A collapsible kennel assembly including a plurality of individual and pivotally inter-connected panels, a selected one of the panels adapted to being affixed to a wall and so that the panels are inter-collapsed in succession along first and second sides between an expanded use configuration and a folded storage configuration. Additional features include at least one interior subdividing panel, as well as upper and lower individual pairs of hinges inter-connecting each of the panels. Each of the pairs of hinges including top and bottom hinge components, a circular cross section pin extending from a first hinge component and seating within a recess in the other component for providing swiveling support.

A portable waste-collection system fits under a temporary enclosure or inside a permanent enclosure at a venue engaged for a temporary event, such as a fair, rodeo, animal show, or the like. A frame, deck, rollers, and motor drive a movable layer, such as belt supported on a frame and deck. Collected waste and bedding is carried out of the pen into a drain conduit and solids conveyor. Sanitizing spray washes, rinses, and sanitizes before draining out across a drain board into the conduit. A temporary holding subsystem may segregate solids and liquids, but contains them for hauling or discharging to a suitable waste processing destination.

An improved litter box is provided. It features a hollow base container configured to retain liquid waste in its hollow volume. Under normal conditions it can hold approximately 6 months of daily liquid waste. A sloped transportation member is positioned on top of the base container, wherein the sloped transportation member is configured to direct liquid waste to the hollow base container through a drain hole. A segment housing member is positioned on top of the sloped transportation member, wherein the segment housing member includes a plurality of segment units, each segment unit of the plurality of segment units having a segment member, wherein the segment member's position in the segment unit provides a space, the space allowing liquid waste to pass through the segment housing member and enter the sloped transportation member. A plurality of litter sand particles positioned in the plurality of segment units are provided enabling a surface of domesticated cats and animals to defecate.

A pet enclosure includes a bottom section, a middle section, and a top section. The middle section is connectable to the bottom section with an opening in the middle section. The opening in the middle section has a bottom portion that connects with a top portion of an opening in the bottom section. The top section is connectable to the middle section with an opening in the top section. The opening in the top section has a bottom portion that connects with a top portion of an opening in the bottom section. The bottom section, middle section and top section when connected together form an enclosed pet enclosure with an animal opening therein.

An animal toilet includes a partition portion, an upper space, and a lower space. The partition portion has a through hole allowing urine to pass therethrough. The upper space is present above the partition portion, and is a space in which a plurality of grains are disposed. The lower space is present below the partition portion, and is a space in which the urine that has passed through the through hole accumulates. A lower surface of the partition portion is provided with a hollow that catches an odor from the urine accumulating in the lower space.

A device for picking up animal excrement includes a propulsion device for propelling the device, a pick-up device with a worm housing and a drivable conveyor worm arranged in the worm housing and which extends in a longitudinal direction to pick up animal excrement on the ground. The conveyor worm includes, along its longitudinal extent, a first conveyor section with a first conveying direction and a second conveyor section with a second conveying direction, and the second conveying direction runs counter to the first conveying direction. A collecting device collects the animal excrement picked up by the pick-up device, and the collecting device is connected to an outlet opening of the worm housing, arranged between the first and second conveyor section. The worm housing has a first pick-up opening in the region of the first conveyor section and a second pick-up opening in the region of the second conveyor section.

Disclosed is an enclosure for animal husbandry, for example for dairy cattle, including a milking area preceded by a holding area. The holding area is covered by a floor covering that is made from a material capable of undergoing elastic deformation and that includes a sloping top face intended as a support surface for the animals. The floor covering includes a system of pipes provided with several outlet openings that open at top face of the floor covering; and the enclosure includes a circulator connected to the system of pipes, for conveying a treatment liquid inside the system of pipes and for causing the treatment liquid to flow through the outlet openings.

The invention relates to a shed with a defecation region, a rest region, a feeding region and an activity region. The floor of the defecation region is formed by the upper run of a conveyor belt, through which urine that is produced can pass. A collecting trough for the urine is arranged under the upper run of the conveyor belt, from which collecting trough the urine is guided away and directed into a urine collection container outside the shed. An excrement scraper is disposed proximate the conveyor belt in the region of the rear deflection thereof. The excrement scraper, during the forward movement of the conveyor belt, scrapes the excrement on the conveyor belt off onto a discharge conveyor belt, in such a way that a separation of excrement and urine takes place.

A new method of disposing of waste for the hog industry is disclosed which avoids use of lagoons. Manure is semi-continuously degritted, anaerobically digested and digested with biomass to produce bio-organic fertilizer and biogas.

A new method of disposing of waste for the hog industry is disclosed which avoids use of lagoons. Manure is semi-continuously degritted, anaerobically digested and digested with biomass to produce bio-organic fertilizer and biogas.