Facilities for and method of separating and sorting livestock

摘要

Assembly comprising a passageway for livestock, the passageway being delimited by side delimitations, for passage of the livestock from a first space to a second space. The assembly comprises a gate system mounted in the passageway, the gate system comprising at least one self-closing gate leaf which is movable between a closed position and one or more open positions which include a pass position wherein passage to the second space is possible for an animal from the livestock, and wherein the gate leaf is moveable to an open position by pressure exerted by an animal from the livestock for passing through the passageway to the second space. The assembly also comprises a device for determining an ID of an animal from the livestock, and a device for blocking the gate leaf from moving to the pass position, wherein the blocking device can be activated to a blocking position in response to data from the ID determining device.

主权项

1. Assembly comprising a passageway, delimited by side delimitations, for livestock, from a first space to a second space, wherein a gate system is mounted in the passageway, wherein the gate system has at least one self-closing gate leaf which is movable between a closed position and one or more open positions, including a pass position wherein for an animal from the livestock passage to the second space is possible, also provided with gate sensors for observing a movement of the at least one gate leaf and a counting device for counting the number of animals which have passed through the passageway to the second space, wherein the counting device is configured for issuing a count signal as a function of a movement, observed by the gate sensors, of the gate leaf.