Patent ID: 7543552

Claim:
Apparatus for stimulation of an animal for preparing and performing artificial insemination, the apparatus including a saddle-shaped device for placing on a back part of the animal and provided with a holder for a container with semen and associated catheter, wherein the apparatus includes a saddle-shaped frame ( 1 ), a number of rocker arms ( 4 ), at least one displacing unit ( 3 ), a number of pressing pads ( 2 ) and at least one valve arrangement ( 7 ), where the rocker arms ( 4 ) are connected to the displacing unit ( 3 ) and to the frame ( 1 ), where each of the rocker arms ( 4 ) are connected to the frame ( 1 ) and provided with at least one of the pressing pads ( 2 ), and where the valve arrangement ( 7 ) is adapted to control the displacing unit ( 3 ) for establishing a pulsating action on the animal with the pressing pads ( 2 ).