A method of automatically milking animals and a milking machine suitable for performing same
CA 2365107 A1 · Owner: Corten, Maurice Jean Francois Marie · Inventors: Corten, Maurice Jean Francois Marie; Van Der Lely, Alexander
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In a method of automatically milking animals that are allowed to move about freely in an area intended therefor and to visit individually a milking parlour provided with a milking robot and an animal identification system an , animal is recognized at a visit in the milking parlour and milked when since its previous milking at least a predetermined time has elapsed. The animals are classified in groups, an individual predetermined time being allotted to each group. The classification of the animals in groups is altered in the course of time on the basis of the current physical condition and/or the currently expected milk yield of the animals.
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- Filed November 28, 2000. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 28, 2020.
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