JPH11313569A - Apparatus for cleanly raising dairy domestic animal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the subject apparatus capable of cleanly raising a milk cow at its maximum and producing the maximum amount of cow's milk under advantageous conditions by including a system comprising an electronic means having a specific function. SOLUTION: This apparatus for cleanly raising a dairy domestic animal comprises a system including an electronic means. The electronic means has a guide means for making a domestic animal drop dung on a fixed position by the electronic means. In the operation, an electronic means is preferably connected to a domestic animal and at least one sensor 21 is preferably set in the vicinity of a fixed position on which the domestic animal surely drops clung. The apparatus preferably includes a water washing means 22 for cleaning an animal breast.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for keeping dairy livestock such as dairy cows clean, and more particularly to an apparatus having a livestock accommodation facility. This type of device is conventionally in the form of a pen or a free-standing open stall or a ranch.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Such a housing facility has the serious disadvantage that dairy animals can deposit feces anywhere. It is especially necessary to clean the udder of each livestock by hand, as the livestock is particularly dirty when lying down, while the other parts of the livestock also become dirty. In addition, since feces mix with the straw and urine on the floor, they significantly contaminate the stable's floor.
Cleaning a stable is a costly operation because of the labor and time it takes.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The object of the present invention is to remedy the disadvantages of the prior art. According to the invention, the device comprises means such as a feeding facility, which means is located in close proximity to the area where livestock deposits feces and is structured such that livestock prefers to drop the device. ing. In particular, the deposition area includes a flush toilet system. The invention is important not only for dairy cows, but also for other livestock where cleanliness is desirable. For dairy cows, the following should be described in relation to hygienic and efficient milk production: a. Dairy cows should be as clean as possible to prevent bacteria from feces from entering the milk they disinfect. b. Dairy animals should have the potential to lie comfortably on a separate, clean layer, for example, clean dry straw, so that they can produce maximum amounts of milk under cold, warm and favorable conditions. c. The dairy cattle must be able to move freely in the detention facility, ie in open pens, pen pens or ranches, which promotes blood circulation and milk production.

[0004]

According to a feature of the present invention,
The sedimentation area includes means for temporarily holding livestock there.
The means for temporarily holding livestock in the deposition area can include electrically or electronically adjusted locking means. In a special embodiment according to the invention, the locking means comprises a rod, at least one of which
One is adjustable so that the stick can be placed on either side of the animal's neck. In another embodiment, the locking means further comprises at least one door forming part of the enclosed stacking area. In both embodiments, the retaining means can include an adjusting member for releasing the locking means after the feces have accumulated. According to a feature of the invention, the sedimentation area comprises (grid) gutters arranged on the floor and near the rear of the livestock there. Especially,
The apparatus may include a cleaning means for flushing the deposition area, especially the (grid) sawdust.

According to another feature of the invention, there is provided means, preferably electronic means, for establishing the fact that the livestock has deposited feces. In a first embodiment, the electronic means may include at least one sensor mounted on a bar of a (grid) soot on the floor near the rear of the livestock in the deposition area.
In a second embodiment, the electronic means comprises a collecting element or preferably an infrared sensor fitted with a groove for collecting feces,
The collecting element or gutter is located below this (grate) floor of the floor, behind the livestock in the sedimentation area. In a later example,
It is very useful to be able to install ammonia binder supply means to supply the ammonia binder to the collection element or gutter after the feces have been deposited. By driving the feeding equipment in both embodiments, it is possible to include a regulating device for feeding the feed after the livestock dung.

[0006] According to another feature of the invention, the deposition area includes a livestock washing yard. It is preferred that this wash area be located near the back of the animal in the deposition area. According to the invention, the deposition area can further include a milking device.
According to another feature of the invention, the deposition area comprises an acoustic device. In a particular embodiment, the acoustic device may include means for creating squeaks, falling feed, and falling water imitations. According to the invention, the deposition area can also be movable. Further, according to another feature of the present invention, as described above, the dairy livestock is located near the area where the feces are to be deposited, and the livestock is promoted in the device to facilitate defecation. The means includes a timepiece and a member connected to the timepiece that generates the electrical signal. In a particular embodiment, the facilitating means comprises a loudspeaker attached to the livestock. In another embodiment, the invention includes a call device comprising a loudspeaker mounted in a deposition area, the loudspeaker being coupled to a livestock preferred sound production system.

In accordance with another feature of the invention, blocking means is provided and attached to the dairy animal or located in a containment facility, the means reinvigorating livestock in an area outside the sedimentation area. It has a structure to block. Therefore, the present invention relates to an apparatus for raising clean dairy animals such as dairy cows, the apparatus comprising means for providing livestock accommodation facilities and attaching to or placing in dairy animals. It is characterized by a structure that prevents livestock from motivating to dung outside of the sedimentation area. In a special embodiment, the blocking means comprises one or more loudspeakers. Further, a member that produces a sound that is unpleasant for livestock can be connected to a loudspeaker attached to the livestock. According to yet another feature of the invention, a portion of the device can include a flexible tube into which the tail of the livestock has been pushed,
The part includes one or more sensors or contacts that can contact each other by deformation of the tube. In that case, the member can be attached to the livestock, and when the contact closes, the member emits an unpleasant sound to the livestock near its head. According to another feature of the invention, the sensor reacts upon contact with feces and urine. In the latter case, it is possible to apply the sensor on the tube and generate sounds close to the head that the animal does not like.

[0008] According to the present invention, the direction indicating means can be installed, and the means can be adapted to an animal, together with an element for producing a light electric shock. The device is configured such that the animal receives a predetermined signal on the left or right side, or neither receives the signal, and the animal departs in a predetermined direction. Accordingly, the present invention also relates to a device for raising clean dairy livestock, such as dairy cows, which includes a livestock accommodation facility in which livestock can move about,
Along with the element for creating a light shock, a direction indicating means applicable to livestock is provided, and the device is oriented in a predetermined direction after receiving a signal on the left or right side or when there is no signal on either side. It is a mechanism to depart.
In a particular embodiment, the indicating means comprises a compass or a radio device. Elements that create shock can generate shock from their electrical properties. Shock producing elements are placed on both sides of the livestock. In a special embodiment, the predetermined signal comes from the rear of the livestock and is generated when the livestock wants to defecate. A signal can be applied to the element in such a way that livestock is guided to the deposition area.

In accordance with a feature of the present invention, livestock wears identification colors in conjunction with electronic means for identifying livestock. This electronic means works with sensors to establish which livestock has dropped on the sediment area. In particular, some of the electronic means include a livestock direction finding member. The direction finding member includes a radio transmission system. According to the invention, the livestock accommodation can be a free-running open barn, a free-ranging pen or a ranch. According to the invention, at least one deposition area in which livestock is to deposit feces is placed in the accommodation facility, in the manure storage space.
In particular, the deposition area includes a flush toilet system. The idea of the present invention allows livestock to drop feces in a given area, flush lavatory system, and in this connection, some technical means are available. All livestock dung is automatically released directly from the flush lavatory system to the fertilizer storage room, greatly reducing contamination of the containment facility. The lavatory system in which the feces are deposited is also used as a lavatory, feeding station, and milking room for automatic or non-automatic milking of each animal in the lavatory.

In accordance with a feature of the present invention, one sedimentation area is provided in a facility that houses approximately 40 livestock. According to another feature of the invention, the deposition area can be flushed with water. According to another feature, the sedimentation area comprises a livestock feeding system and / or a washing place. In the latter case, the washing area can be located near the rear of the livestock in the sedimentation area. According to the invention, the deposition area can include milking equipment.
Furthermore, the invention relates in particular to a milking room for dairy livestock such as dairy cows, wherein the milking room is provided with an area for milking the livestock, the milking room is mobile and includes a washing place for washing parts of the livestock. It is characterized by the following. The milking room may include a system for draining livestock dung in the milking area. The milking area can be provided with a slender floor located near the rear of the livestock there. The milking area is characterized by being equipped with one or more sensors for checking whether the livestock has dung on it. The sensor can be attached to the board. Milking area can be located near the rear of livestock 1
It is possible to provide one or more sprinklers. When the sensor works, a means can be provided to activate the sprinkler.

According to the invention, the milking room can be provided with a means for promoting livestock dung in a container located in or near the milking area. Accordingly, the present invention also relates to a milking room for milking dairy livestock such as dairy cows, and is characterized in that a container disposed at or near the milking room includes means for promoting livestock dung. The container can be fertilized and connected to a storage room. In addition, a feed dispensing device can be installed, which feeds the livestock when a sensor for ascertaining whether the livestock has dung has activated the dispensing device. The invention further relates to a milking room for milking dairy animals such as dairy cows, which room includes an area for dairy animals capable of milking these animals, said milking room having a floor, a frame with a tubular wall, a livestock animal. It is characterized in that it comprises a combination of parts, in particular a cleaning system for cleaning the breast, and a milking device. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a feeding station for feeding livestock such as dairy cows, characterized in that the feeding station includes an area where the livestock should be deposited with feces. Means for temporarily holding livestock can be set up in the feeding area. Feedlots also have fertilizer discharge means, in addition to the livestock cleaning system there. In addition, the feeding station can include milking equipment, especially automatic milking machines for dairy animals.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS For a better understanding of the present invention and to show how it may be carried out, the following description, by way of example, is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings. The plan view of FIG. 1 shows a barn or facility for housing dairy animals such as dairy cows. The facility or room is indicated by the number 1, which is partially or completely surrounded by some walls 2, 3 and a roof. In this embodiment, the wall 3 includes a pair of doors 4 from which livestock can enter and exit the facility and the field. In this case, the facility is an open-ended, free-moving stable, in which livestock can move freely in the room 1. However, the invention also relates to an open-ended, free-running barn, in which, for example, there is no wall 3 at all, so that livestock can enter and leave freely through the passage leading to the barn. In the embodiment shown in the figure, a feeding passage 5 is arranged in the middle of the minimum size of the barn so as to extend along the maximum size of the barn, and divides the room 1 equally into each side with a vertical grid or the like. Get a fence through your head. The feeding passage is accessible from outside through the door 6 of the barn. The end of the passage away from the stall door 6 is formed by a wall 7 having the same width as the passage. Since the two lower hinged doors 8 are joined to the center of the wall 7 and can be opened and closed by the livestock themselves, the livestock can move freely from the room 1 to another room. The two dropping areas or flushing lavatory systems 9 contact the border of the hinged door 8 remote from the feedway 5 and the maximum width of these stacking areas in this embodiment is the minimum border wall 2 of the barn.
Extend parallel to There is a slight gap between the boundary of the deposition area which is far from the feeding passage 5 and is closest to the boundary wall 2 and this boundary wall. This gap is bridged by short walls 10 whose length is approximately equal to the width of each of the deposition zones 9.

In the prior art of a barn or containment facility of the type shown in FIG. 1 (but with the exception of the sedimentation area which forms part of the invention, as will be explained in more detail below), the cows move freely and the floor is suitable. Is provided with an isolating layer, for example a straw layer. Cows lie on this straw layer and rest.
Since livestock move freely, their dung can accumulate anywhere in the barn, causing severe pollution. Cows have excrement (ie
(Solid dung and urine) often occurs, resulting in particularly contaminated breasts. Because of the need to milk the cow, at least this part of the cow has to be washed by hand. The time required to completely clean each breast is enormous. For one thing, the amount of fresh water required for each livestock is not directly available in a loose barn, and this water flows in a random manner in the barn, further increasing the contamination of the barn when removing manure from the barn. Is the reason. All of these things make milking and barn cleaning a labor intensive and time consuming task.

[0014] The following items are desired for a hygienic and efficient milk production. a) Dairy cows must be as clean as possible to prevent bacteria in feces from entering the milk consumed by people. b) Dairy cattle can produce the maximum amount of milk under warm and favorable conditions, even in cold weather, if they comfortably lie on a clean, dry straw or other isolation layer. c) Dairy animals can move around in open shelters, ranches and other accommodation facilities to promote their blood circulation and milk production. In order to overcome the above drawbacks and to meet the hygiene and other requirements for proper milk production, at least one dropping area or flush toilet in livestock shelters (not only stables but also ranches) A system is provided, which is indicated at 9 in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG.
Are bounded on two longitudinal sides by rails or grids 11, which are spaced parallel to each other and slightly more than the width of the type of dairy animal moving around a barn or ranch. The stacking section 9 has an entrance closed by a door 12 and an exit closed by a door 13 at the other end. The two doors 12, 13 are rotatable about an associated vertical hinge connected to one of the lateral boundaries of the deposition area and are rotatable in the direction indicated by the arrows in FIG. The entrance door 12 can rotate about 90 degrees and the exit door 13 can rotate 180 degrees.

The entrance door 12 is a flat door that can be manufactured from any desired material. The exit door 13 includes equipment that plays an important role in implementing the principles of the present invention. The upper part of the door 13 includes a compartment or housing for partly electrical and partly electronic equipment and, furthermore, near the bottom of the housing of the equipment 14, within the reach of the livestock in the stacking area 9. Includes feeding system that fills the vault. Trough 16
Is placed on the floor of the sedimentation area 9 at a height convenient for livestock.
Feeding system 15 supplies a relatively small amount of delicious feed to each type of dairy animal. The trough 16 is filled from the feed storage room 18. The chamber 18 is housed adjacent to the housing of the electrical installation 14, but is naturally separated from the installation by a tight partition. The maximum size of the space in the sedimentation area 9 is approximately 20% of the length of the livestock livestock in the area.
Over 40%. The doors 12, 13 form a locking means for the deposition area. This locking means can be adjusted electrically or electronically. In general, they form a means of temporarily holding livestock in a sedimentary compartment. Alternatively, the locking means can include a bar, at least one of which is adjustable. In effect, these rods are placed on both sides of the livestock's neck in order to keep the livestock in place in the sediment compartment.
The retaining means may include an adjusting member for releasing the locking means after the feces have accumulated.

Near the rear of the livestock in the stacking area, a number of rods 20 extend the floor transversely to the longitudinal axis of the stacking section 9.
The shape of a saw is formed and the feces of livestock are passed from now on. It is preferable to provide a cleaning means for cleaning the deposition section, especially the saw, near the saw. Further, electrical means are preferably provided in the deposition area to confirm whether the livestock has defecation. At least two sets of adjacent bars 20 are provided with sensors or contacts 21. Sensors or contacts provided in pairs are placed against adjacent bars in opposition to one another and are coupled to the bars at a location below the top surface of the associated bar. The sensor 21 is connected via cables (not shown) to the electronic equipment 14 near the front of the deposition area. Alternatively, the electronic means for verifying whether the livestock has defecationed can include a sensor, preferably an infrared sensor, mounted in the collection means or in the dung collecting channel. This collection element or gutter is placed under the floor. In this alternative, it is very effective to provide an ammonia binder supply means to supply the ammonia binder to the collection element or gutter after the feces have been deposited. Ammonia binders are sold. The use of this material is extremely important from an environmental point of view.

As can be seen from FIGS. 2 and 3, the cleaning system designed in the form of a sprinkler or shower has a lateral border 1
1 for each. From the side of Fig. 3,
Each cleaning system is located at the level of the udder of the livestock in the sedimentation area and is slightly in front of the udder position relative to the direction of the exit door 13. The cleaning system 22 is positioned so that the water sprinkled during operation of the system is directed obliquely rearward relative to the breast and scale floor. A bin 23 for collecting feces and used water is placed under the floor 19. The bin 23 has a sloping bottom, and the dung and wastewater are discharged to the drain 24,
The tube passes under the nearby wall 2 and reaches a manure reservoir located at the bottom. Since the manure reservoir 25 is accessible from above,
The collected manure can be pumped to a manure tank or similar drivable manure container. Therefore, the flush toilet system is located between the accommodation facility 1 and the manure storage room.

As can be seen from FIG. 4, the deposition area 9 can be equipped with an automatic breast pump, which is pivotally connected to one of the lateral boundaries 11 of the deposition area, with the breast pump being in the deposition section. An electronic device 1 that can be automatically connected to the livestock nipple and discharges milk (in a manner not shown) to the milk storage container.
Operate using 4. Instead, the stacking section 9 is equipped with a breast pump and the nipple cup is manually attached to the livestock nipple. Therefore, the sedimentation section 9 is used to wash the place where dairy animals can deposit feces, at least the livestock udder. That is, a washing place for keeping livestock clean, a livestock there are arranged as a milking room for automatic or non-automatic milking, and a feeding place for raising livestock. The fecal sedimentation section combined with the cleaning system constitutes a flush toilet system that can be used by several livestock in the accommodation facility 1. It is the idea of the present invention to prevent livestock in the containment facility 1 from motivating to dung there (i.e. outside the flush toilet system) and to encourage faeces into the sedimentation area or flush toilet system. It is a feature of. This can be achieved in various ways, especially by directing livestock to the sedimentation area 9.

A way to prevent livestock in the detention facility from defecation there is to provide the livestock itself with suitable equipment. The device includes a flexible tube 27 placed around the tail 28 of each livestock (FIG. 5). The flexible tube 27 is pushed into the tail 28 as far as possible. The length of the tube is such that when the animal hangs its tail, the droppings extend below the point away from the animal. The tubes are connected by a relatively thin and resilient connecting member 30 and comprise a number of relatively tightly spaced relatively rigid rings or ribs, said connecting members
0 forms a short cylindrical shape when the tube is extended, and contacts the ring 29 on both sides and all around. Attach opposed sensors or contacts 31 to two adjacent rings slightly off the top of the tube pushed into the tail. The tail is the fifth
When in the position shown in the figure, the sensor 31 is provided at the outermost and uppermost position of the two adjacent rings 29.
Looking down the position of the tail 28 shown in FIG. 5, at the lower end of the tube 27, a sensor 32 is mounted on one or more rings 29, i.e. on the periphery of the ring 29, which is shown in the figure. In the position, it is directed at the animal's body, below which the excrement leaves the body. As shown in FIG. 2 to FIG. 4, a belt 35 hanging laterally on the body of the livestock is passed through the livestock from the upper part to the front part by a thin flexible electronic connecting wire 33 tightened to the livestock body. The sensors 31 and 32 are connected to the member (FIG. 2) arranged at the highest position. In addition, a connecting wire 36 extends from member 34 and is clamped to the upper part of the animal's body and neck, which terminates in a small loudspeaker (FIGS. 3, 4) mounted near the overhead ear.

Member 34 includes a miniature battery or other type of energy source and miniature electronics, some of which are designed as simple radio signal receivers. According to the first method of preventing livestock from dropping feces in the accommodation 1, when the livestock raises its tail, the flexible tubes 27 are stretched so that the contacts 31 approach each other. As a result, a signal is transmitted by the member 34 via the connecting wire 33, so that the circuit in the member 34 is activated, and sounds unpleasant to livestock (squeaking sound or whistling sound) via the connecting wire 36 in the loudspeaker 37.
And this sound reaches the livestock's ear by the loudspeaker 37. For the first time, a livestock with the above-mentioned equipment placed in the facility 1 experiences several unpleasant efficacies, recognizes where other livestock accustomed to being in the facility can deposit feces, Once or several times guided to the sedimentation area, the livestock learns which direction to go when receiving the discomfort sound. In particular, if the livestock notices that the unpleasant noise disappears in the sedimentation area, after several experiences, the livestock will go to the sedimentation area for defecation without any other incentive.

This is because, as soon as the animal enters the stacking section, the livestock falls within the range of the signal transmitted by the radio transmitter in the electronic equipment 14 of the stacking area 9 (the antenna 38 in FIGS. 2 to 4). The signal transmitted by the radio via the antenna 38 is relatively weak and is emitted substantially within the area of the deposition area. The receiver in the livestock-mounted member 34 includes an AND gate circuit controlled by this radio signal and the bias is adjusted to a limit value that does not change the situation until the livestock has entered the sediment section 9. . The switched-on gate circuit interrupts the squeal or whistle generated by member 34. Thus, after some experience, the animal should go to the sedimentation area after closing the contact 31, since the animal has learned that the discomfort sound in the ear stops in that area. Domestic animals thus facilitated to enter the sedimentation area 9 also know that if they drop their feces, the trousers placed there will also provide feed. Because, when livestock standing in the sedimentation area 9 deposits dung on the floor 19, these dungs close a pair of contacts 21 of the floor 19 and thus activate a regulating device which forms part of the installation 14. Is electronic equipment 1
4, the regulator drops a fixed amount of feed from the storage compartment 18 into the trough 16. After some experience, they also learn that if the livestock fails to drop their dung on the floor, the trough will remain empty and the exit will remain closed.

Inside the electronic system 14, the signal generated by the sensor 21 relating to the passage of the feces records the fact that the relevant livestock (source from the collar 39) has actually deposited the feces on the floor 19 of the deposition area 9. Therefore, it can be combined with the signal obtained from the cow identification color 39. In this way it can be ascertained which livestock have not yet had sufficient experience in using the sedimentation area 9. After livestock has deposited feces on the floor of the flush toilet system 9 and the associated signal has been confirmed by the electronic system 14, not only is the feed sent to the trough but also the time elapsed by the clock or time measurement system has passed. Then, the washing device 22 is activated, and the breast is washed using the washing device 22 preferably by spraying slightly warm water from both sides. The water sprayed obliquely rearward and inward is directed in such a way that any residue of feces on the floor is also drained into the container 23. After an elapse of the time determined by the timing system, the automatic breast pump 26 pivots inward toward the breast and connects with the nipple, so that the deposition area 9 acts as a milking room. When a series of washing and milking processes are completed, the end of the milking process is signaled,
The electronic system 14 drives the adjusting device to move the door 13 to 18.
The animal can be opened to 0 degrees, and thus the livestock can walk away to the accommodation facility 1. It should be noted that by providing a loudspeaker 40 in the system 14, further guidance means are available,
The loudspeaker is selectively comfortable for livestock and is capable of continually producing a sound that echoes throughout the containment facility 1.

The belt 35 (FIGS. 2 to 4), which hangs down to about half of the back of the livestock on both sides, has at its lowermost end an element 41 which is connected to the member 34 via an electrical connection wire. The element 41 is equipped with electrodes and the like, which can be used to apply a light electrical shock to the livestock, similar to a conventional livestock ram. These shocks require relatively little energy. Element 41 is powered from an energy source contained in member 34. Viewed in the longitudinal direction of the livestock, the second belt 45 can be located at another position on the back, which also has an element 41 that is powered from the associated energy source. Element 41 forms the basis for another method of moving livestock to flush toilet system 9. The method includes a radio device connected to the deposition area 9 and transmitting a relatively strong signal to the containment facility 1. Member 34 includes a system that also receives the last signal described above, and the system includes detection means for detecting the direction in which the signal is received. As soon as the livestock lifts its tail up and the contacts close, the signals emitted by these contacts activate the receiving system in the component, and an element 41 is placed on the side of the livestock far from the radio signal source (near the flush toilet system). Try to shock.
The livestock feels this shock uncomfortable and is guided away from the shock, which in turn leads to a radio signal, i.e. the flush toilet system. If for some reason the animal turns its body, the element 41 located on the other side of the animal will create a shock and therefore the animal will return to the flush toilet system. In this way, the moving direction of the livestock is determined. The stimulator is structured so that no shock occurs when the animal moves in the proper direction. After some experience, livestock raise their tails and move towards the flush toilet system.

As an alternative possible with this method, the belt 35
Is provided with a gimbaled compass, which is used to shock the flanks of the livestock after actuation of the contact 31 and the needle of the compass, and similarly to the toilet system. These stimulation systems according to the second method produce a pleasant sound for livestock and can be combined with an acoustic source mounted on the flush toilet system 9. According to another method, a flush lavatory system is formed together with a call system that produces livestock-preferred sounds at regular time intervals. These sounds could correspond to the simulated sounds of feed and / or falling water in the trough, in which case the latter should induce a throat dry animal. Another method of preventing livestock contamination and keeping livestock clean is provided by a sensor 32, which responds to the fact that the livestock is lying in the dung and to the defecation by the standing livestock and the components 32 and loudspeakers. Activate the bowl 37 so that the livestock goes to the flush toilet system 9.

The above methods can, of course, be partially or wholly combined, so that the livestock will be prevented from willing to drop in the accommodation facility 1 or will be encouraged to drop in the flush toilet system 9. And / or forcing and / or directing to the flush toilet system 9. Through experience and experience, i.e., observing the behavior of other livestock and being guided to the flush toilet system during the initial stages of entering the detention facility, livestock regularly use these methods, both individually and in combination. The use of flush toilet systems leads to a kind of automatic action. Once livestock is flush toilet system 9
Upon arrival, a series of actions and events (fecal deposits, recording with cow identification color, feeding, washing and milking) are performed in the order described above. As soon as the electronic system 14 receives a signal indicating the end of the milking operation, the electronic system 14
3 drives the adjusting device, while at the same time the loudspeaker 40 emits an unpleasant squeak and whistle as a stimulus for the livestock to leave the lavatory.

It should be noted that the principles of the present invention are not limited to the use of sedimentation areas or flush toilet systems 9 with the features described in detail, in combination with a free-moving open stall or a free-moving pen stall. Alternatively, the deposition area may be a mobile structure, such as a wheeled deposition area with adjustable height. In this case, the accumulation area can be transported to a predetermined place on the ranch by a tractor. If the wheels on both sides are moved up after setting up the stacking area, the floor of the stacking area will be flush with the ranch. The energy supply of the deposition area 9 located in such a ranch can be carried out by means of power transmission cables, but instead solar energy in combination with batteries can be used. At the position where the sedimentation area 9 in the ranch was placed,
The manure reservoir can be dug in such a way that it touches the floor.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a barn to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a dropping area or flush toilet system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view of a deposition area or flush toilet system,
The flush toilet is also used as a feeding station.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the sedimentation area or flush toilet system shown in FIG. 2 where the flush toilet is also used as a milking room.

FIG. 5 is a side view of a means of attaching livestock to guide livestock to deposit feces in a flush toilet system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Containment facility 2,3,7,10 Wall 4,6,8,12,13 Door 5 Feeding passage 9 Deposit area (wash toilet system) 11 Rail 14 Electric (electronic) equipment system 15 Feeding system 16 17 floor 18 feed storage room 19 slender floor 20 bar 21,31,32 sensor (contact) 22 washing system 23 large box 24 discharge pipe 25 manure reservoir 26 automatic milking machine 27 flexible tube 28 tail 29 ring 30 connecting member 33 connecting wire 34 member 35, 45 belt 37, 40 loudspeaker 38 antenna 39 identification color 41 element

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Cornelis Johannes Geralds Bomb Rosenburg, Lambanh New Rosenburg, The Netherlands 16 (72) Inventor Karl van den Bergh Breskensgraaf, Mühlenbreck 31, The Netherlands

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A method for keeping dairy animals clean, in particular dairy cows, comprising a system including electronic means, said electronic means including guiding means for directing the animals to drop their feces into place. Equipment. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the electronic means is connected to the livestock. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one sensor is provided near a predetermined position where livestock should drop feces. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising washing means for washing the breasts of livestock. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said electronic means includes a feeder for supplying feed to the livestock after the livestock drops feces to a predetermined position. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined position is a milking room.