METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA DURING AUTOMATIC MILKING OF ANIMAL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for the milking of a dairy animal to accurately determine the suitableness of the collected milk for the subsequent processing. SOLUTION: Data are collected in the course of the automatic milking of a dairy animal by an instrument having a milking box furnished with a milking robot. The data-collection method contains a step to determine the period between two consecutive milking times of the animal, a step to measure the values of variables relating to the dairy animal, a step to send a signal showing the measured value and a step to introduce the dairy animal into the milking box according to the permission standard. The method includes a step to repeatedly change the permission standard to get a period having different value.