Portable apparatus for use in the treatment of slaughtered animals

Abstract

A portable apparatus having a tank having an internally treated surface for containing at least 500 liters, a pump connected to the exit of the tank for pumping solution to a nozzle through a reducing coupling, a water meter means for controlling the quantity of solution entering the steer, a cut-off valve at the water meter, and a cut-off valve at the nozzle, a manometer means for reading pressure passing through the system which is substantially equal to or greater than the pressure developed in the animal's arterial system, and a return pipe from the pump to the tank. By means of the present invention there is provided means for injecting solution into a slaughtered animal when a veterinarian, who controls the quantity of the solution administered according to the weight of the animal such as a steer, and, when the appropriate amount of solution has entered and passed through the steer, the veterinarian closes his valve and the nozzle is shut and removed from the slaughtered animal. While the solution is coursing through the animal, the remaining and residual blood can be seen exiting the animal through severed hind legs and jugular vein. Once the blood is forced out the solution can be seen exiting the animal and the treatment of the slaughtered animal is complete.

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