Gel delivery system for treating poultry
AssigneeCeva Animal Health Inc.
InventorEng-Hong Lee
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of treating poultry hatchlings in a hatchling tray. The method comprises of providing a soft gel form capable of being dispensed through a spray nozzle, providing a spray dispensing apparatus, the apparatus being capable of delivering a predetermined volume of the gel as a plurality of small beadlets through a plurality of nozzles, placing the hatchling tray containing the hatchlings beneath the nozzles of the dispensing apparatus, dispensing the predetermined volume of the soft gel containing the therapeutic agent as small beadlets into the hatchling tray and allowing the hatchlings to consume the beadlets. The present invention is also directed to a dispensing apparatus for dispensing a therapeutic agent in a soft gel into a hatchling tray of poultry hatchlings.
Claims17
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a flowable gel into a hatchling tray of poultry hatchlings, the apparatus comprising:
- a manifold provided with a plurality of nozzle openings spaced along a length of the manifold and sized to permit the flowable gel to pass therethrough and be dispersed in the form of beadlets when placed under pressure,
- the manifold being connected to a dispenser capable of dispensing a predetermined volume under pressure, and
- the dispenser being connected to a reservoir for containing the gel in a flowable form,
- wherein the apparatus is configured to dispense the beadlets onto feathers of the hatchlings in the hatchling tray.
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a flowable gel into a hatchling tray of poultry hatchlings, the apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of nozzle openings spaced along a length or width of the hatchling tray and sized to permit the flowable gel to pass therethrough when placed under pressure,
- the nozzles being connected to a dispenser capable of dispensing a predetermined volume under pressure, and
- the dispenser being connected to a reservoir for containing the gel in a flowable form, the gel having a therapeutic agent dissolved or suspended therein,
- wherein the apparatus is configured to dispense the gel onto feathers of the hatchlings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.