A method and implement of computer-controlled automatically milking animals in a milking parlour

摘要

The invention relates to a method of computer-controlled automatically milking animals in a milking parlour, in which milking parlour samples of milk supplied by the animals can be collected. The method comprises successively the steps of:identifying an animal entering a milking parlour;using the animal identification system, recalling data of a previous milking of said animal from a computer memory and determining by means of the computer, for example on the basis of a time table, and said data, whether a sample of milk should be taken of the animal;milking the animal;if a sample of milk should be taken, collecting, during discharging the milk to a milk tank by pumping the quantity of milk supplied by the animal in each milking run in predetermined volumes from a milk meter to the milk tank, a predetermined fraction of these volumes in a sample-taking device, andstoring the data of the animal together with the instant at which the sample was taken, in the memory of the computer.