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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2020
Delaval Holding Ab, Tumba, SE;
John Bonestroo, Tumba, SE;
Ilka Klaas, Tumba, SE;
DeLaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Abstract
An automatic milking system including an electronic control unit, a milking station, a production milk tank, a second milk tank, an animal identification system, a first sensor to measure at least one indicator of illness of an animal, a data memory in which measurements are gathered. The control unit configured to register a first point of time at which milk from an animal is diverted to the second tank instead of being conducted to the production milk tank, register a second point of time at which milk from the animal is shifted from being conducted to the second tank to being conducted to the production milk tank, and, when the time period between the first point of time and the second point of time is within a predetermined number days, the control unit determines that the animal is in an illness state.