Method and apparatus for automatically treating animals, preferably birds, such as young chicks, young guineafowls, young turkeys

摘要

Apparatus for automatically treating animals such as birds at a high speed. The apparatus includes a frame, a spindle mounted on the frame, drive means for rotating the spindle, and a table mounted on the spindle and provided with a plurality of spaced-apart bird supports capable of supporting birds immobilized in the neck area. A syringe and a suction device are supported on a support means that is freely mounted on the spindle and adapted to move with respect to the frame from a non-operative position to an operative position. The suction device has a nozzle provided with a perforated surface surrounding and extending vertically along the bird's neck area. The suction device serves to draw back an area of the neck skin before an injection is made with the syringe.