Conditioning device, a lighting device and a method

A method of conditioning and illuminating at least one animal intended to experience a stressful event, wherein the method comprises:

• obtaining an identifier associated with the at least one animal;
• receive an input indicative of a period of time in which said at least one animal receives a positive stimulus at a first location, from an apparatus providing the positive stimulus to the at least one animal, or an apparatus for registering that a positive stimulus is being provided to the at least one animal;
• controlling a lighting unit arranged for illuminating the first location to illuminate the at least one animal with a lighting characteristic at least partly during said period of time, and
• storing an entry linking said identifier to said lighting characteristic in a memory;
• wherein the method further comprises:
• determining the identifier of the at least one animal;
• retrieving the entry linking said identifier to said lighting characteristic from said memory;
• and
• controlling a light source of a lighting device to illuminate the at least one animal with said lighting characteristic prior to the stressful event.

A system comprising:

• a conditioning device for conditioning at least one animal intended to experience a stressful event, wherein the conditioning device comprises a controller configured to:
• obtain an identifier associated with the at least one animal;
• obtain an input indicative of a period of time in which said at least one animal receives a positive stimulus at a first location;
• control a lighting unit arranged for illuminating the first location to illuminate the at least one animal with a lighting characteristic at least partly during said period of time, and
• store an entry linking said identifier to said lighting characteristic in a memory;
• and
• a lighting device for illuminating the at least one animal, the lighting device remote from the conditioning device and comprising:
• a light source;
• a communication interface for communication with the memory;
• a detecting unit configured to determine the identifier of the at least one animal;
• and
• a control unit configured to retrieve, with the communication interface, the entry linking said identifier to said lighting characteristic from said memory, and to control the light source to illuminate the at least one animal with said lighting characteristic during said stressful event.