Animal identification device for oral administration
First Claim
1. A substantially solid animal identification device for oral administration and which in use resides in the animal'"'"'s stomach, the device comprising a plastics material and a particulate filler having a desired density, and electronic identifying means encapsulated within the device.
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Abstract
An animal identification device for oral administration and which resides in an animals stomach. The device has a substantially solid body which has a density of at least about 3 gcm-3. The body comprises a substantially inert plastic material and filler which has a specific gravity of at least about 4.6. An electronic identification device is encapsulated in the body. A process for manufacturing the animal identification device, and a method identifying at least one animal by orally administrating the device is also disclosed.
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14 Claims
- 1. A substantially solid animal identification device for oral administration and which in use resides in the animal'"'"'s stomach, the device comprising a plastics material and a particulate filler having a desired density, and electronic identifying means encapsulated within the device.
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13. A process for manufacturing an animal identification device for oral administration, the process including;
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providing an electronic identifying means, mixing a plastics material with a filler having a desired density, forming a substantially solid body from the plastics material and filler with the identifying means encapsulated therein.
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14. A substantially solid animal identification device having a specific gravity of at least 3 gcm31 3, comprising 40-10% by weight of an epoxy material and 90-60% by weight of particulate filler, which filler has a specific gravity of at least 4.6 gcm31 3 and a particle size of between 40 to about 500 μ
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