Cattle dipping

A plunge dip (or simply, a dip) is a bath designed to immerse livestock in liquid pesticide or other treatment.

Typically a dip is designed as a narrow channel (about the width of the animal) through which the animals walks along through into progressively deeper liquid until the animal is immersed (apart from its head so it can breathe) and then becomes progressively shallower until the animal exits the channel. As many animals can be walking through the channel one after another, it is an efficient method of delivering pesticide or other liquid treatments to a large herd.

A liquid product used to treat the livestock by immersion in a plunge dip is also known as a dip (e.g. sheep dip).

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