A specimen support system for supporting a small animal during pre-clinical imaging. The specimen support system comprises an animal bed for supporting the small animal, and a heating system linked to the animal bed. The heating system comprises a heat pad for influencing the temperature of the small animal when supported on the animal bed, the heat pad comprising a layer of graphite. The heating system is adapted for controlling an energy supplied to the layer of graphite thus influencing the temperature of the small animal.

A cooling mat for cooling an object comprising a first layer bonded to a second layer to define an interior space, a cooling composition within the interior space and a fill spout allowing the addition of water to the interior space. A support opening for hanging the mat may be included.

A heat-exchanging mat to cool livestock provides for elastic water conduction channels displaced toward an upper surface of the mat and provides for cushioning placed below those elastic channels. In this way, a high degree of cushioning may be obtained without sacrificing an efficient transfer of heat into the upper surface of the mat.

A housing enclosure has a wall structure defining the enclosure, a first passage through the wall structure providing entry, and an escape door through the wall structure separate from the first passage, the escape door capable of opening only outward from inside the housing enclosure by an outward force against the escape door from within the enclosure.

The present animal cooling mat apparatus includes a mat shell, at least one coolant sheet, at least one cushioning pad, and at least one foam pad. The coolant sheet is removably located within the mat shell, with the cushioning pad removably located within the mat shell above the at least one coolant sheet and the insulating pad is located within the mat shell below the at least one coolant sheet. The coolant sheet provides a heat sink to rapidly cool an animal, while the cushioning pad facilitates heat transfer and the insulating pad reduces the amount of ambient heat transferred from the environment. Multiple apparatuses may be combined to accommodate larger animals.

The disclosure discloses a multifunctional cattle bed device, relates to a technical field of agricultural machinery and includes a cattle bed main body, where the cattle bed main body includes fences, a first cowdung channel, a first scraper, brackets, a cattle bed and a urine guide partition; the cattle bed includes a leaky mattress and a transmission unit; the leaky mattress is connected with the transmission unit; the fences are fixedly connected above two sides of the leaky mattress; the brackets are arranged on both sides of the leaky mattress; one side of the leaky mattress is provided with the first cowdung channel, the first scraper is installed on the first cowdung channel; the leaky mattress is internally provided with the urine guide partition, a thermostatic module, an air purification module, a cleaning module, a drying module, a dung scraping module and a control module.

A heat delivery system for agricultural applications, the system including: piping including alternate heat insulated segments and heat transferring segments, the piping being configured with a fluid flow path extending through the alternating heat insulated segments and heat transferring segments; and a fluid propelling arrangement configured for motivating flow of heat accommodating fluid within the fluid flow path.

A pressure activated recharging cooling platform for cooling an object is provided. The cooling platform comprises a temperature regulation layer, a support layer, and a channeled covering layer. The temperature regulation layer is adapted to hold a composition. The temperature regulation layer has a plurality of angled segments, wherein angled segments within a sealed perimeter of the temperature regulation layer are formed by a top side and a bottom side at a predefined distance, and channels, wherein the channels substantially form sides by contacting the top side with the bottom side at a distance lesser than the predefined distance. The support layer is substantially bonded to the bottom side of the temperature regulation layer and is comprised of material sufficiently pliable to deform and sufficiently rigid to withstand collapse in response to the weight of the object. The channeled covering layer encompasses the support and temperature regulation layers.

A cooling platform includes an outer layer comprising a cooling composition that absorbs heat when activated and releases heat when deactivated. The cooling composition is activated at least partially by an application of pressure and the cooling composition does not require electricity prior to use.

The disclosure discloses a multifunctional cattle bed device, relates to a technical field of agricultural machinery and includes a cattle bed main body, where the cattle bed main body includes fences, a first cowdung channel, a first scraper, brackets, a cattle bed and a urine guide partition; the cattle bed includes a leaky mattress and a transmission unit; the leaky mattress is connected with the transmission unit; the fences are fixedly connected above two sides of the leaky mattress; the brackets are arranged on both sides of the leaky mattress; one side of the leaky mattress is provided with the first cowdung channel, the first scraper is installed on the first cowdung channel; the leaky mattress is internally provided with the urine guide partition, a thermostatic module, an air purification module, a cleaning module, a drying module, a dung scraping module and a control module.