MATERNITY BOX FOR RECEIVING A FEMALE AND ITS SMALL AND ONE OR MORE FLOOR MATS EQUIPPED FOR SAID BOX

摘要

The present invention relates to a maternity box (1) intended to receive a sow and its piglets and comprising a floor (10, 11) of which a first part (10) and a second part (11) are respectively provided for receiving said sow and said piglets, said second part (11) comprising at least one heated zone (21) intended to receive newborn piglets. This box is such that said floor (10, 11) comprises at least one mat (12a, 12b) connecting said heated zone (21) to said first part of floor (10). Said or one of said mats (12a) has a first recess (23) provided to match the outline of said heated zone (21), and said or another of said mats (12b) has a second recess (24) provided to leave free a grating zone (22) of said floor (11) for the evacuation of the excrements, a third recess (30) being formed in said mat (12a, 12b) or between said mats (12a and 12b), and between said first and second recesses (23 and 24) for marrying the outline of said floor part (10) for the mother. /P