EP0257039A1 - Installation de production de porcs - Google Patents

Installation de production de porcs

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EP0257039A1
EP0257039A1 EP19860903628 EP86903628A EP0257039A1 EP 0257039 A1 EP0257039 A1 EP 0257039A1 EP 19860903628 EP19860903628 EP 19860903628 EP 86903628 A EP86903628 A EP 86903628A EP 0257039 A1 EP0257039 A1 EP 0257039A1
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gate
piglets
threshold
shutters
installation according
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Karl-Anne Andersson
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ANDERSSON KARL ANNE
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AVICULTURE; APICULTURE; PISCICULTURE; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • A01K1/02—Pigsties; Dog-kennels; Rabbit-hutches or the like
    • A01K1/0218—Farrowing or weaning crates

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  • the present invention relates to an installation for more humane, production stimulating and labour saving breeding of pigs.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to provide an installation of this kind, eliminating the drawbacks connected with previously known installations.
  • each stall is provided with a gate that is swingable between a first position in which it bars the stall, and a second position in which it bars the manure passage, said gate being provided with at least one swingable shutter adapted to give the sow access to the stall, and a possibility to leave the stall, also at times when the gate is closed, said gate at the same time stopping the piglet from leaving the box.
  • Fig. 1 shows a schematic view of an installation for production of pigs in accordance with the invention
  • Fig. 2 shows one embodiment of the gate, characteristic of the installation.
  • Fig. 1 is disclosed very schematically an installation for production of pigs, comprising a row of stalls l,2...n for sows and piglets.
  • each stall is provided with a swingable gate 3 as a protective means for the piglets.
  • This gate 3 can be swung sideways from the position shown with a continous line to the position shown with a broken line, whereby the sow, when the gate is in the second position, has access to considerably more space.
  • a heating lamp 4 is suspended, below which the piglets may lie.
  • this passage at each stall there may be provided feeding troughs 6.
  • a manure passage 7 To the right of the stall there is a manure passage 7.
  • the characteristic gate 8 of the installation is shown in a position where it bars the manure passage.
  • This gate is lockable in two positions, on one hand in the position shown with a continous line, and on the other hand in the position shown with a broken line.
  • the manure passage In the second line the manure passage is free to be cleaned with some suitable method, e.g. with a miniature tractor, or simply by hand with a rake.
  • the sow has free access to the manure passage through the shutters provided in the gate (see Fig. 2), by virtue of the characteristic construction according to the invention.
  • the gate 8 shown in Fig. 2 is based on a conventional gate for installations for production of pigs.
  • the gate according to the present invention is provided with at least one, and in the shown embodiment, with two self-closing swingable shutters 9, 10, one of which opens outwardly towards the manure passage, and the other of which opens only inwardly towards the pig stall.
  • These shutters are so constructed that the sow can easily open them with her snout and walk out and into the pig stall as she desires.
  • the shutter/shutters are located at such a height that the piglets only with very great difficulty, or even not at all, can climb or jump over the so formed threshold and pass through the shutters.
  • the threshold can be provided with a ledge 11 of e.g. rubber, and approx. 10 cm high. This gives an impression that the threshold is very high.
  • the rubber ledge is so provided that it yields or bends when the sow bumps into it, and thus it does not hinder her from passing in or out through the shutters.
  • the upper edge of the ledge can be bent inwardly, such that an overhanging portion is formed. By virtue of the flexibility of the rubber the sow is still not noticeably hindered.
  • the swingable shutters 8, 9 can also be provided with locks. As shown in Fig. 3 the gate can also be provided with two smaller shutters 12, 13 for the piglets. These shutters are also swingable and self-closing, and they can also be provided with locks.
  • pigs have a natural, instinctive behaviour, involving that they prefer having particular locations for different activities.
  • the one sow being the first of a number of sows to farrow is placed in the first stall 1 in a row of equivalent stalls positioned one adjacent to the other.
  • the gate protecting the piglets is swung to its first position A (see continous line in Fig. 1), and the gate 8 is locked in position D.
  • the sows are placed in the following stalls in the order of their farrowing.
  • the gate is closed to its second position B (broken line in Fig. 1) as a protective means for the piglets.
  • the sow during this time has free access to the manure passage and to the stall, while the piglets have no possibility to exit or enter the stall.
  • This possibility for the sow to move freely leads to that she becomes calmer and, when being fed from the feeding trough 6, less prone to i.e. show stress symptoms and thus by mistake tread on and kill her piglets.
  • the gate 8 is swung to the position indicated by a continous line. It is to be noted that the first born litter that was placed in stall 1, also is the one that first is separated from the sow.
  • the gate 8 will not hinder access to the manure passage for the rest of the sows, not yet having been separated from their piglets. In the position C all shutters are locked as well as the gate, such that the piglets dispose of a stall for themselves.
  • sows become considerably calmer, since they in a more natural way than before can move relatively freely within the installation. This leads to a considerably reduced risk that the sows when being stressed tread on and kill their piglets, or as might occur, simply bite them to death.
  • sows show earlier heat and can be covered considerably earlier than in present systems. Since the sow has a possibility to leave the farrowing stall she may herself in a more natural way decide when to feed the piglets. In addition, she will make contacts outside the stall with other sows and with the boar. In a pilote investigation with twelve sows, all these factors contributed to that the sow showed early heat and could be covered within 26 days on an average after the farrowing. These results are to be compared to the state of affairs in present systems with a covering carried out 45-47 days after farrowing and with a weaning period of 6 weeks.
  • the system also makes it possible to modify conventional installations, such that sows have a possibility to reside outdoors during seasons when this is appropriate.
  • the system is very suitable for "batch"-farrowing, where several sows (usually 6) farrow within a few days.
  • the system can with advantage be combined with modern feeding systems, where transponders in collars or in ear marks can individually regulate the feed allocation to each animal in automatic feeding machines.
  • This type of feeding system gains at present more and more interest within the field of pigbreeding (cf. "Svinsk ⁇ tsel", No. 10, 1984, p. 34).
  • the gate characteristic of the installation can have several embodiments, as disclosed in the appended patent claims.

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Abstract

L'installation ci-décrite comprend un certain nombre de cases d'étable de mise bas (1, ... n) destinées aux truies et aux porcelets et qui sont alignées, ainsi qu'un passage pour le fumier (7) sur un côté de la rangée de cases d'étable et un passage (5) sur l'autre côté pour le contrôle et/ou la distribution de la nourriture. L'installation comprend également un endroit séparé destiné à la distribution de la nourriture qui est situé à une certaine distance des cases d'étable. Chacune de ces cases est pourvue d'une porte (8) pouvant pivoter entre une première position D dans laquelle elle interdit l'accès de la case et une seconde position C dans laquelle elle interdit l'accès du passage pour le fumier (7). Cette porte est pourvue d'une trappe (9) à fermeture automatique qui s'ouvre uniquement vers l'intérieur, et d'une autre trappe (10) à fermeture automatique qui s'ouvre uniquement vers l'extérieur, lesdites trappes donnant à la truie la possibilité d'accéder à la case et de la quitter à certains moments lorsque la porte (8) est fermée. La porte (8) est également munie d'au moins un seuil situé sous les trappes (9, 10), la hauteur dudit seuil étant suffisante pour empêcher les porcelets de l'enjamber, tout en permettant à la truie de la franchir aisément. Le seuil est également pourvu d'un rebord (11) flexible et droit en caoutchouc ou matériau similaire.
EP19860903628 1985-05-17 1986-04-11 Installation de production de porcs Withdrawn EP0257039A1 (fr)

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SE8502454 1985-05-17
SE8502454A SE445872B (sv) 1985-05-17 1985-05-17 Anleggning for smagrisproduktion

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EP0257039A1 true EP0257039A1 (fr) 1988-03-02

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DK155408B (da) 1989-04-10
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