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US 5,367,983 AGranted
Device and method for its use as an aid in control of ticks and other ectoparasites on wildlife
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
InventorsJ. Mathews Pound, J. Allen Miller, Craig A. LeMeilleur
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Abstract
An apparatus for feeding and applying pesticides onto animals, particularly wildlife such as deer. The apparatus includes vertical support members carrying pesticide applicators which the animal contacts in the course of feeding.
Claims14
An apparatus for feeding and applying pesticide to animals comprising:
- (a) an open top receptacle having a bottom and side walls;
- (b) a feed supply bin positioned within said receptacle, said bin having an opening at the lower end thereof communicating with said bottom of said receptacle for dispensing feed from said bin to said bottom of said receptacle, said lower end together with said side walls and said bottom of said receptacle defining a feeding area;
- (c) an outwardly extending surface positioned over said opening of said bin;
- (d) at least one pair of spaced apart vertical support members adjacent said side walls and extending upwardly from said receptacle above the upper edge of said side walls, said support members being positioned approximately opposite said opening of said bin;
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- (e) a pesticide applicator positioned on each of said support members and adapted to apply pesticide onto a subject animal upon contact therewith;
- wherein said pair of support members are spaced sufficiently apart to allow an animal to pass its head therethrough and access feed in said feeding area, but close enough such that the back of the head, neck or ears of the animal will contact one of said applicators when its head is turned sideways, and further wherein said outwardly extending surface is effective to force said animal to turn its head sideways to access said feeding area.
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A method for applying pesticides onto animals comprising:
- (a) providing an apparatus for feeding and applying pesticide to animals comprising:
- (1) an open top receptacle having a bottom and side walls;
- (2) a feed supply bin positioned within said receptacle, said bin having an opening at the lower end thereof communicating with said bottom of said receptacle for dispensing feed from said bin to said bottom of said receptacle, said lower end together with said side walls and said bottom of said receptacle defining a feeding area;
- (3) an outwardly extending surface positioned over said opening of said bin;
- (4) at least one pair of spaced apart vertical support members adjacent said side walls and extending upwardly from said receptacle above the upper edge of said side walls, said support members being positioned approximately opposite said opening of said bin;
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- (5) a pesticide applicator positioned on each of said support members and adapted to apply pesticide onto a subject animal upon contact therewith;
- wherein said pair of support members are spaced sufficiently apart to allow an animal to pass its head therethrough and access feed in said feeding area, but close enough such that the back of the head, neck or ears of the animal will contact one of said applicators when its head is turned sideways, and further wherein said outwardly extending surface is effective to force said animal to turn its head sideways to access said feeding area;
- (b) positioning said apparatus in the locus of animals to be treated;
- (c) providing animal feed to said feed supply bin;
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- (d) allowing said animals to feed from said apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.