327 results about "Milking" patented technology

The invention discloses a cow fine breeding method based on the RFID technology. The method includes the following steps that 1, the milk production of cows is recorded through an automatic milk production recording subsystem where the RFID technology and milking are combined; 2, automatic clustering management is performed on the cows through an automatic cow isolation door based on the RFID technology; 3, appropriate nutritious daily ration is prepared for cow groups through a TMR monitoring subsystem based on the RFID technology; 4, cow movement and oestrus sensors are installed on cow neckbands so as to monitor movement conditions of the cows in real time. In the cow fine breeding method, the cow breeding management business relates to various fields of milking management and fodder management, and the cow fine breeding method is applied and deployed from the aspects of automatic milk production counting, clustering management, fodder management and oestrus hybridization management according to different business functions of cow farms.

An apparatus is provided for monitoring a milking animal during milking of the animal. The apparatus includes a number of productivity sensors, each measuring at least one indicator of productivity of the animal. A number of temperature sensors, including at least two thermographic cameras, measure heat output from different processing areas of the milking animal. A processor receives the heat outputs and productivity indicators, and uses a combination of these to determine a condition of the milking animal. The condition is then indicated in real time at the monitoring apparatus.

The present invention refers to a method of disinfecting or sterilizing at least a portion of any of a resting, a milking, or a feeding station (3, 24, 26) provided with an animal identification device (18) and located in an area (1), in which milking animals are allowed to move. Each of the animals visiting the resting, the milking, or the feeding station is identified and is admitted to enter the station depending on the identification. The inventive method comprises the steps of retrieving information regarding the health of each of the animals entering the station; and automatically disinfecting or sterilizing the portion of the station only if the information retrieved reveals that an animal entering the station has an infection that is capable of being transmitted to other animals. The disinfection or the sterilization is performed after that said infectious milking animal has left the station.

A rotary milking parlor milker detacher having a pivoting support arm and retracting chain arrangement that is synchronized with a rotating platform position to move the detacher between a storage position, a presentation position, and a milking position to protect the detacher from damage and provide a superior ergonomic design that reduces operator fatigue and turnover.

The invention discloses an automatic identification method for a milking sow gesture on the basis of a depth image. The method comprises the following steps that: collecting original depth image data,carrying out preprocessing, and carrying out manual annotation to form a milking sow gesture identification dataset; designing and training a milking sow hybrid deformable component model based on animproved HOG (Histogram of Oriented Gradient) feature; constructing a milking sow gesture identification deep convolutional neural network, utilizing an annotation frame and annotated gesture category training set information, and combining with a random Dropout method to train the network; inputting the test set into the milking sow hybrid deformable component model to obtain the target area ofthe milking sow; and inputting a target area result into the milking sow gesture identification deep convolutional neural network to identity the milking sow gesture. By use of the automatic identification method for the milking sow gesture on the basis of the depth image, the problem that an RGB (Red, Green and Blue) image is likely to be affected by the changes of factors, including outside illumination, shades and the like is overcome, the problem that the milking sow gesture is difficult in identification at night is solved, and the practical application requirement of all-weather milkingsow gesture monitoring can be met.

A device for determining the teat positions of a dairy animal after milking. The device is provided with at least one position-measuring device for determining a position of a teat prior to the milking of the dairy animal and for emitting a position signal corresponding to the teat position. The position-measuring device generates individual teat position signals and a control unit determines on the basis of the teat position signals determined before the milking, planes of symmetry extending substantially parallel to the teats. The expected positions are calculated with respect to the planes of symmetry.

The invention relates to fodder and a use method, in particular to concentrated calf fodder and a use method thereof. The fodder comprises protein fodder and a premix compound, wherein the protein fodder is prepared from raw materials of bean cakes, corn protein powder, cotton dregs, complex enzymes, and the like; and the premix compound is prepared from common salt, fluorspar powder, magnesium sulfate, sodium diacetate, calcium hydrogen phosphate, soda, sodium humate, monensin, vitamins and trace elements of copper, iron, manganese, zinc, cobalt, and the like. The use method comprises the following steps: manually feeding calves at age of 3-5 days with a mixture of the concentrated calf fodder and a certain amount of milk; and stopping feeding the milk when the calves are at age of 60 days; and coming into a fatting period when the calves are at age of 120 days. The calf fodder has complete nutrients, reasonable proportion and low cost and is fed to the calves in a suckling period to substitute a great amount of milk, improve the commodity rate of the milk, facilitate the growth and the development of the calves, shorten the suckling period by 50 percent, increase the weight-gaining speed by about two times, shorten the deliver time by one half, increase the current fertility rate of milk cows by about two times, realize perennial milking, facilitate mechanical milking and scaled stabling management and remarkably improve the economic benefits, the social benefits and ecological benefits of cattle rearing in a plurality of aspects.

The invention refers to a device which is arranged to carry a set of teatcups arranged to be attached to a respective teat. The device includes a carrying member, which is displaceable between at least a first inactive position beside the animal to be milked and a second active milking position and on which the teatcups are mounted via a respective flexible conduit member. The conduit member includes at least a milk conduit and is designed to permit a certain movability of the teatcup in relation to the carrying member. Each conduit member extends upwardly from the carrying member and connects to a side portion of the respective teatcup.

A milking arrangement for animals includes rotary platform (2), a driving mechanism (12) adapted to provide a rotary motion of the platform (2), milking stalls (3) adapted to house the animals (1) to be milked on the platform (2), a blocking system (11, 20, 25) for blocking selected milking stalls (3) on the platform (1) temporarily such that the animals (1) do not have access to the blocked milking stalls (3) during a period of time and the remaining non-blocked milking stalls will be used more frequently.

The invention discloses an intelligent milking system and an intelligent milking method. The invention relates to the field of animal husbandry automated intelligent milking equipment. The intelligent milking system comprises a liquid and gas storage and delivery system, a milk cup set, a negative pressure system, a waste liquid separation system and a control system. The liquid and gas storage and delivery system comprises a cleaning unit, a disinfection unit, a compressed gas unit and a medicated bath unit. The waste liquid separation system comprises a waste liquid collection container and a milk liquid storage container. The negative pressure system comprises a first negative pressure device and a second negative pressure device. The control system comprises a controller. The invention also discloses an intelligent milking method. With the system, cleaning, disinfection, air-drying, pre-milking, milking, medicated bath and cup-releasing works during a milking process can be automatically completed. Milk livestock nipples are effectively subjected to cleaning, disinfection, air-drying and medicated bath in time, such that mastitis occurrence and cross-infection are reduced, and milking worker burden is reduced. Also, cup releasing is realized in time, such that the milk livestock are prected from hurts caused by over-suction.

For the determination of the occupancy of a milking stall by an animal, in particular a cow, in a rotary milking parlor with a plurality of milking stalls which are disposed on a rotatable milking platform, a process is proposed in which the identification of the animal only takes place after it has entered the milking stall in which it is supposed to be milked.

A milking arrangement (1) and a method for milking are described comprising at least two milking positions (2), wherein each milking position (2) comprises teat cups (4) for milking an animal (3). The milking arrangement (1) is arranged to remove the teat cups (4) from animals when milking is finished and to remove the teat cups (4) from all animals (3) that are still being milked when all conditions in a set of conditions are fulfilled, wherein the set of conditions comprises the condition that the teat cups (4) have been removed from a predetermined number of animals (3) and that all animals (3) that are still being milked, in an earlier milking preceding the present milking, must have been milked until the milking was determined to be substantially finished.