Intelligent sheep digestion and metabolism cage
By automatically collecting feces using a fecal-urine separation conveyor and motor-driven system, and combining this with gravity sensors to monitor sheep weight and excretion volume, the problem of fecal-urine mixed contamination and manual data collection in sheep digestive and metabolic research has been solved, achieving efficient and accurate data monitoring and sample collection.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520094047.2
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-01-15
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-19
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-01-15
AI Technical Summary
In traditional sheep digestive and metabolic studies, the mixing of feces and urine leads to sample contamination, manual collection is inefficient and the data is inaccurate, making it difficult to achieve automated and efficient data monitoring.
It adopts a feces and urine separation track design, combined with screen holes and tilt angle to separate feces and urine, and automatically collects feces through a motor-driven track system, while using gravity sensors and displays to monitor weight and excretion volume in real time.
It achieves effective separation of feces and urine, improves the convenience and scientific nature of sample collection, simplifies the operation process, and enhances the accuracy and efficiency of data collection.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to animal feeding technical field more specifically, the utility model relates to an intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage. BACKGROUND
[0002] In animal science research, especially in the study of sheep's digestive metabolism, it is crucial to accurately and efficiently collect and analyze sheep's excreta (including feces and urine). Traditional excreta collection methods often have many shortcomings, such as the mixing of feces and urine leading to sample contamination, increasing the difficulty and uncertainty of subsequent analysis; at the same time, the process of manually collecting excreta is tedious and time-consuming, not only affecting the efficiency of data collection, but also possibly introducing errors due to human factors; in the study of sheep's digestive metabolism, it is necessary to monitor and record key data such as sheep's body weight, fecal output and urine output in real time, traditional methods often rely on manual recording and calculation, not only inefficient, but also may lead to inaccurate data due to human negligence. Therefore, it is particularly important to develop a device that can automatically, efficiently and accurately collect and analyze sheep's excreta. SUMMARY
[0003] In order to overcome the above-mentioned defects of the prior art, the utility model provides an intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage to solve the problems raised in the background art.
[0004] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: an intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage, comprising a base frame, a feeding cage main body is fixedly installed on the top of the base frame, a trough is arranged on one side of the feeding cage main body, a dung leakage plate is fixedly installed at the bottom of the feeding cage main body, and the dung leakage plate is of a mesh structure, a backing plate is fixedly installed at the middle position of the bottom of the dung leakage plate, a gravity sensor is arranged on the backing plate, a feces-urine separation track is arranged on the base frame, a plurality of screen holes are formed in the feces-urine separation track, a urine collector is arranged below the feces-urine separation track, and a feces collection device is arranged on one side of the base frame.
[0005] Optionally, the top of the feeding cage main body is of an open structure, and the side of the feeding cage main body away from the trough is of an open structure.
[0006] Optionally, the dung leakage plate is made of stainless steel material.
[0007] Optionally, the feces-urine separation track is arranged obliquely, and the feces collection device is arranged on one side of the low end of the feces-urine separation track.
[0008] Optionally, the top of the urine collector is of a conical structure.
[0009] Optionally, the trough and the feces collection device are arranged on both sides of the base frame.
[0010] Optionally, the base frame is fixedly provided with a support rod, and a display is arranged at the top of the support rod.
[0011] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of:
[0012] 1、The utility model discloses a dung and urine separation crawler belt design is adopted, and the effective separation of excrement and urine is realized in combination with the screen hole and the inclination angle, and the design not only avoids the sample pollution caused by the excrement being washed by urine, but also improves the convenience and scientificity of sample collection, and simultaneously, the crawler belt system driven by the motor can automatically transport the excrement to the excrement collecting device, and further simplifies the operation process.
[0013] 2、The utility model discloses through install gravity sensor, weight inductor and display, can real -time monitoring and record test sheep's weight, excrement output and urine output and so on key data, and this intelligent management mode not only improves the accuracy and efficiency of data acquisition, but also is convenient for the subsequent analysis work of research personnel, and helps in -depth understanding the digestive metabolism of sheep. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0014] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiment or the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment will be briefly introduced as follows, and obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments in the utility model, and other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings for the ordinary skilled in the art.
[0015] Figure 1 It is an overall structure schematic view of an intelligent sheep digestive metabolism cage.
[0016] Figure 2 It is an overall structure side view of an intelligent sheep digestive metabolism cage.
[0017] Figure 3 It is a rear view of an overall structure of an intelligent sheep digestive metabolism cage.
[0018] Mark explanation:
[0019] 1, the feeding cage main part;2, the trough;3, the excrement leakage plate;4, the base frame;5, the urine collector;6, the excrement collecting device;7, the dung and urine separation crawler belt;8, the display;9, the backing plate;10, the gravity sensor;11, the support rod. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0020] The following embodiments illustrate the implementation of the present application, and those skilled in the art can easily understand other advantages and effects of the present application from the disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, not all. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor are within the scope of protection of the present application.
[0021] In order for those skilled in the art to better understand the present application, the present application will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and specific embodiments.
[0022] Embodiment:
[0023] Referring to the drawings Figure 1 The intelligent sheep digestion and metabolism cage of the embodiment comprises a base frame 4, a feeding cage main body 1 is fixedly installed on the top of the base frame 4, the top of the feeding cage main body 1 is of an open structure, the feeding cage main body 1 is of an open structure on the side away from the trough 2, which facilitates the entry and exit of the test sheep and observation, the feeding cage main body 1 is provided with the trough 2 on one side, the test sheep is placed in the feeding cage main body 1 and eats through the trough 2, the feeding cage main body 1 is fixedly installed with a manure leakage plate 3 at the bottom, the manure leakage plate 3 is of a mesh structure, the manure leakage plate 3 is made of stainless steel, and excrement and urine fall through the manure leakage plate 3 into the excrement and urine separation system below.
[0024] Referring to the drawings Figure 1 and Figure 3 A pad 9 is fixedly installed at the middle position of the bottom of the manure leakage plate 3, a gravity sensor 10 is arranged on the pad 9, the gravity sensor 10 detects the weight of the test sheep in the feeding cage main body 1, a urine collector 5 is arranged below the excrement and urine separation belt 7, a feces collection device 6 is arranged on one side of the base frame 4, the trough 2 and the feces collection device 6 are separately arranged on both sides of the base frame 4, and weight sensors are arranged on the urine collector 5 and the feces collection device 6, so as to calculate the amount of urine and feces.
[0025] Referring to the drawings Figure 1 The base frame 4 is provided with the excrement and urine separation belt 7, a plurality of screen holes are formed in the excrement and urine separation belt 7, the excrement and urine separation belt 7 is arranged obliquely, the feces collection device 6 is arranged on one side of the low end of the excrement and urine separation belt 7, the excrement and urine separation belt 7 is driven by a motor, the motor is turned on during use, and the rotation of the excrement and urine separation belt 7 is realized by the motor, so as to transport the feces to the feces collection device 6.
[0026] The top of the urine collector 5 is of a conical structure, which is helpful for the concentrated collection of urine.
[0027] Referring to the drawings Figure 2The base frame 4 is fixedly provided with a support rod 11, and a display 8 is arranged at the top of the support rod 11, so that the weight of the test sheep, the excrement output and the urine output and other related parameters can be displayed on the display 8, and the researchers can check and analyze at any time.
[0028] When the excrement and urine separation crawler belt 7 detects that foreign matters drop, the motor is started to drive the movement of the crawler belt, and due to the inclination and rotation of the crawler belt, the excrement is automatically dropped to the excrement collecting device 6 on one side of the feeding cage main body 1, and the urine passes through the screen holes on the excrement and urine separation crawler belt 7 and flows into the urine collector 5 below, and the excrement output and the urine output are calculated through the weight sensor and the display 8.
[0029] Finally, the above only preferred embodiments of the present application, and not for limiting the present application, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application, should be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. An intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage comprising a base frame (4), characterized in that: The base frame (4) top fixed mounting has the feeding cage main part (1), the feeding cage main part (1) one side is provided with trough (2), the feeding cage main part (1) bottom fixed mounting has the leakage board (3), and leakage board (3) is the network structure, the leakage board (3) bottom middle position fixed mounting has the backing plate (9), be provided with gravity sensor (10) on the backing plate (9), be provided with excrement and urine separation caterpillar band (7) on the base frame (4), and a plurality of screen holes are set up on excrement and urine separation caterpillar band (7), be provided with urine collector (5) below excrement and urine separation caterpillar band (7), the base frame (4) one side is provided with excrement collection device (6).
2. The intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding cage main part (1) top is open structure, the feeding cage main part (1) is open structure on the side away from the trough (2).
3. The intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The leakage board (3) is made of stainless steel material.
4. The intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The excrement and urine separation caterpillar band (7) is inclined, and the excrement collection device (6) is arranged on the low end of the excrement and urine separation caterpillar band (7).
5. The intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The urine collector (5) top is conical structure.
6. The intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The trough (2) and the excrement collection device (6) are separately arranged on both sides of the base frame (4).
7. The intelligent sheep digestion metabolism cage according to claim 1, characterized in that: The base frame (4) is fixedly installed with a support rod (11), and the support rod (11) is provided with a display (8) at the top.