Method of mechanical milking
AssigneeWestfalia Separator AG
InventorBernhard S. Wartenhorst
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Abstract
A method of mechanical milking consists of a main milking phase and of a preceding stimulation phase involving mechanical stimulation of the teats of the animal to be milked. To obtain optimal milking readiness individual-specific stimulation is proposed, taking the different stimulation needs of each individual animal into account.
Claims8
In a method of mechanical milking wherein pulsating milking cups that communicate with a vacuum line are applied to the teats of the animal being milked and the main milking phase is preceded by a stimulation phase that consists of a stimulus phase during which the teats are stimulated and of a rest phase, the improvement wherein the length of the stimulation phase and the temporal ratio of the stimulus phase to the rest phase are determined as a function of the animals' different stimulation requirements, resulting in individual-specific stimulation that is specific for each individual animal, and wherein the particular lactation stage of each animal is the basis of individual-specific stimulation.
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