JPH1098982A - Dairy farming management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dairy farming management device with improved management accuracy capable of easily discriminating the presence/absence of the abnormality of dairy cattle by providing the device with a control means for discriminating whether or not management information is normal based on information of a storage means and making an output means output the result corresponding to individual identification information. SOLUTION: Management information input means 12, 13, 14 and 15 for inputting management information for managing the dairy cattle corresponding to individual identification information are constituted so as to input the management information over plural times with a time interval and the storage means 4 for storing input information from the management information input means 12, 13, 14 and 15 and the control means 3 for discriminating whether or not the management information is normal based on the stored information of the storage means 4 and making the output means O time sequentially output the discriminated result corresponding to the individual identification information are installed. Also, it is preferable to include milking information, body weight information of the dairy cattle and mammitis information in the management information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to management information input means for inputting management information for managing a dairy cow in association with individual identification information, and to input management information inputted from the management information input means to individual identification information. The present invention relates to a dairy management device provided with output means for outputting in association with the dairy management.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In such a dairy management apparatus, conventionally,
One time of management information, such as recently input management information, is output to the output unit in association with the individual identification information, and based on the one time of management information, the operator can determine whether the dairy cow has an abnormality in health or the like. Whether or not there is a dairy cow was determined for each individual. The management of dairy cows includes dairy cow health management, feeding management, and the like.

[0003]

However, in the prior art, a worker discriminates whether or not there is an abnormality in a dairy cow based on the management information itself. It is necessary to compare with the reference value of the management information for determining the presence or absence of the abnormality, and the operation has been complicated. Further, since the determination is made based on the management information for one time, if incorrect management information is input from the management information input means, for example, there is a possibility that the determination of the presence or absence of abnormality in the dairy cow may be erroneously performed, and There is a problem that the management accuracy is poor.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily determine the presence or absence of abnormalities in dairy cows and to improve the management accuracy for managing dairy cows. .

[0005]

According to the characteristic structure of the present invention, the control means determines the time interval based on a predetermined criterion for determining whether the management information is normal. It is automatically determined whether the management information obtained a plurality of times is normal or not each time,
The determination result is output in time series to the output means in association with the individual identification information. Therefore, the presence or absence of an abnormality in the dairy cow can be immediately determined based on the determination result output to the output means, so that the presence or absence of the abnormality in the dairy cow can be easily determined.

[0006] Also, based on the management information of a plurality of times separated by a time interval, the results of the discrimination for each time are output in chronological order, so that the discrimination result determined to be abnormal (hereinafter, abbreviated as the abnormal discrimination result). Is not continuous, for example, it is determined that erroneous management information has been input from the management information input means, and it is determined that there is no abnormality in the dairy cow. Can be determined.
Therefore, the management accuracy for managing dairy cows can be improved.

[0007] According to the characteristic configuration of the second aspect, the determination result regarding the management information for the set number of times including the latest one and the previous one is output to the output means in a time-series manner, When the determination result of the management information is normal and the determination result of the immediately preceding management information is abnormal, the output indicating the previous abnormality is stopped. In other words, the number of times that the abnormality determination result should be determined to be abnormal in the dairy cow is preset as the set number of times (for example, three times), and includes the latest one and the earlier one. The determination result regarding the management information for the set number of times is output in chronological order. Then, when the judgment result of the latest management information is normal and the judgment result of the immediately preceding management information is abnormal, the output of the previous abnormality is stopped. Only when the cows are continuous, it can be determined that the cow is abnormal. Therefore, it is possible to more easily determine whether or not the dairy cow has an abnormality.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the determination result of the management information is output to the output means as a mark that can identify whether the information is normal or abnormal. It is possible to more easily determine the presence / absence.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the milking information is included in the management information, and based on the milking information, it is determined that the milking amount is abnormal when the milking amount decreases from the immediately preceding value. It has become. That is, milking information is obtained for each milking operation, and it is determined whether or not the amount of milking has decreased. If the amount of milking decreases only once, or if the amount of milking decreases continuously, the number of times decreases (for example, about two times). ) If, for example, the milking information obtained is incorrect or the milking volume happens to be small,
If the cow's health is considered to be normal and the milking volume decreases continuously for many times (for example, three times or more),
It is thought that the dairy cow may be harmed. Therefore, it is preferable to implement the present invention when managing dairy cows based on milking information.

[0010] According to the characteristic configuration of the fifth aspect, the management information includes the weight information of the dairy cow, and when the weight decreases from the immediately preceding value, it is determined that the cow is abnormal. That is, the weight of the dairy cow is measured at intervals to determine whether or not the weight has decreased. If the weight has decreased only once, or if the weight has decreased continuously, the frequency is small (for example, about two times). ), For example, if the weight information is incorrect or the dairy cow's feed intake happens to be low, it is considered that there is no abnormality in the dairy cow's health, and the weight of the cow has decreased many times (for example, three times or more). ), It is considered that the dairy cow may be harmed. Therefore,
The present invention is preferably implemented when managing dairy cows based on weight information.

[0011] According to the characteristic configuration of the sixth aspect, the management information includes the order information of the dairy cow coming to the treatment place where the predetermined treatment is performed on the dairy cow, and the order of the dairy cow coming to the treatment place is immediately before. Is determined to be abnormal when delayed from the value. In other words, the dairy cows are managed in units of a predetermined herd, but the order of arrival of the dairy cows at the treatment place in the herd is generally determined because the dairy cows have habits. Therefore, every time the prescribed treatment is performed,
The order of arrival at the treatment place is determined, and it is determined whether the order is not delayed from the last time. If the rank is delayed only once, or if the number of consecutive times is small (for example, about twice), for example, if the rank information is wrong or happens to be delayed, It is considered that there is no abnormality in health, and the rank is delayed many times (for example, three or more times)
If the dairy cow continues for a long time, it is considered that there is a possibility that the cow is impaired in health. Therefore, it is preferable to implement the present invention when managing dairy cows based on the rank information.

According to the characteristic configuration of the present invention, the management information includes mastitis information for determining whether or not the cow has mastitis. In other words, the mastitis information is obtained at intervals, and it is determined whether or not the dairy cow has mastitis. If the number of times is small (for example, about 2 times), for example, if the mastitis information is incorrect, it is considered that there is no abnormality in the health of the dairy cow, and the result of the determination that the patient is suffering from mastitis is obtained. Many times (for example, 3
If the dairy cattle is actually affected by mastitis, the dairy cow may actually be suffering from mastitis. Therefore, it is preferable to implement the present invention when managing dairy cows based on mastitis information.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of a dairy farm equipped with a dairy management apparatus according to the present invention. The dairy farm has a milking facility, a barn R1, a milking room R2, and a weighing room R3 for measuring the weight of dairy cows. , Management Room R
4. A machine room R5 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the dairy management device is provided with management information input means I for inputting management information for managing dairy cows in association with livestock numbers (corresponding to individual identification information).
2, I3, I4, I5 and its management information input means I2,
Storage means 4 for storing input information from I3, I4 and I5
And output means O for outputting various information, and a control means 3 which is constituted by a microcomputer and controls the dairy management apparatus as main components.

Management information input means I2, I3, I4, I5
Is configured to input management information a plurality of times at time intervals. As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 3 determines whether the management information is normal based on the information stored in the storage unit 4, and associates the determination result with the livestock number in chronological order. , And output it to a location corresponding to the “check” column on the display screen of the display 7 constituting the output means O. The control means 3 causes the display 7 to display the determination results on the management information for the set number of times (three times in the present embodiment) including the latest management information and the management information before the latest management information. If the result of the determination is normal and the result of the determination of the immediately preceding management information is abnormal, the output indicating the previous abnormality is stopped. Further, the control means 3 is configured to output a determination result to the display 7 with a mark m that can be identified as normal or abnormal. FIG.
In the display example shown in FIG. 7, when an abnormality is detected, a mark m such as "L" is displayed.
Is displayed, and nothing is displayed when it is normal.

Management information input means I2, I3, I4, I5
Are milking information input means I2 for inputting milking information of a cow in association with a livestock number, weight information input means I3 for inputting the weight of a cow in association with a livestock number, and whether the cow has mastitis. Mastitis information input means I4 for inputting mastitis information for determining whether or not the animal is associated with a livestock number;
The order information input means I5 is provided for inputting the order in which the dairy cow comes to the treatment place where the predetermined treatment is to be performed, in association with the livestock number. That is, the management information includes milking information, weight information, mastitis information, and ranking information. And
When the milking amount decreases from the immediately preceding value,
When the weight has decreased from the immediately preceding value, and when the order in which the dairy cow comes to the treatment place is later than the immediately preceding value, it is determined that each is abnormal.

Although details will be described later, in FIG. 5, the display section A1 shows the livestock number, the display section A2 shows the breeding information, and the display section A3 shows the milking amount and the result of determining whether there is an abnormality in the milking amount. However, the display section A4 displays the weight and the determination result of the abnormality of the weight, the display section A5 displays the mastitis determination result, and the display section A6 displays the determination result of the presence or absence of the order abnormality. The display information on the display 7 can be printed out to the printer 8 constituting the output means O as necessary.

First, the overall configuration of the dairy equipment will be described with reference to FIG. In the milking room R2, a milking section M that houses a plurality of dairy cows (four in the present embodiment) for milking.
And a milking workplace P is provided adjacent to the milking section M. At the boundary between the milking section M and the milking workplace P, a milking unit U for milking from dairy cows is arranged. In the milking workplace P, a worker can operate all the milking units U. .

The weighing chamber R3 is provided with a weighing device W for partitioning the weighing passage T and measuring the weight of a dairy cow passing through the weighing passage T one by one. Weighing device W
Is constituted by supporting a weighing platform 1 constituting a part of the weighing passage T with four load sensors 2 such as load cells, and adding the detection values of the four load sensors 2 to the dairy cow. The body weight is to be measured.

In the control room R4, an apparatus main body C having a control means 3 and a storage means 4, a keyboard 5 and a mouse 6 for inputting various information to the control means 3, and a display 7
And a printer 8 and the like. In the machine room R5, a milk tank 10 and the like for storing milk milked in each milking unit U are provided.

A milking room introduction gate G1 is provided so that dairy cows are successively introduced one by one from the cowshed R1 to the milking room R2. A weighing chamber introduction gate G is introduced so that cows are sequentially introduced one by one from the milking room R2 to the weighing room R3.
2 is provided. A weighing passage introduction gate G3 is provided so that dairy cows are separated one by one and sequentially passed through the weighing passage M.
And a discharge gate G4. Weighing passage T
The cowshed return gate G5 is provided so that the dairy cows that have passed through can enter the cowshed R1. Milking room introduction gate G1
Although not described in detail, the opening and closing control is performed so that four dairy cows are sequentially passed one by one at a time. The weighing chamber introduction gate G2 can be pushed open only from the milking chamber R2 to the weighing chamber R3 side, and is urged to return to the closed state. The weighing passage introduction gate G3 is not described in detail,
When only one cow enters the weighing passage T, the open / closed state is switched from the open state to the closed state, and when the dairy cow leaves the weighing path T, the open / close control is performed so as to switch from the closed state to the open state. The discharge gate G4 can be pushed and opened only to the outside of the weighing passage T, and is urged to return to the closed state.

A transmitting device 22 for transmitting the livestock number of each dairy cow is attached to the ankle or the like of each dairy cow, and attached to the dairy cow entering the milking room R2 near the milking room introduction gate G1 of the milking room R2. The milking cow identification antenna 23 that receives the livestock number transmitted from the transmission device 22 is connected to the weighing passage M.
In the vicinity of the weighing passage introduction gate G3, a weighing passage M
A weighing cow identification antenna 24 for receiving the livestock number transmitted from the transmitting device 22 attached to the dairy cow entering the dairy cow is provided in a state buried in the flooring, respectively.

Next, the milking facility will be described with reference to FIG. The milking equipment includes four milking units U installed in the milking section M and a vacuum pump 9 that suctions the teat cups 12 constituting the milking unit U.
And a milk tank 10 for storing milk milked in each milking unit U, a milk pump 11 for feeding milk milked in each milking unit U to the milk tank 10, and the like. The vacuum pump 9, the milk pump 11 and the milk tank 10 are provided in the machine room R5.

The milking unit U will be described with reference to FIG. The milking unit U has four teat cups 12 respectively attached to four udders of a cow and a claw 13 for collecting milk from the four teat cups 12.
And a buffer tank 14 for temporarily storing the milk from the claw 13. The teat cups 12 are each connected to the claw 13 by a milk short tube 15, and the claw 13 is connected to the gas phase of the buffer tank 14. It is connected by a long tube 16 for milk. Further, the milking unit U is provided with a mastitis sensor 17 for detecting mastitis information for determining whether or not the cow has mastitis, and a milking amount sensor 18 for detecting the milking amount of the cow. is there.

The mastitis sensor 17 will be described.
Mastitis sensor 17 is configured to detect the electrical conductivity as mastitis information by utilizing the fact that the milk lactated from the breast suffering from mastitis has a high electrical conductivity. A mastitis sensor 17 is provided for each milk short tube 15 so that conductivity can be detected for each breast.

The milking amount sensor 18 will be described.
The milking amount sensor 18 is connected to the buffer tank 1 by a load cell.
4 is configured to measure the weight of the milk stored.

A milk feeding branch pipe 20 provided with an on-off valve 19 is connected to the liquid phase portion of the buffer tank 14 of each milking unit U. Each milk feeding branch pipe 20 is connected to the milk tank 10 and the milk feeding pump 11 Is connected to the milk feeding path 21 interposed. The vacuum pump 9 is connected to each buffer tank 14 so as to suction the gas phase.

The operation of the milking facility configured as described above will be described. When the teat cup 12 is attached to each udder of the dairy cow accommodated in the milking section M, the milk is milked by the action of the vacuum pump 9 and the milk is squeezed into the milk short tube 1.
5, flows through the claw 13 and the long tube 16 for milk, flows into the buffer tank 14, and is stored. When the milking of one cow is completed, the on-off valve 19 is opened, and the milk in the buffer tank 14 is removed by the operation of the milk feeding pump 11.
It is sent to 0 and stored.

Next, the procedure of the milking operation will be described.
The cows that have passed through the milking room introduction gate G1 and entered the milking room R2 are accommodated in the milking section M in order from the back. Then, four milking units U are used to milk four cows at the same time. When the dairy cow passes over the milking cow identification antenna 23, the livestock number transmitted from the transmitting device 22 of the dairy cow is received by the milking cow identification antenna 23, and the livestock number is input to the apparatus main body C.

Each time the milking of one cow is completed, the milking amount is measured by the milking amount sensor 18, and the milking amount is associated with the livestock number received by the milking cow identification antenna 23. While being input to the device main body C,
The data is stored in the storage means 4. The mastitis information detected by the mastitis sensor 17 is also input to the apparatus main body C in a state where the mastitis information is associated with the livestock number received by the milking cow identification antenna 23 and stored in the storage means 4. It is supposed to be. Therefore, the milking information input means I2 is constituted by the milking amount sensor 18 and the milking cow identification antenna 23, and the mastitis information input means I4 is constituted by the mastitis sensor 17 and the milking cow identification antenna 23.

The determination that one milking cow has finished milking can be made, for example, by determining that the rate of change of the detection value of the milking amount sensor 18 is equal to or less than the set value over a set time. it can. Alternatively, a flow rate sensor (not shown) for detecting the flow rate of milk flowing through the long tube 16 for milk can be provided, and the determination can be made based on the detection information.

When milking is completed, four cows are simultaneously
The milking section M is opened from the housed state.
The dairy cows released from the housed state in the milking section M pass through the weighing chamber introduction gate G2 one by one sequentially, and
3 and further pass through the weighing passage M while being separated one by one, and further pass through the barn return gate G5 and return to the barn R1.

When the dairy cow passes through the weighing passage M, the livestock number transmitted from the transmitting unit 22 of the dairy cow is received by the weighing cow identification antenna 24, and the weight of the dairy cow is transmitted to the load sensor 2. Measured. The livestock number received by the weighing cow identification antenna 24 and the weight measured by the load sensor 2 are input to the apparatus body C, and the weight is stored in the storage unit 4 in a state where the weight is associated with the livestock number. It is memorized. Therefore, the weight information input means I3
Is constituted by the load sensor 2 and the weighing cow identification antenna 24.

When the above-described processing is repeatedly performed on all the cows to be milked, one milking operation is completed, and the milking operation is performed two to three times a day. The storage means 4 is configured to store the livestock numbers in the order of reception based on the information received by the milking cow identification antenna 23 for each milking operation. That is, the order of the cows that have entered the milking room R2 is stored. Therefore, the rank information input means I5 is constituted by the milking cow identification antenna 23.

The storage means 4 stores the milking information, weight information, mastitis information, and rank information detected for each milking operation in the order in which the milking operations were performed. It is composed.

Next, the dairy management apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. The control means 3 includes an interface 2
5, milking cow identification antenna 23, weighing cow identification antenna 24, milking quantity sensor 18, mastitis sensor 17,
The load sensors 2 are connected so that detection information from each of them is input to the control means 3. Control means 3
In addition, an on-off valve 19 is connected via an interface 25, and the control means 3 controls the on-off control.

Next, the control operation of the control means 3 will be described. Based on the input screen displayed on the display 7 as shown in FIG. 4, the date of delivery, the date of estrus that confirmed estrus, the date of insemination that performed insemination, the date of pregnancy, The date of actual treatment, such as the date of pregnancy, the date of dry milk, or the date of dry milk, is input as breeding information. In addition, pregnancy examination means confirming that the dairy cow has conceived, and dry milk means stopping milking of the dairy cow that has continued lactation. The control unit 3 stores the input information in the storage unit 4 in association with the livestock number. Further, based on the input information, a scheduled breeding date for performing each treatment next is calculated. Then, the planned breeding date is stored in the storage means 4 in association with the livestock number as breeding information, and the planned breeding date is stored as the breeding information in the livestock number displayed in the display section A1 on the default screen shown in FIG. The information is displayed in the display section A2 in association with each other. still,
The expected estrus date is calculated as 45 days after the birth date and the expected estrus date is 21 days after the estrus date. In addition, 21 days after the insemination date is set as the scheduled estrus date, and 60 days later is set as the scheduled date of the pregnancy test.
Twenty days later is calculated as the expected dry date and 280 days later as the expected parturition date.

The control means 3 causes the display section A2 to display the default screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the basis of the information stored in the storage means 4 in association with the livestock number displayed in the display section A1. Along with the breeding information, the display section A3 displays the milking amount and the determination result of the presence or absence of the milking amount abnormality, the display section A4 displays the determination result of the body weight and the presence or absence of the weight abnormality, the display section A5 displays the mastitis determination result, and The determination result of the presence / absence of the order abnormality is displayed on the display section A6.

As the milking amount displayed in the display section A3, the latest milking amount, that is, the total milking amount in each milking operation performed on the day is displayed.

The presence or absence of an abnormality in the milking amount is determined by determining that the milking amount is abnormal when the amount of decrease from the immediately preceding measured value is equal to or greater than a set value. Then, the determination result is displayed in chronological order, and the determination result is displayed as a mark m that can identify whether the determination is normal or abnormal. For example,
In FIG. 5, the display of “L” is a display when the milking amount of the day has decreased by a set value or more with respect to the milking amount of the previous day,
The display of "LL" is a display when the milking amount of the day decreases by more than the set value with respect to the milking amount of the previous day, and the milking amount of the previous day decreases by more than the set value with respect to the milking amount of the previous day. ,
Up to three discrimination results, such as "LLL", are displayed. When the latest determination result is normal and the immediately preceding determination result is abnormal, the display indicating the previous abnormality is stopped.

The weight displayed in the display section A4 is as follows.
The latest weight, that is, the average of the measured values measured for each milking operation on the day is displayed. In determining whether there is an abnormality in the weight, when the amount of decrease from the immediately preceding measured value is equal to or greater than a set value, the weight is determined to be abnormal, and the mark m is displayed in chronological order, similarly to the determination result of the milking amount.

The determination as to whether or not the subject has mastitis is based on the mastitis information (electrical conductivity) of each of the four udders of each cow, and the difference between the minimum value and the maximum value is equal to or greater than the set value. When
It is configured to determine that the patient has mastitis.
This is because the value of the electric conductivity when not suffering from mastitis varies among cows. The determination result of whether or not the patient has mastitis is displayed in chronological order, and the determination result is displayed by a mark m that can identify whether it is normal or abnormal. For example, in FIG.
The display of “L” is a display when the determination result of the current day is abnormal, the display of “LL” is a display when the determination results of the current day and the previous day are abnormal, and “LLL” is displayed. Thus, up to three discrimination results are displayed. When the latest determination result is normal and the immediately preceding determination result is abnormal, the display indicating the previous abnormality is stopped.

In order to determine whether there is an abnormality in the ranking, when the ranking of each dairy cow is lower than or equal to the set value, it is determined to be abnormal, and the result of the determination is chronologically determined in the same manner as the result of determination of mastitis. , Mark m.

In the default screen shown in FIG. 5, when the click locations c1 and c2 are clicked with the mouse 6 (command may be made with the keyboard 5; the same applies hereinafter), the display section A
The livestock number 1 is scrolled, and accordingly, the milking information of the display section A3, the weight information of the display section A4, the breast inflammation determination result of the display section A5, and the ranking determination result of the display section A6 are also scrolled. .

The control means 3, when a click point c3, c4, or c5 set according to each output information item is clicked on the default screen shown in FIG.
Based on the stored information, detailed information on the output information item corresponding to the clicked location is displayed on the display 7.

In the default screen shown in FIG. 5, when a click location c3 corresponding to milking information is clicked,
As shown in FIG. 6, the milking amount at each milking operation on the day and the total thereof, the milking amount at each milking operation on the previous day, the total thereof, and the average milking amount of the previous week are displayed. Let it. When the click location c4 corresponding to the weight information is clicked on the default screen shown in FIG. 5, as shown in FIG. 7, the weight measured during each milking operation on the day, the average value thereof, and the previous day are displayed. The weight measured during each milking operation, the average value thereof, and the average weight of the previous week are displayed. When the click location c5 corresponding to the mastitis information is clicked on the default screen shown in FIG. 5, the electrical conductivity is displayed for each of the four breasts as shown in FIG.

[Another Embodiment] Next, another embodiment will be described. (A) When the determination results for each piece of management information are output in chronological order, the number of determination results to be output (corresponding to the set number of times) is set to three times in the above embodiment. Or four or more times.

(B) In the above embodiment, when the result of the determination of the latest management information is normal and the result of the determination of the immediately preceding management information is abnormal, output of all previous abnormalities is stopped. The case in which it is performed is exemplified. Instead, when the result of the latest management information determination is normal, and before that, when the continuous number of abnormality determination results is equal to or less than the abnormal output deletion set number, the output of the previous abnormality is stopped. If the number of consecutive abnormal determination results exceeds the set number of abnormal output erasures, the output indicating the previous abnormality may be continued. The abnormal output deletion setting number of times can be set as appropriate, for example,
As in the above embodiment, when the set number of times is three, it can be set to one, and when the set number of times is four or more, it can be set to two.

Alternatively, even if the judgment result of the latest management information is normal and the judgment result of the immediately preceding management information is abnormal, the output of the previous abnormality may be continued. In this case, when the abnormality determination result is output in an intermittent state, for example, it is possible to determine an abnormality at an early stage of occurrence by actually observing the corresponding cow.

(C) Mark m to be output as discrimination result
Is not limited to “L” exemplified in the above embodiment, and various types can be used.

(D) In the above embodiment, the case where the discrimination result is output as the mark m that can be distinguished whether it is normal or abnormal is described, but instead, the discrimination result is normal. Alternatively, it may be output as words or sentences indicating whether the data is abnormal or abnormal.

(E) The information included in the management information is not limited to the milking information, the weight information, the mastitis information and the rank information exemplified in the above embodiment. For example, appropriate information may be selected from milking information, weight information, mastitis information, and ranking information. Further, other information such as the feed intake may be added.

(F) As a specific example of the treatment place for judging the order in which dairy cows come, in the above embodiment, the case where the milking room R2 is applied has been exemplified, but other various places may be applied. It is possible. For example, in the above embodiment, the weighing passage M may be applied. In this case, the rank information input means I5 is constituted by a weighing passage introduction gate G3.

(G) In the above embodiment, the case where the management information input means I2, I3, I4, and I5 are configured to automatically input the management information has been described. You may comprise so that management information may be input artificially.

(H) In the above embodiment, the case where the milking amount is applied as the milking information has been exemplified.
Alternatively, a milking time may be applied. That is, it is determined that the milking amount increases as the milking time increases. When the milking time is applied, the control means 3 is configured to measure the time from the start of milking to the end of milking as the milking time.

(I) Various statistical processes may be performed based on the information stored in the storage means 4, and the results may be displayed in a graph. For example, for all dairy cows kept, or for dairy cows in a given herd, the number of heads, total milking amount, average milking amount and daily weight in each of the average weight,
Changes in monthly units may be displayed in a graph. In addition, for all dairy cows bred or dairy cows in a predetermined herd, the hierarchical distribution of milking amount, body weight, and milking time may be displayed in a graph.

(N) On the default screen shown in FIG. 5, when one of the displayed livestock numbers is selected and clicked, the detailed information on the dairy cow with the livestock number is displayed on another screen. May be configured. As detailed information, changes in the milking amount and weight of the dairy cow on a daily basis, a monthly basis, and the like may be displayed in a graph. Also, the accumulated milking amount of the dairy cow in a predetermined period, the average milking amount (for example, per day) in the predetermined period, or the like may be displayed.

Incidentally, reference numerals are written in the claims for convenience of comparison with the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the attached drawings by the entry.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a dairy facility equipped with a dairy management device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control configuration of the dairy management device.

FIG. 3 is an overall configuration diagram of a milking facility.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of an input screen on a display.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a default screen on a display.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of detailed information of milking information on a display.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of detailed information of weight information on a display.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of detailed information of mastitis information on a display.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 control means 4 storage means I2, I3, I4, I5 management information input means O output means

Claims (7)

[Claims] A management information input means for inputting management information for managing a dairy cow in association with individual identification information;
I3, I4, I5) and a dairy management apparatus provided with output means (O) for outputting management information input from the management information input means (I2, I3, I4, I5) in association with individual identification information Wherein the management information input means (I2, I3, I4, I5)
Storage means (4) configured to input management information a plurality of times at time intervals, and storing input information from the management information input means (I2, I3, I4, I5); Control means (4) for determining whether or not the management information is normal based on the storage information of (4), and outputting the determination result to the output means (O) in chronological order in association with the individual identification information; Dairy management device provided with 3). 2. The control means (3) causes the output means (O) to output a determination result relating to management information for a set number of times including a latest one and an earlier one, and 2. The dairy management according to claim 1, wherein when the result of determination of the latest management information is normal and the result of determination of the immediately preceding management information is abnormal, output of the previous abnormality is stopped. apparatus. 3. The control unit (3) is configured to output a determination result to the output unit (O) using a mark that can be identified as normal or abnormal.
Or the dairy management device according to 2. 4. The milking information is included in the management information, and the control means (3) is configured to determine that the milking amount is abnormal when the milking amount is reduced from the immediately preceding value. The dairy management apparatus according to any one of claims 3 to 3. 5. The management information includes weight information of a dairy cow, and the control means (3) is configured to determine that the weight is abnormal when the weight has decreased from a immediately preceding value. The dairy management device according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The management information includes rank information of a dairy cow coming to a treatment place for performing a predetermined treatment on the dairy cow, and the control means (3) determines that the rank of the dairy cow coming to the treatment place is the last. The dairy management device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the dairy management device is configured to determine that the abnormality is abnormal when the value is later than the value. 7. The dairy management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the management information includes mastitis information for determining whether the dairy cow has mastitis.