| 摘要 |
A device for raising sheep from a standing position to a higher inverted or semi-inverted position for performance of operations such as crutching or mulesing. The device comprises an upright race shaped portion having a pair of fixed sides and front and rear gates. The rear gate is openable to admit a sheep to the device whereafter it is closed. A member disposed on or adjacent the floor of the race has a bar located so that the front feet of the standing animal are forward and the rear feet behind this bar. This bar is attached to the rear gate and the rear gate is levered in a forward arc to cradle the rear of the animal and the bar lifted at the same time to raise the animal and to invert it to a prone position with its back cradle by the rotated rear gate, the animal being held to the gate by the raised bar. |
