An environment-friendly piggery comprises at least one circular or polyhedral piggery building. Each polyhedron has five sides or more, and a ventilation shaft is provided in the middle of each floor of each piggery building; each floor tilts from high to low towards the ventilation shaft from the outer edge; the top of each piggery building is provided with a exhaust gas collecting and treatment device communicating with the ventilation shaft; and the bottom of the buildings are provided with pig excreta collecting devices corresponding to the opening of the ventilation shaft. The piggery occupies a small area, has strong wind and snow resistant functions, and is sturdy and durable. The culturing process is pollution-free, and piglets, pigs, and sows can be accommodated appropriately.

A trailer for transporting living fowl includes a first enclosure and a second enclosure that are separated by a partition wall, each of the first and second enclosures being defined by a top, a floor, the partition wall, a rear wall, a first side wall and a second side wall; an apparatus for generating conditioned air to be supplied to the first and second enclosures; the partition wall having a length extending vertically between the floor and the ceiling and a width extending horizontally between the first and second side walls; the partition wall including a plurality of fans being structured and disposed for creating a path of airflow of the conditioned air throughout the first and second enclosures; and a plurality of air supply ducts in fluid flow communication with the apparatus for generating conditioned air.

An integrally formed horse transportation trailer including an internal airflow system designed to control airflow to individual horse stalls within the horse transportation trailer. The integrally formed horse transportation trailer includes an adjustable internal tie track, an external adjustable tie track, a fender skirt, a dress door, a moonroof, a climate control system, a bench set with an overhead clothes bar, a walkthrough door, an adjustable double-hinged divider, a side slide-in/slide out ramp, a rear slide-in/slide out ramp, and a removable rear loading compartment. The horse transportation trailer is further operable to haul in a forward and reverse facing direction.

A system for mimicking the environmental conditions of a habitat includes an enclosure and a ventilation assembly. A ventilation strip extends horizontally through a sidewall of the enclosure. The ventilation strip includes first and second inner channels separated by an inner fin. A ventilation opening(s) allows communication between the interior of the enclosure and the inner channels. An air fan in fluid communication with the first inner channel provides airflow into the first inner channel to create a low-pressure zone over the ventilation opening, thereby drawing air through the ventilation opening and into the enclosure from the exterior of the enclosure through the second inner channel. In some embodiments, a vertical growing assembly having a mounting panel and a plurality of cells is provided. Each cell is adapted for receiving substrate for growing an organism. A method for training an artificial neural network to control said system is also provided.

An automated insect rearing facility for the reproduction and growth of insects, and in particular, Tenebrio molitor larvae is disclosed herein. The insect rearing facility includes insect rearing containers that automate insect rearing activities and regulate environmental conditions for insect growth. The facility and container include components that are in communication with a control unit, which directs and controls the components according to predetermined instructions and/or in response to feedback from a number of various sensors. The components may autonomously perform a multitude of facility operations without the need for human intervention.

The present invention provides a novel and improved animal sprayer for use in cooling livestock and other animals in different hot or dry environments, and methods of using the same. Embodiments of the novel animal sprayers may include a valve which does not require constant electric current to remain open during a spraying session, extending system battery life. The valves may also be self-cleaning, less likely to leak, and easily adjusted to control flow rate, reducing both water use and labor costs in monitoring and repairing the animal sprayer.

The invention provides a system (1000) for providing olfactory molecules (1220) in an animal residence (200), the system (1000) comprising (a) a radiation system (1100), (b) a precursor material providing system (1200), and (c) a control system (300), wherein: the radiation system (1100) is configured to generate first radiation (1111); the precursor material providing system (1200) is configured to provide precursor material 5 (1210). wherein the precursor material (1210) is configured to be at least partly converted by the first radiation (1111) into the olfactory molecules (1220); and the control system (300) is configured to control generation of the olfactory molecules (1220) by controlling one or more of the radiation system (1100) and the precursor material providing system (1200).

Disclosed is a system (100) for a poultry farm. The system (100) includes an automated guided vehicle (110). The automated guided vehicle (110) includes a body (111) adapted to mount a plurality of devices (170), a plurality of wheels (112), a plurality of sensors (113), a collection bin (114) at the rear end (116) of the automated guided vehicle (110), and a detachable protection arrangement (160) at a front (115) of the body (111). The system (100) also includes an overhead power railing unit (120), an open overhead utility line (130) with a vertical water supply line (140) with a pump (142), and a vertical conveyor (150) to retrieve the litter, eggs or wastewater from the collection bin (114) and dispose in the open overhead utility line (130).

Methods and equipment of this invention enable small scale animal farming operations to substantially all or nearly all the recoverable value from their manure streams at a cost suitable for such smaller scale operations. The invention gives small scale animal farming operations the opportunity to obtain manure recovery benefits typically obtainable only in animal farming operations having high animal populations. The recovery is in forms that are both useable, readily monetized, environmentally sustainable, and cost effective. Much of the recovered material can find use back within the processing steps of invention thereby increasing the value of the recovered residual materials.

Systems and methods are provided for controlling heat stress and accumulations in livestock using the application of water sprays onto the animal in conjunction with fan induced airflow. The system has a controller with sensor inputs of the ambient environment including temperature, humidity, wind speed, and surrounding surface temperature sensors and fan and spray control outputs. To achieve savings in water and electricity, a transient, one-dimensional simultaneous heat and mass transfer model of evaporation within the wetted fur layer of a dairy cow is used to estimate drying time and heat rejection rate based on ambient conditions along with a control algorithm to predict the fan speed and sprinkler operation frequency needed to meet specified cooling load thresholds given the outdoor conditions. Estimated savings demonstrated that the model-based controller could reduce annual electricity and water consumption by 20% and 40%, respectively.