An illumination device for illuminating an animal housing device, having a plurality of light sources, with a first light source and a second light source, wherein the first light source and the second light source are designed to emit light with wavelengths or colors differing from one another such as red and white, and a luminaire that includes a logic module. The logic module is designed to read out a frequency of a signal of an electrical energy, to compare the frequency of the signal with data stored in the logic module, and in dependence upon the comparison between the frequency of the signal and the data stored in the logic module to determine one or more channels encoded in the frequency. Furthermore, the invention relates to a control device, a method for controlling a lighting device, and a use of a illumination device.

The invention relates to broiler containers having a floor and side walls defining an inner volume which is designed and configured to receive and accommodate at least five live broilers, wherein the broiler container is designed and configured to be stackable with broiler containers of the same construction and has at least one ventilation opening and at least one air outflow opening, which broiler container is characterised in that the broiler container comprises at least one segment of a ventilation or air outflow column which extends through the inner volume and has at least one ventilation or air outflow opening at a distance from the side walls, wherein each segment of the ventilation or air outflow column is designed and configured for connection to corresponding segments of broiler containers of the same construction and also for connection to an active ventilation system. The invention relates also to a unit comprising at least two containers, to an arrangement comprising a unit and a ventilation system, to a transport trailer, to a poultry slaughterhouse, and to a method for ventilating the broilers.

The present invention relates to a poultry container door corner part for releasable connection to a container for holding live poultry with two substantially flat panels, rectangularly joined together and forming an elongate corner part with a substantially L-shaped cross-section. The present invention also relates to a poultry container door frame for supporting a poultry container door corner part. Furthermore the invention relates to a poultry container door, comprising a poultry container door corner part and a poultry container door frame, as well as to a poultry container for holding live poultry.

The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for continuously supplying livestock to a processing plant. The disclosed technology can include an enclosure configured to house livestock. The enclosure can include an enclosure entrance, an enclosure exit, and moveable walls to partition the enclosure into separate pens and automatically direct the livestock from the enclosure entrance toward the enclosure exit. A passageway can be connected to the enclosure exit and include moveable walls to automatically direct the livestock from the enclosure exit toward a processing plant. The moveable walls can be configured to move at a predetermined speed such that the plurality of livestock enter the enclosure as offspring, are reared in the enclosure, and are directed through the enclosure exit into the passageway approximately when the plurality of livestock have reached slaughter weight.

An at least partially floorless semirigid poultry enclosure configured to flex and/or adjust to accommodate undulating terrain during movement across a field. The semirigid poultry enclosure may comprise a semirigid foundation. The semirigid foundation may include one or more flexible portions disposed between two or more rigid structural elements. The semirigid poultry enclosure may include an automated movement system configured to facilitate movement of the semirigid poultry enclosure on a field. The automated movement system may be configured to move a semirigid poultry enclosure that is at least 90 feet in length via multiple drive units coupled to a semirigid foundation.

A poultry holding system that can be erected tool-free by assembling lengthwise and crosswise members on support posts. Multiple upright support posts are set up in an evenly spaced grid. The crosswise members and lengthwise members are constructed as U-profile rails, with through-holes in the horizontal sections of the U-profiles that allow the members to be assembled and supported on the support posts. The poultry holding system thus constructed can have at least two tiers, one above the other. The assembly components are designed to be particularly economical, which allows greater flexibility in the design and construction of the poultry holding system to accommodate the constraints of the particular facility.

The present disclosure provides mobile real time location units for use with an organism, such as a mammal, bird or plant to allow lighting networks to monitor the location, status, health and environment of the organism and to adjust the photon signal of the lighting network based on the needs of the organism.

The disclosed technology includes systems and methods for continuously supplying livestock to a processing plant. The disclosed technology can include an enclosure configured to house livestock. The enclosure can include an enclosure entrance, an enclosure exit, and moveable walls to partition the enclosure into separate pens and automatically direct the livestock from the enclosure entrance toward the enclosure exit. A passageway can be connected to the enclosure exit and include moveable walls to automatically direct the livestock from the enclosure exit toward a processing plant. The moveable walls can be configured to move at a predetermined speed such that the plurality of livestock enter the enclosure as offspring, are reared in the enclosure, and are directed through the enclosure exit into the passageway approximately when the plurality of livestock have reached slaughter weight.

An illumination device for illuminating an animal housing device, having a plurality of light sources, with a first light source and a second light source, wherein the first light source and the second light source are designed to emit light with wavelengths or colors differing from one another such as red and white, and a luminaire that includes a logic module. The logic module is designed to read out a frequency of a signal of an electrical energy, to compare the frequency of the signal with data stored in the logic module, and in dependence upon the comparison between the frequency of the signal and the data stored in the logic module to determine one or more channels encoded in the frequency. Furthermore, the invention relates to a control device, a method for controlling a lighting device, and a use of a illumination device.

An illumination device for illuminating an animal housing device, having a plurality of light sources, with a first light source and a second light source, wherein the first light source and the second light source are designed to emit light with wavelengths or colors differing from one another such as red and white, and a luminaire that includes a logic module. The logic module is designed to read out a frequency of a signal of an electrical energy, to compare the frequency of the signal with data stored in the logic module, and in dependence upon the comparison between the frequency of the signal and the data stored in the logic module to determine one or more channels encoded in the frequency. Furthermore, the invention relates to a control device, a method for controlling a lighting device, and a use of a illumination device.