A boar cart for carrying a boar through alleyways of a sow insemination area
for
interaction with the sows during insemination is formed by a cage for containing
the boar which includes a cage floor on which the boar stands, two sides each defined
by vertical bars on a respective side of a longitudinal center line of the cage
assembly for confining the boar so that the boar is maintained extending longitudinally
of the cage, a cage front and a cage rear. The cage may be rigid or may be defined
by a front portion and a rear portion connected together for pivotal articulated
movement about a pivot coupling defining a vertical pivot axis arranged substantially
at the center line such that the cage can articulate to the left and to the right
for navigating left and right corners in the alleyways while the boar is retained
in the cage. The cage front and cage rear are each defined by two panels pivotally
mounted at on end to the cage side and pivotally connected at the other end to
a link holds the other ends spaced but which allows the panels to pivot side to
side in the corner of a narrow alleyway.
