a ventilation assembly arranged on the fence wall.

[0006] As a further description of the above technical solution: the trough mechanism comprises a feeding trough arranged on one side of the fence, a scraping assembly capable of moving along the length direction of the feeding trough is arranged on the feeding trough, discharge ports are arranged at the bottom of both ends of the feeding trough, and sealing plugs are arranged on the discharge ports.

[0007] As a further description of the above technical solution: the scraping assembly comprises a mounting seat, a brush is arranged on the bottom of the mounting seat through a scraper, and the brush is in close contact with the inner wall of the feeding trough.

[0008] As a further description of the above technical solution: the two ends of the mounting base are provided with sliders through the mounting grooves, a spring is provided between the slider and the inner wall of the mounting groove, and a pull rod with a through opening is provided on the slider; the top of the mounting base is provided with a handle.

[0009] The feeding trough is provided with a groove that cooperates with the slider.

[0010] As a further description of the above technical solution: the bottom of the feeding trough is provided with a receiving box located below the discharge port via a connecting frame.

[0011] As a further description of the above technical solution: the feed trough mechanism also includes an installation component for positioning and fixing the feed trough;

[0012] The installation assembly includes a bracket, on which a connecting plate connected to the feeding trough is mounted via a fixed cylinder.

[0013] As a further description of the above technical solution: the fixed cylinder is provided with positioning bolts, and the connecting plate is provided with a number of positioning screw holes that cooperate with the positioning bolts.

[0014] As a further description of the above technical solution: the ventilation component includes a ventilation fan disposed inside the mounting cylinder, and a protective net is provided at one end of the mounting cylinder.

[0015] In summary, due to the adoption of the above technical solution, the beneficial effects of this utility model are:

[0016] The scraper on the feed trough can regularly clean up residual feed, preventing it from spoiling, becoming moldy, or developing an odor due to long-term accumulation. This ensures that calves always eat fresh, nutritious feed, effectively removes residue from the feed trough, and prevents the growth and spread of pathogens such as bacteria and viruses in the feed. This not only helps the healthy growth of calves but also reduces feed costs and improves breeding efficiency. Attached Figure Description

[0017] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of the overall structure according to an embodiment of the present utility model is shown;

[0018] Figure 2 A partially cutaway schematic diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown;

[0019] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the material trough mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. Figure 1 ;

[0020] Figure 4 A schematic diagram of the material trough mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. Figure 2 ;

[0021] Figure 5 A structure schematic view of the material scraping assembly is shown according to the embodiment of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 6 A structure schematic view of the material collecting box is shown according to the embodiment of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 7 A structure schematic view of the mounting assembly is shown according to the embodiment of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 8 A structure schematic view of the ventilation assembly is shown according to the embodiment of the utility model.

[0025] Legend:

[0026] 1, base; 2, wall; 3, ceiling; 4, door plate; 5, fence; 6, trough mechanism; 61, feeding trough; 611, chute; 62, material scraping assembly; 621, mounting seat; 622, scraper; 623, brush; 624, sliding block; 625, spring; 626, pull rod; 627, handle; 63, discharge port; 64, sealing plug; 65, mounting assembly; 651, support; 652, fixed cylinder; 653, connecting plate; 654, positioning bolt; 655, positioning screw hole; 66, connecting frame; 67, material collecting box; 7, ventilation assembly; 71, mounting cylinder; 72, ventilation fan; 73, protective net. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor fall within the protection scope of the utility model.

[0028] With reference to Figures 1-8 The utility model provides a kind of calf house for animal husbandry and veterinary, including the wall 2 of being set on base 1, the top of wall 2 is provided with ceiling 3, openable and closable door plate 4 is provided on wall 2, fence 5 is provided in wall 2, and wall 2 is provided with the trough mechanism 6 capable of being cleaned for calf feed residue, ventilation assembly 7 is provided on wall 2, ventilation assembly 7 includes the ventilation fan 72 being set in mounting cylinder 71, one end of mounting cylinder 71 is provided with protective net 73.

[0029] The utility model discloses a calf house, and the calf is bred in the house through the fence 5, the trough mechanism 6 on one side of the fence 5 is used for adding the fodder food that the calf needs, and the door plate 4 can be opened by the stockbreeder and enters the house to observe the feeding condition of the calf, the ventilation assembly 7 that is connected with the inside of the house is installed on the fence 2, the ventilation fan 72 in the installation cylinder 71 can promote the air circulation in the calf house when starting, effectively discharges ammonia gas, peculiar smell and moisture, provides fresh air, thereby reduces the spread risk of disease, thereby improves the health level of the calf, and the protective net 73 on the installation cylinder 71 can avoid the foreign matter of outside through the installation cylinder 71 into the calf house, simultaneously avoids the knock damage of the ventilation fan 72, improves the safety of the ventilation assembly 7.

[0030] Specifically, as shown in the figure, Figures 3-5 The trough mechanism 6 includes the feeding trough 61 on one side of the fence 5, the feeding trough 61 is provided with the scraping assembly 62 that can move along its length direction, the bottom of both ends of the feeding trough 61 is provided with the discharge port 63, and the discharge port 63 is provided with the sealing plug 64, the scraping assembly 62 includes the mounting seat 621, the bottom of the mounting seat 621 is provided with the brush 623 that is attached to the inner wall of the feeding trough 61 through the scraper 622, both ends of the mounting seat 621 are provided with the sliding block 624 through the installation slot, the spring 625 is arranged between the inner wall of the installation slot and the sliding block 624, and the pull rod 626 is arranged on the sliding block 624 and penetrates the through port, the top of the mounting seat 621 is provided with the handle 627, and the feeding trough 61 is provided with the sliding groove 611 that is matched with the sliding block 624.

[0031] When the fodder residue is left in the feeding trough 61, in order to avoid the breeding of bacteria in the fodder residue, the stockbreeder removes the sealing plug 64 on the discharge port 63 of the feeding trough 61, then moves the scraper 622 by the handle 627 on the mounting seat 621, so that the scraper 622 moves along the feeding trough 61 under the action of the sliding block 624 and the sliding groove 611, the sliding block 624 is cuboid, so that the scraper 622 does not overturn when moving, and the brush 623 on the scraper 622 sweeps the fodder residue on the feeding trough 61 to the position of the discharge port 63 when moving, then the fodder residue is cleaned out of the feeding trough 61 through the discharge port 63, and the sealing plug 64 is inserted into the discharge port 63 after the fodder residue in the feeding trough 61 is cleaned, so that the cleaning work of the fodder residue on the feeding trough 61 is facilitated.

[0032] In order to ensure that the scraper 622 and the brush 623 can effectively clean, it is necessary to periodically disassemble, clean and maintain the scraper 622 and the brush 623. When the scraper 622 and the brush 623 are cleaned and maintained, the sliding block 624 is pulled by the pull rod 626 to compress the spring 625 and then shrink in the mounting groove of the mounting seat 621. At this time, the sliding block 624 is separated from the sliding groove 611 of the feeding trough 61. Then, the mounting seat 621 connected with the scraper 622 and the brush 623 is pulled out of the feeding trough 61, so that the scraper assembly 62 is conveniently disassembled and assembled.

[0033] It should be noted that, as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 6 , the bottom of the feeding trough 61 is provided with a material collecting box 67 below the discharge port 63 through the connecting frame 66. The material collecting box 67 can be pulled out like a drawer through the connecting frame 66. When the scraper assembly 62 discharges the residues in the feeding trough 61 from the discharge port 63, the feed residues fall into the material collecting box 67. After the material collecting box 67 is pulled out, the feed residues can be cleaned or recycled. This not only facilitates the cleaning of the feed residues in the feeding trough 61, but also realizes the recycling of the feed residues, avoiding the waste of feed.

[0034] Specifically, as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 7 , the trough mechanism 6 further comprises a mounting assembly 65 for positioning and fixing the feeding trough 61. The mounting assembly 65 comprises a bracket 651. A connecting plate 653 connected with the feeding trough 61 is arranged on the bracket 651 through a fixing cylinder 652. A positioning bolt 654 is arranged on the fixing cylinder 652. A plurality of positioning screw holes 655 matched with the positioning bolt 654 are arranged on the connecting plate 653.

[0035] The bracket 651 is fixed on the base 1 of the shed through a fastener. The feeding trough 61 is connected with the fixing cylinder 652 on the bracket 651 through the connecting plate 653. When the positioning bolt 654 on the fixing cylinder 652 is loosened and separated from the positioning screw hole 655 of the connecting plate 653, the connecting plate 653 can be lifted and moved on the fixing cylinder 652, so as to adjust the height position of the feeding trough 61. Then, the positioning bolt 654 is screwed in the positioning screw hole 655 at the corresponding position of the connecting plate 653. During the growth of the calf, its height and body shape will gradually change. Through the mounting assembly 65, the height of the feeding trough 61 can be easily adjusted according to the height of the calf, so that it can always be kept at a position where the calf can easily eat. This not only reduces the crouching or lifting action of the calf when eating, reduces the difficulty of eating, but also helps to improve the utilization rate of feed and the comfort of the calf.

[0036] The above merely describes a preferred embodiment of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereto, and any skilled person in the art, according to the technical scheme and the inventive concept of the present application, makes equivalent replacement or change within the technical range disclosed by the present application, which should be covered within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A calf pen for use in animal husbandry, characterized in that The utility model relates to a calf feeding fence, which comprises a fence (2) arranged on a base (1), a roof (3) arranged on the top of the fence (2), an openable door panel (4) arranged on the fence (2), a fence (5) arranged in the fence (2), a trough mechanism (6) capable of cleaning the calf feed residue arranged in the fence (2), and a ventilation assembly (7) arranged on the fence (2).

2. A calf pen for use in animal husbandry as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that The trough mechanism (6) comprises a feeding trough (61) arranged on one side of the fence (5), a scraping assembly (62) capable of moving along the length direction of the feeding trough (61) arranged on the feeding trough (61), and discharge ports (63) arranged at the bottom of both ends of the feeding trough (61), wherein sealing plugs (64) are arranged on the discharge ports (63).

3. A calf pen for use in animal husbandry as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that The scraping assembly (62) comprises a mounting seat (621), and the bottom of the mounting seat (621) is provided with a brush (623) matched with the inner wall of the feeding trough (61) through a scraper (622).

4. A calf pen according to claim 3, characterized in that Both ends of the mounting seat (621) are provided with sliding blocks (624) through mounting grooves, springs (625) are arranged between the sliding blocks (624) and the inner walls of the mounting grooves, pull rods (626) penetrating through the sliding blocks (624) are arranged on the sliding blocks (624), and handles (627) are arranged on the top of the mounting seat (621). The feeding trough (61) is provided with sliding grooves (611) matched with the sliding blocks (624).

5. A calf pen as claimed in claim 2, wherein The bottom of the feeding trough (61) is provided with a material collecting box (67) arranged below the discharge ports (63) through a connecting frame (66).

6. A calf pen as claimed in claim 2, wherein The trough mechanism (6) further comprises a mounting assembly (65) for positioning and fixing the feeding trough (61). The mounting assembly (65) comprises a support (651), and the support (651) is provided with a connecting plate (653) connected with the feeding trough (61) through a fixing cylinder (652).

7. A calf pen according to claim 6, characterized in that The fixing cylinder (652) is provided with positioning bolts (654), and the connecting plate (653) is provided with a plurality of positioning screw holes (655) matched with the positioning bolts (654).

8. A calf pen as claimed in claim 1, wherein The ventilation assembly (7) comprises a ventilation fan (72) arranged in a mounting cylinder (71), and the mounting cylinder (71) is provided with a protective net (73) at one end.