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1. A milking plant, comprising:
a milking member (1) to be attached to at least one teat of an animal to be milked during a milking operation, at least one milk container (3, 3′) connected to the milking member (1) and adapted to collect the milk extracted during the milking operation, a milk transport conduit (5) connected to a discharge side of the at least one milk container, a milk pump (7) being a part of the milk transport conduit (5) and defining a suction side (5′) and a pressure side (5″), a milk tank (8) connected to the at least one milk container via the milk transport conduit (5), including via the milk pump, the milk tank adapted to collect the milk from the at least one milk container, and a milk sample discharge device (30) connected to the milk transport conduit (5) at the pressure side (5″) of said milk pump, wherein the milk pump (7) is adapted to transport, during a milk transport operation, the milk extracted during the milking operation from the at least one milk container (3, 3′) in a major flow to the milk tank and in a minor flow via the milk discharge device (30), wherein the milking plant is arranged to initiate the transport operation at the end of the milking operation, wherein the milk pump (7) comprises a pump housing (12), and wherein the milk sample discharge device (30) is connected to the pump housing (12) to communicate with the milk transport conduit (5) at the pressure side (5″). |