| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides a feeding system for pigs. The system comprises a stall embodying a feed hopper (14) and an animal cubicle (10). The cubicle (10) can house only one animal at a time and whilst the animal is in the cubicle it can feed from the hopper (14). A control system monitors the arrival of the animal by sending out seeking signals and each animal has a transponder responsive to such seeking signals so that upon receipt of such seeking signals the animal sends out from its transponder arrival signals which are picked up by a detector and a processor measures the amount of feed in the hopper (14) before and after the feeding of the animal. Each animal transponder is unique so that the amount of feedstuff consumed by each animal can be recorded and monitored over a rearing period. The cubicle (10) for the animal at the lower inner sides has inwardly inclined plates (50, 58) to define a narrow base (54) on which the animal stands preventing more than one animal from entering the cubicle (10) at any one time.</p> |
