| 摘要 |
A method includes the steps of recording milk yields (MY?1#191, MY?2#191, MY?N#191) from milkings of an udder quarter or udder of a milking animal; recording the times (t<SUB>1</SUB>, t<SUB>2</SUB>, . . . , t<SUB>N</SUB>) of the milkings; calculating milk secretion rates (MSR<SUB>1</SUB>, MSR<SUB>2</SUB>, . . . , MSR<SUB>N</SUB>) for said udder quarter or udder based on the milk yields and times; fitting a time dependent function (F(t)) to the calculated secretion rates, said time dependent function comprising one portion, which increases with time, and one portion, which decreases with time; estimating an expected milk secretion rate (EMSR<SUB>t1+N</SUB>) for said udder quarter or udder at a time (t<SUB>N+1</SUB>) following the last milking based on said function (F(t)); determining an expected milk yield (EMY<SUB>tN+1</SUB>) for said udder quarter or udder at said time based on the expected secretion rate and, at said time, the time period lapsed since last milking; and initiating an action to be performed with respect to said animal depending on said expected milk yield. |
