Patent ID: 6138610
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
A small animal breeding apparatus comprising:a frame structure in a parallelepiped shape having a front side and a rear side:breeding spaces provided in said frame structure;guide means fixedly provided in each of said breeding spaces and extending from said front side to said rear side:an air supply pipe fixed to and extending from said rear side of the frame structure toward said front side;a breeding box placed in each of said breeding spaces for guided movement by said guide means between said front side and said rear side, said breeding box having a top wall, a bottom floor and a rear wall through which is formed an insertion hole which is so positioned as to allow said air supply pipe to pass therethrough into said breeding box when the breeding box is moved from the front side toward the rear side in said guided movement; anda breeding cage put on the floor of the breeding box and having an upper opening, said air supply pipe extending in the breeding box at a height immediately above the upper opening of the breeding cage and having nozzle holes directed to the upper opening of the breeding cage.