Patent ID: 6497197
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A drinking trough for facilitating dispensing of at least one medication to an animal to be treated, the drinking trough comprising:at least one drinking bowl; a supply of water coupled to the at least one drinking bowl via a water supply conduit; a valve being located along the water supply conduit for controlling dispensing of water into the drinking bowl, and operation of the valve being controlled by a lever positioned adjacent the drinking bowl; a plurality of medication administering containers are coupled to said water supply conduit for each administering of a desired medication to the water supplied by the water supply conduit, and each one of the plurality of medication administering containers has an associated control valve coupled to the computer to operate the associated control valve and facilitate automatic dispensing of the medication from a desired one of the plurality of medication administering containers into the water supply conduit.