A calf weaning apparatus

A calf weaning apparatus 1 that comprises a calf mounted unit 3 and a cow mounted unit 5. The cow mounted unit and the calf mounted unit both comprise communication means 15, 25 for communicating with the other unit. One of the two units further comprises a means 17, 19 to deliver an adversive such...

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Hauptverfasser:	Tom Leavy, Stephen Killian
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	AGRICULTURE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS FISHING FORESTRY HUMAN NECESSITIES HUNTING NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR TRAPPING
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Zusammenfassung:	A calf weaning apparatus 1 that comprises a calf mounted unit 3 and a cow mounted unit 5. The cow mounted unit and the calf mounted unit both comprise communication means 15, 25 for communicating with the other unit. One of the two units further comprises a means 17, 19 to deliver an adversive such as an electric shock, to the calf or cow when the communication means of the unit detects the other unit. The communication means may comprise a RFID reader and an RFID transponder on one unit operable to detect of the other unit. The calf mounted unit may attached to the calf via a collar 9. The cow mounted unit may attached to the cow via a leg strap 13. The adversive may be applied to both the cow and the calf.