Whilst subclass A01K provides for equipment and methods associated with the care, nurturing, handling and rearing of all animals, and the harvesting of their products, devices and accessories for milking are classified in subclass A01J. Furthermore, shoes for animals e. Devices for maintaining the appearance and welfare of animals e. Subclass A01K provides for new breeds of animals, irrespective of the manner of their production, including new breeds of multicellular animals, e. It also provides for processes of obtaining such new animals.
Processes and methods for genetic engineering and mutation per se are classified in subclass C12N. Electric circuits or apparatus specially designed for use in equipment for killing, stunning, enclosing or guiding living beings.
A rod or pole is often additionally used, e. Stables and shelters may comprise various installations, e. Doors, partitions etc. Box installations which are adjustable between an operative and an inoperative position in or to a stable. Separating lactating animals in automatic milking installations by means of identification gates, switchable gates, enticement etc.
Shelters specially adapted for being transported and placed where needed. These shelters can be portable, collapsible, and modular, can include feeding, watering and an outdoor space and can be moved by the provision of wheels, towing hooks and the like.
This group does not cover the transport e. Buildings for housing animals comprising a mainly circular or round shape or rotating, e. These buildings can be rotary, can comprise flat walls forming a kind of circumference, e. Method and system for disbursing ozone into a stable room e.
