Abstract: Apparatus intended for screening poultry at least at night from crawling vermin such as for instance poultry lice, the apparatus being provided with poultry support means (4) on which the poultry sleeps, the poultry support means being connected to the fixed world via at least one connection, which in each connection (3, 5, 10), a trap (6) is incorporated for crawling vermin, such as for instance poultry lice, so that poultry present on the poultry support means (4) is screened from the crawling vermin.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 7, 2002
Date of Patent:
November 18, 2003
Assignee:
Farmer-Automatic Josef Kuhlmann GmbH & Co. KG
Abstract: Apparatus intended for screening poultry at least at night from crawling vermin such as for instance poultry lice, the apparatus being provided with poultry support means (4) on which the poultry sleeps, the poultry support means being connected to the fixed world via at least one connection, while in each connection (3, 5, 10), a trap (6) is incorporated for crawling vermin, such as for instance poultry lice, so that poultry present on the poultry support means (4) is screened from the crawling vermin.