A method of automatically milking animals and a fully automatic milking machine suitable for performing same
CA 2282818 A1 · Owner: Maasland N.V. · Inventors: Van Overveld, Cornelis Johannes Maria; Van Der Lely, Alexander; Van Den Berg, Karel
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In a method of automatically milking animals which are allowed to visit individually a milking parlour comprising a milking robot and an animal identification system, an animal visiting the milking parlour is milked when since the previous milking of the relevant animal at least a specific number of milkings (Q) of other animals has taken place. On the basis of at least one animal parameter a milking number (x) is allotted to each animal which milking, number (x) indicates how often the relevant animal has to be milked per unit of time. The specific number of milkings (Q) for each animal is calculated as a function of the corresponding milking number (x). As a result of the fact that the …
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- Filed September 20, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 20, 2019.
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