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.
Claims8
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, wherein said receiving unit comprises a pair of forks, wherein said forks are adapted to receive a neck of the bird therebetween;
- (c) a bar pivotally connected to said forks, wherein said bar is adapted to receive a top of the neck of the bird;
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- (d) a linkage connected to said forks and said bar, wherein said linkage adapted to pivot said bar downwardly toward the ground and pivot said forks such that the beak of the bird is supported by said forks, whereby the bird whose neck is held in place by said bar and said forks is brought forward and into position for receiving a vaccination in said bird vaccination apparatus.
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 and said bar;
- (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.