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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Applicants:
Michael Ebeling, Lemgo-Kirchheide, DE;
Bernhard Schulze-wartenhorst, Warendorf, DE;
Olaf Suhr, Oelde, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Ebeling, Lemgo-Kirchheide, DE;
Bernhard Schulze-Wartenhorst, Warendorf, DE;
Olaf Suhr, Oelde, DE;
Assignee:
WestfaliaSurge GmbH, Bonen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for machine milking an animal, particularly a cow, according to which a stimulation phase precedes a main milking phase, whereby during the entire stimulation phase, essentially no milk is withdrawn, and the duration of the stimulation phase is determined according to the amount of expected cisteral milk and/or alveolar milk.