Poultry vaccination apparatus and method
OwnerJesse Jones, Larry Cox +1inventors
InventorsJesse Jones, Larry Cox, Clovis Hicks
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing multiple vaccinations of poultry simultaneously is described. A neck injection, breast injection, two wing injections, and an eye mist or drop may be performed in one operation. The apparatus holds the bird in position for precise location of injections, thereby reducing wasted vaccine. The risk of injury to the bird during the process is minimized by greatly reducing the manual handling of the bird during vaccination. Vaccination costs are also reduced by the reduction of labor otherwise required in this process.
Claims20
A bird vaccination apparatus, comprising.
- (a) at least one vaccination unit operable to vaccinate a bird;
- (b) a receiving unit, operable to receive a bird and further operable to move a bird into position to receive a vaccination from said vaccination unit.
A method for vaccinating birds, comprising the method steps of:
- (a) disposing a bird in a receiving unit;
- (b) activating the receiving unit to move the bird into position for a vaccination;
- (c) moving a vaccination unit into position with respect to the bird as positioned within the receiving unit;
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- (d) vaccinating the bird by means of the vaccination unit.
An apparatus for injecting vaccines into a bird, comprising:
- (a) a vaccine chamber;
- (b) a bar pivotally connected to said vaccine chamber;
- (c) a pair of forks connected to said bar;
- (d) a linkage connected to said forks;
- (e) a first activation means in communication with said linkage and said vaccine chamber;
- (f) a neck vaccination unit connected to said vaccine chamber;
- (g) a second activation means in communication with said neck vaccination unit;
- (h) a wing vaccination unit connected to said vaccine chamber;
- (i) a third activation means in communication with said wing vaccination unit;
- (j) an eye vaccination unit connected to said vaccine chamber;
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- (k) a fourth activation means in communication with said eye vaccination unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.