AN ASSEMBLY FOR AUTOMATICALLY SUPPLYING AN AMOUNT OF FEED TO A DAIRY ANIMAL IN A PREDETERMINED PERIOD

摘要

An assembly for automatically supplying an amount of feed to a dairy animal in a predetermined period. Said assembly is provided with a milking box and with a feeding parlour located outside the milking box. The milking box is provided with a milking robot for automatically milking a dairy animal, and with a feeding station for automatically supplying feed to the dairy animal under control of a first control device. The feeding parlour automatically supplies feed to the dairy animal under control of a second control device. The assembly is further provided with a third control device, the third control device generating a control signal for controlling the first and/or the second control device in such a way that the collective supply of feed in said predetermined period is at least approximately equal to said amount of feed.