Milking system, method, and herd management system for a community milking center

Abstract

A milking system for a community milking center to which owners of milking animals, or their representatives, come regularly in order to have their animals milked, comprises a milking machine (11) for milking the animals; a device (14a) provided for measuring, for each of the owners, an amount of milk produced by the animals belonging to that owner; a milk storage tank (12) provided for collecting the milk; and a herd management system (13) provided for recording the measured amounts of milk, comparing the measured amounts of milk, and alerting at least some of the owners, or their representatives, depending on the outcome of the comparison. The herd management system comprises information (13a) of each of the animals including an identity (CowId) of the animal, a value (MilkYield) of the milk production by the animal, and an identity (OwnerId) of the owner of the animal.

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technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to a milking system for use in public milking centers where owners of dairy animals or their representatives regularly come to milk their animals. The invention also relates to methods and herd management systems for such a milking system. Background technique

[0002] In developing countries such as India, due to the limitations of farm structure, identification of dairy animals and record keeping, milk production, livestock health, monitoring of breeding, devices for milking and managing livestock, and preservation and cooling of milk close to the point of origin , the development of dairy products in terms of livestock production and milk quality is slow or negligible.

[0003] Livestock are generally kept in small herds, while milking is generally performed manually at the farm level, milk yields per animal are low, watering is common, and hygienic handling of milk and herd management are often lacking. Nor is the co...

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