Mobile cattle hospital
OwnerWarren R. Whiteinventor
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Abstract
The specification discloses a mobile cattle hospital that is adapted to be located near a pen of cattle for treatment operations. A gooseneck trailer forms a platform upon which various gates, fence panels, a squeeze chute, a squeeze pen and supplies are located for the treatment, or working, operations. The trailer is further configured to selectively raise and lower, sitting on the ground during working operations to make easier the movement of the cattle on and off the trailer.
Claims31
In large scale animal feeding operations in which the animals reside in pens, each pen proximate to a working alley, a method of treating the pen of animals comprising:
- situating a trailer in the working alley proximate to the pen of animals;
- lowering the trailer such that at least a portion of a frame of the trailer sits at ground level;
- and
- working the animals through a squeeze chute mounted on the trailer.
A mobile animal hospital for treating animals in a feedlot operation, the mobile animal hospital comprising:
- a trailer having a frame and at least one set of wheels;
- a squeeze chute mounted on the trailer, and wherein an entrance portion of the squeeze chute faces a back of the trailer, and an exit portion of the squeeze chute faces a front of the trailer;
- and
- wherein the at least one set of wheels are adapted to raise relative to the frame of the trailer such that at least a portion of the frame of the trailer rests at ground level when treating animals.
A method of treating cattle comprising:
- pulling a trailer to be proximate to the cattle;
- raising wheels of the trailer such that at least a portion of a frame of the trailer sits at ground level;
- and
- treating the cattle, one at a time, utilizing a squeeze chute mounted on the trailer.
A mobile cattle hospital comprising:
- a trailer having a frame and at least one set of wheels;
- a squeeze chute mounted on the trailer;
- an offset walkway mounted on the trailer, the offset walkway leading from a back of the trailer to an entrance portion of the squeeze chute;
- a plurality of gates hinged to the trailer that selectively allow cattle leaving the squeeze chute to exit the trailer to one of a first and second sides of the trailer;
- a set of fence panels connected to the back of the trailer that are folded to be proximate to the trailer for relocation, and unfold to form a squeeze pen;
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- wherein the at least one set of wheels are adapted to raise relative to the frame of the trailer such that at least a portion of the frame of the trailer rests at ground level when treating animals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.