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•Animal holding yard – holding animals before dipping
•Footbath – providing group and remove mud from hooves
•Jump – narrow entrance to dip tank, enable animals to jump singly
•Dip tank – hold volumes of acaricide for immersion
•Draining race – dip wash drip off and drains back to dip tank
•Drying yard – hold animals before release to pasture; prevent siltation of dip tank
•Silt trap outlet – trap mud and dung/prevent siltation of dip tank
•Dip tank shelter – above dip tank to lower evaporation, avoid dilution by rain water
•Water tank – store water from roof for dipping purposes
•Waste pit – dumping site for sediments
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