Patent ID: 7591718

Claim:
A method for processing animals, the method including: providing a carrier for holding a plurality of animals; providing a multi-task station; providing a rinse station at the multi-task station that includes one or more hoses and nozzle assemblies and a rinse control means to control and monitor flow of the rinse solution; locating an animal on at least part of the carrier at the multi-task station; weighing the animal at the multi-task station; bleeding the animal at the multi-task station; providing a volume of rinse solution for introduction into the circulatory system of the animal, wherein the volume of rinse solution is based on the weight of the animal; initiating a rinse into the animal prior to weighing a subsequent animal at the multi-task station; and introducing the rinse solution into the circulatory system of the animal using a selected hose and attached nozzle assembly, including initiating the rinse by associating a hose with the weighed animal before the subsequent animal is weighed at the multi-task station.