RUMEN DRENCHING DEVICE

• US 3,774,608 A
• Filed: 09/07/1972
• Issued: 11/27/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wilson H. Wohler Jr
• Original Assignee: Wilson H. Wohler Jr
• Inventors: Wohler, Wilson H. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Medbery, Aldrich F.
• Application Number:
  US05/287,084
• Time in Patent Office: 446 Days
• Field of Search: 128/3,223,351,356,348
• US Class Current: 604/516
• CPC Class Codes: A61D 1/12 Instruments for removing foreign bodies from animals' throats, oesophagus, or stomachs instruments for removing foreign bodies from the human body A61B17/50

Abstract

To drench a calf, a tubular esophageal speculum is inserted through the mouth of the calf into the esophagus. The speculum has a knob on the end which will enter the esophagus, but is larger than the larynx so it will not enter the larynx and it also will not pass the thorasic inlet. With the esophageal speculum safely in the esophagus, a flexible tube in extended from the end of the speculum into the rumen and the fluid pumped therethrough, thus accomplishing the direct rumen drenching process.

Claims

1. The method of drenching ruminants and other animals comprising:

a. selecting a speculum which has an end estimated to be larger than the animal'"'"''"'"'s larynx, but smaller than its esophagus, b. inserting the selected speculum through the mouth and into the esophagus of the animal, c. extending a flexible stomach tube through the speculum into the esophagus past the thorasic inlet of the animal, d. pumping liquids through the stomach tube into the stomach, and e. withdrawing the stomach tube and speculum.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein f. the speculum is selected upon the basis of the weight of the animal.

3. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the animals being drenched are calves and f. the speculum is selected using a speculum with 1- 1/4 inches diameter end for calves weighing up to 350 lb;

with 1- 1/2 inches diameter end for calves weighing 300 lb. to 500 lb.;

with 1- 3/4 inches diameter end for calves weighing 475 lb. to 650 lb.; and

1- 7/8 inches end for calves weighing over 625 lb.

4. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein f. the end of the speculum is inserted to about midpoint of the cervical esophagus.

5. The invention as defined in claim 4 wherein g. the speculum is selected upon the basis of the weight of the animal.

6. The invention as defined in claim 4 wherein the animals being drenched are calves and g. the speculum is selected using a speculum with 1- 1/4 inches diameter end for calves weighing up to 350 lb.;

with 1- 1/2 inches diameter end for calves weighting 300 lb. to 500 lb.;

with 1- 3/4 inches diameter end for calves weighing 475 lb. to 650 lb.; and

1- 7/8 inches end for calves weighing over 625 lb.

7. A device for drenching ruminants and other cattle comprising:

a. a esophageal speculum in the form of b. a tube having i. an entry end and ii. a handle end, iii. the entry end having a diameter greater than the size of the larynx of the animal being drenched and small enough to easily enter the esophagus, and iv. the length of the speculum being about equal to the distance from the animal'"'"''"'"'s teeth to midpoint of the cervical esophagus plus 4 inches for a handhold, c. a fluid carrying tube telescoped within the speculum, d. the fluid carrying tube including;

i. a flexible tube at the entry end of the speculum, ii. the flexible tube being about at least as long as the speculum, and iii. the total fluid carrying tube being about twice the length of the speculum.

8. The invention as defined in claim 7 with an additional limitation of e. a smooth, rounded knob on the entry end of the speculum, f. the knob shaped similar to the shape of the bollus of a ruminant.

9. The invention as defined in claim 7 with an additional limitation of e. a valve on the end of the fluid carrying tube at the handle end of the speculum.

10. The invention as defined in claim 9 wherein said valve forms a portion of f. means for attaching the fluid carrying tube to a pump.

11. The invention as defined in claim 10 with an additional limitation of g. a smooth,rounded knob on the entry end of the speculum, h. the knob shaped similar to the shape of the bollus of a ruminant.

12. A device for drenching ruminants comprising:

a. an esophageal speculum in the form of b. a tube having;

i. an entry end and ii. a handle end, iii. the entry end having a diameter equal to about one inch plus one-eighth inch for every hundred pounds of body weight of the ruminant to be drenched, and iv. the length of the speculum being twelve times the diameter of the entry end plus between 6 to 12 inches, c. a fluid carrying tube telescoped within the speculum, d. the fluid carrying tube including;

i. a flexible tube at the entry end of the speculum, ii. the flexible tube being about at least as long as the speculum, and iii. the total fluid carrying tube being about twice the length of the speculum.

13. The invention as defined in claim 12 with an additional limitation of e. a valve on the end of the fluid carrying tube at the handle end of the speculum.

14. The invention as defined in claim 13 wherein said valve forms a portion of f. means for attaching the fluid carrying tube to a pump.

15. The invention as defined in claim 12 with an additional limitation of e. a smooth, rounded knob on the entry end of the speculum, f. the knob shaped similar to the shape of the bollus of a ruminant.

16. The invention as defined in claim 15 with an additional limitation of g. a valve on the end of the fluid carrying tube at the handle end of the speculum, and h. said valve forms a portion of means for attaching the fluid carrying tube to a pump.