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PCT No. PCT/NL94/00060 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 31, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 31, 1995 PCT Filed Mar. 10, 1994 PCT Pub. No. WO94/19931 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 1994A method and a device for surveying animal functions by means of an animal manipulating apparatus such as a milking device, in particular a milking robot, provided with animal guiding members, animal contacting elements and/or animal nursing elements, wherein a programmable control system is used to control said elements in order to subject the animal to a predetermined sequence of operations, that is for instance, positioning, applying of teat cups, milking and subsequent or simultaneous feeding, checking the specific animal behaviour and removing the animal, wherein the operations to which the animal is subjected are programmed in respect of time and that at least one warning signal is generated by the control system if a time determined in the program for an operation is exceeded or not attained, in order to detect non-function or aberrant functions of the animal.
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