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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul D. Lloyd, Goldsboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Rapac, Inc., Oakland, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/015 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 1/015 ;
Abstract
A poultry rearing barn having its floor covered by bedding including a plurality of lightweight expanded polystyrene chips. After use, the dirty chips may be cleaned to remove waste manure and the cleaned chips may be reused again as bedding. Alternatively, the dirty chips and waste manure may be burned to generate electricity.