A milking arrangement for animal health condition indication
AssigneeDeLaval Holding AB
InventorsJohn M CHRISTENSEN, Claus DALLERUP RASMUSSEN, Mikael HØJER HANSEN
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Abstract
A milking arrangement comprising a milking machine for milking an animal, wherein the milking arrangement comprises a control unit that is configured to obtain identity of the animal in connection with milking of the animal, obtain a reference point in time of a lactation cycle of the identified animal, determine to take at least one milk sample of the animal, when a predetermined time period has passed from the reference point in time; obtain a Haptoglobin level from the milk sample, compare the obtained Haptoglobin level with a Haptoglobin reference limit, and indicate health condition of the animal, based on the made comparison.
Claims22
A milking arrangement, comprising:
- a milking machine for milking an animal;
- and
- a control unit, configured to:
- obtain an identity of the animal in connection with milking of the animal;
- obtain a reference point in time of a lactation cycle of the identified animal;
- when a predetermined time period has passed from the reference point in time of a lactation cycle of the identified animal, take a milk sample of the animal;
- obtain a Haptoglobin level from the milk sample;
- carry out a comparison of the obtained Haptoglobin level with a Haptoglobin reference limit;
- and
- indicate a health condition of the animal, based on the comparison of the obtained Haptoglobin level with the Haptoglobin reference limit.
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