摘要 |
<p>A feed device according to the invention, especially for piggeries, has a tube (9) for discharging dry feed with the tube mouth disposed over a horizontal feed plate (5) which is located in a trough unit (1) according to the invention. At one or both sides of the plate (5) in the trough unit (1) there is a trough (3) for collecting drinking liquid and for admixing dry feed which the animals push from the plate (9) down into the troughs (3). The troughs (3) have each one or more hollows (8) where the liquid can be collected. Thereby the liquid collected in the trough (3) may be minimised with lesser risk fo water spillage and of liquid by capillary action is drawn up into the feed on the feed plate (5), thereby giving rise to bacterial growth and obstruction in the tube (9).</p> |