Method and arrangement for automatically verifying identities of milk producing animals
CA 2492512 A1 · Owner: Umegard, Anders · Inventors: Umegard, Anders
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A milking parlor (10) comprises a row of stalls (14) accessible to milk producing animals (12) from a front end (14a) thereof and adapted for milking , the animals; and an identification station (20) arranged in the front end for identifying the animals when entering the parlor. A method of verifying the identities of the animals in the row comprises: (i) identifying the animals in the stall located at the far end (14b) of the row in the stall located at the , front end (14a) of the row and in a stall located there in between by first second and third identification members (24 26, 28); (ii) comparing the , identifications of the first second, and third identification members (24 26, …
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- Filed July 11, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 11, 2023.
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