A pet carrier assembly, including: a cage housing adapted to selectively contain a pet; and a lower litter pan adapted to be selectively coupled to and removed from a bottom portion of the cage housing; wherein bottom portion of the cage housing includes a waste grate that forms at least a portion of a floor of the cage housing and is selectively disposed within or adjacent to an interior portion of the lower litter pan with the bottom portion of the cage housing. The pet carrier assembly includes a solid removable floor disposed in the bottom portion of the cage housing and adapted to cover the waste grate, and a seal disposed about a periphery of the removable floor. Optionally, the lower litter pan includes a cut away operable for providing access to an interior portion of the lower litter pan.

Disclosed is a flooring, in particular for an enclosure for raising animals This flooring includes side members which are made of a resilient material and which are intended to be juxtaposed in order to form a support surface. The side members include recesses suitable for engaging with spacers which are added in order to stabilize the juxtaposed side members at a fixed spacing. And the attachment portions of the spacers and the recesses of two juxtaposed side members are designed in order to conserve a space, advantageously a groove opening upwards, between the side faces of the juxtaposed side members.

A folding pet cage includes two first frames arranged opposite to each other, two second frames arranged opposite to each other and a bottom net, wherein the first frame is in rotatable connection with the adjacent second frame, the first frame and the second frame enclose an activity space; the second frame includes at least two frame bodies, and any two adjacent frame bodies are in rotatable connection; the first frame and/or the frame body have/has one side near the activity space provided with a protrusion piece, the bottom net can be placed above the protrusion piece and the bottom net has a peripheral side contacting the first frame and the second frame, and feces excreted by a pet located above the bottom net can pass through the bottom net to fall below the bottom net.

In an assembly of a living surface for a farm mammal, in particular cattle, and a processing device for processing urine from the farm mammal, the living surface is configured to catch the excretory products including feces and urine from the farm mammal, wherein the assembly includes a urine removal device for removing urine essentially separately from feces and draining the urine from the living surface in a urine-rich stream, and is configured to feed the urine-rich stream to the processing device, and wherein the processing device includes a nitrogen removal device for removing nitrogenous substances from the urine-rich stream.

A rearing cage unit is where an animal is reared individually in an environment at least including a space environment. The rearing cage unit includes an animal residential area that is defined by a floor, a ceiling, and a wall; an excrement collection area that is provided adjacently to the animal residential area; and an excretion sheet that is provided in the excrement collection are to receive excrement of the animal. At least one of the floor and the wall is made of a material including resin, and has an excretion hole that allows the excrement in the animal residential area to be discharged to the excrement collection area, and that has a size that prevents four feet of the animal from entering the excretion hole. The excretion sheet is provided facing the excretion hole.

Support structure for a surface area, comprising an array of base elements, interconnected for forming the base structure defining a deck, the base elements comprising at least one void for receiving a fluid and wherein the deck is provided with openings for passing fluids into and/or from said void and/or openings for interconnecting the base elements, wherein in at least one of said openings a plug has been provided, said plug provided with a connector for connecting an artefact to said plug.

An interlocking slat cover system with edge lugs disposed around a substantially planar mat secure the cover in place. Center lugs can also be disposed within openings on the mat to further prevent movement of the cover. The cover can be made of relatively soft rubber, and generally serves to prevent cover movement as well as injury and disease in the livestock.

A pet carrier assembly, including: a cage housing adapted to selectively contain a pet; and a lower litter pan adapted to be selectively coupled to and removed from a bottom portion of the cage housing; wherein bottom portion of the cage housing includes a waste grate that forms at least a portion of a floor of the cage housing and is selectively disposed within or adjacent to an interior portion of the lower litter pan with the bottom portion of the cage housing. The pet carrier assembly includes a solid removable floor disposed in the bottom portion of the cage housing and adapted to cover the waste grate, and a seal disposed about a periphery of the removable floor. Optionally, the lower litter pan includes a cut away operable for providing access to an interior portion of the lower litter pan.

A fastener for securing livestock mats to a foundation having at least one recess includes a body formed from fiber-reinforced polymer material. The body has a shank with a first, terminal end and an oppositely disposed second end. The shank may be sized and shaped to be received into the recess in the foundation. A head at the second end of the shank includes an outer peripheral edge extending radially outwardly from the shank relative to a longitudinal axis of the shank. The shank further includes oppositely disposed first and second sides and a foundation engaging surface on at least a portion of at least one of the first or second sides. The foundation engaging surface is contoured to frictionally engage the foundation when the shank is received therein.

Floor construction element for a horse stable with a cover surface element (6) and a support device for support against a floor (1), wherein the cover surface element (6) has a variety of passage openings (5, 50) and by the supporting device between the floor (1) and the cover surface element (6) at least one drainage cavity (4) is formed by way of which liquid excretions of the horse can be drained out, wherein the passage openings (5, 50) are arranged in an evenly distributed manner over the cover surface element, wherein bridges (110) run for supporting or stiffening between the passage openings (5, 50), and wherein the passage openings (50) are each defined by an arrangement of a number of screen openings (71) which are formed in the cover surface element (6), or a screen element (7) with a plurality of screen openings (70) is inserted in the passage openings, wherein the screen openings (70, 71) are permeable to the liquid excretions, but prevent the entry of relatively large, solid particles into at least one drainage cavity (4) and the clogging of the passage openings (5, 50), whereby the diameter or opening width (k) of the screen openings (70, 71) is much smaller than the diameter D or the opening width of the passage openings (5, 50) and the thickness (C) of the screen element (7) or the depth of the screen openings (70, 71) is much smaller than the diameter D or the opening width of the passage openings (5, 50).