Automatic milk separation
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorEpke BOSMA
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Abstract
An indicating system for use in a milking system including an automated milking machine with a method for detecting mastitis of a milking animal in an automated milking machine, includes a first device for automatically obtaining and determining a first indicator of mastitis; a second device for automatically obtaining and determining a second indicator of mastitis; a processor operatively connected to the first and second devices and configured for automatically i) evaluating the first and second indicators of mastitis, and ii) identifying, based on the result the evaluation of the first and second indicators of mastitis, the need for a third indicator of mastitis.
Claims15
A method for detecting mastitis of a milking animal in an automated milking machine, comprising:
- automatically determining a first indicator of mastitis;
- automatically determining a second indicator of mastitis;
- automatically evaluating said first indicator of mastitis and said second indicator of mastitis;
- and
- identifying a need for a third indicator of mastitis based on the result from said step of evaluating.
An indicating system for use in a milking system including an automated milking machine, comprising:
- a first device for automatically obtaining a first indicator of mastitis;
- a second device for automatically obtaining a second indicator of mastitis;
- a processor operatively connected to the first and second devices and configured for automatically i) evaluating said first and second indicators of mastitis, and ii) identifying, based on the result the evaluation of the first and second indicators of mastitis, the need for a third indicator of mastitis.
A method for detecting mastitis of a milking animal, comprising:
- automatically determining a first indicator of mastitis;
- automatically determining a second indicator of mastitis;
- automatically evaluating said first indicator of mastitis and said second indicator of mastitis;
- identifying a need for a third indicator of mastitis based on the result from said step of evaluating, wherein said third indicator of mastitis is determined by performing a somatic cell count;
- and
- making a mastitis detection determination based on said third indicator of mastitis.
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