DEVICE FOR AND METHOD OF BRUSHING LIVESTOCK

摘要

Device for brushing the sides and/or the back of livestock, in particular hoofed animals, such as cattle, comprising a brush (5) and a drive for the brush, wherein the drive is configured for rotation of the brush about a brush axis in two opposite directions of rotation, wherein the brush is also movable from a rest position by the exertion thereon of forces generated by an animal from the livestock, wherein the device is provided with means (8, 9) for observing the direction of a movement of the brush from the rest position and with means for activating the drive in one direction of rotation or the opposite direction of rotation as a function of the observed direction of movement.