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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Anders Umegård, Rönninge, SE;
John M. Christensen, Börkup, DK;
Inventors:
Anders Umegård, Rönninge, SE;
John M. Christensen, Börkup, DK;
Assignee:
Delaval Holding AB, Tumba, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An animal milking method and apparatus wherein a single milk meter measures the total milk flow from all four quarters of an animals udder, and the data generated by the milk meter is used to detect a departure from a predicted milk flow versus time relationship, indicative of an injured teat or an infected udder quarter, for altering the herdsman to a condition which warrants medical inspection of the animal concerned.