Automatic Syringe for Farm Animals Vaccination

Abstract

Existing injectors use the manual, mechanical or pneumatic drive. These types of drive do not allow making mass vaccination of farm animals automatic. In case of large livestock herd, vaccination is a labour intensive and complicated process. In the livestock sector, mass vaccination is carried out with intervals from several days to several months and depends on the type of animals, their breed and age. If vaccination is not provided or done incorrectly; then the weight gain of animals decreases, and the loss of livestock increases, which causes direct losses to farmers and to livestock enterprises. Therefore, special attention should be given to animals vaccinations, and scientific and technical developments for the vaccination process improvement are relevant worldwide. The developed automatic injector is a stand-alone small hand electric tool. It has an ergonomic design with a convenient location in the hand of a veterinarian and allows you to automate the process of farm animals vaccinations. A distinctive feature of the developed automatic injector is the use of linear electric motor which moves the syringe without the efforts from a veterinarian. The electric drive expands the functionality of the injector, makes the vaccination process less costly and more informative for the veterinary services using RFID identification of farm animals.