Cleaning of milking animal teats

摘要

A method and apparatus for cleaning the teats of a milking animals is provided including providing a cleaning arrangement having a teat receiving aperture (AP), causing or permitting the arrangement to receive a teat and engage the teat locally and causing or permitting relative movement of the teat and cleaning arrangement such as to release from the surface unwanted material; characterised in that the action of the cleaning arrangement is monitored using a sensor of material displaced from the teat or a sensor of the cleanliness of the teat.