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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2012
Applicants:
Martinus Petrus Kortekaas, Lisse, NL;
Pieter Gerlof DE Groot, Giessenburg, NL;
Inventors:
Martinus Petrus Kortekaas, Lisse, NL;
Pieter Gerlof De Groot, Giessenburg, NL;
Assignee:
Lely Patent N.V., Maassluis, NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01J 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a system and method of milking and feeding a dairy animal, wherein feed is dispensed in portions during the milking. At a predetermined moment the portion size is reduced, in order to increase the chance that the animal has actually eaten the last allocated portion at the moment when the milking has been ended, so that it will not hesitate to leave the milking parlor. This will result in a reduction of the time during which the milking parlor is unnecessarily occupied, and in an enhanced efficiency.