RU2661387C1 - Milk feeding system for calves feeding - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: agriculture.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture, in particular to the milk feeding system for distant calves feeding with nursing cow’s milk. Milk feeding system contains a technological line comprising blocks of four individual cells for calves, and devices for remote milk sucking by calves from the udder of the cow with the mechanism of manual or automatic attachment of the device glasses to the nipples of the udder of the cow. Each block of four cells is divided in the middle adjacent to the cells closely by the machine for the cow. Devices of remote sucking of milk from the udder are equipped with only two external cells of the block. Natural calf instinct is used to find the nipple. Calves of internal cells sucks its nipple in a natural way after finding the nipple and attaching to it a glass of the device of remote sucking of milk by the calf of the neighboring cell.

EFFECT: accuracy of estimating the amount of milk naturally sucked by calves increases, the automation design is simplified.

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Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to a method for extracting milk from the udder of the uterus of farm animals used for feeding offspring, mainly in dairy, dairy and meat and beef cattle breeding.

State of the art

Known suction method of raising calves under a cow-nurse (Methodological guidelines for growing calves under a cow-nurse. - M., 1960), when calves get milk in a natural way. Moreover, one cow can feed from one to four calves at a time. The cow and calves attached to it are most often kept in neighboring cells. At a certain time of the day, the calves are launched into the cage to the cow and after a certain time they are returned back to their cage. Obtaining milk from nursing cows in a natural way reduces its cost, which makes it possible to efficiently use cows whose content in the dairy herd due to insufficient milk production (below 5000-6000 kg / year) with the current disparity in milk prices and industrial products used in agriculture becomes unprofitable. At the same time, the calves' safety is increased, their growth and development is accelerated.

However, the suction method of raising calves under a nursing cow is rather laborious, since the cow and the calves attached to it must first be accustomed to each other. It is necessary to ensure that due to competition for the nipple, individual calves do not remain deprived of milk. It is almost impossible to control the amount of milk sucked by each calf, which is necessary for timely compensation of milk received by other feeds.

There is a method of obtaining calf milk from a cow-nurse using a device for remote sucking it from her udder (application for invention in FIPS of the Russian Federation No. 2016146637 from 11.28.2016). The device can be equipped with meters for the quantity and quality of milk consumed by the calf and connected to a mechanism for automatically (robotic) putting on, fixing and removing the glass from the uterine nipple; using in these mechanisms to search for nipples on the udder of a cow, an almost free natural calf instinct (application for invention in FIPS of the Russian Federation Samoylichenko Nikolai Vladimirovich dated 07/01/2017), which can significantly reduce the laboriousness of growing calves (prototype method). This method of feeding milk to cow-nurse calves is provided by a system that includes a production line consisting of blocks of four cages for calves, separated in the middle by a machine adjacent to them for a cow attached to these calves. Each cage has a device for remote sucking of milk by the calf from the udder of a cow with a mechanism for automatically attaching a glass of the device to the nipple of the udder. This mechanism uses as a sensor to find the nipple the natural instinct of calves contained in cages adjacent to the cow's machine. Each such calf helps automatics find two teats on the udder side near it for attaching cups of its own and neighboring devices.

Nevertheless, the interaction of the calf even with two devices for remote suction of milk from the udder as a target indicator, although it simplifies and reduces the cost of the design of the automatics connecting the glasses of the devices to the nipples of the cow, is still complicated and expensive, which negatively affects the cost of consumption by the calves milk.

Disclosure of invention

The aim of the invention is to reduce the cost of milk spent on growing calves.

This goal is achieved by the fact that, in contrast to the well-known system of feeding milk to cow-nurse calves, remote milk suction devices from the udder are equipped with only two external cells of each block, and calves of the internal cells of the block, acting as a sensor for finding a nipple and connecting to it cup device calf, located in a neighboring cage, sucks "his" nipple in a natural way. It turns out a combined method of feeding milk to cow-nurse calves. Reducing the number of devices for remote suction of milk served by one mechanism for automatically connecting the glass to the nipple of the udder to one allows you to save on devices and simplify the mechanism itself. Attaching the glasses of devices to the nipples can be alternated in such a way that under the control of the devices every share of the udder will be daily. Moreover, if on the right side of the udder the glass of the device is currently attached to the front nipple, then on the left you should attach the back lobe to the nipple and vice versa. This will allow with sufficient accuracy to estimate the amount of milk sucked by calves in a natural way. In addition, in this case, calves sucking milk in a natural way make a fairly uniform massage of the udder, which eliminates the need to install calf udder pushes on the devices of simulators, further simplifying and cheapening the design of automation.

Of course, the inventive combined system for feeding milk of a cow-nurse to calves at the same time both in a natural way and through devices for remote suction does not exclude the possibility of manually connecting glasses of devices to the nipples of the udder. Of course, in this case, labor productivity will decrease, but the cost of the device itself will decrease.

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In FIG. the scheme of one of the variants of the combined method of feeding milk to cows and nurses for calves is presented.

The implementation of the invention

The method can be carried out as follows.

Individual cells for calves 1 are installed along the longitudinal walls of the room. Each block of four cells with calves attached to one cow-nurse is divided in the middle by a machine 2 for this cow, which is adjacent to adjacent cells. At the right time, a window 4 opens in the wall of the cage 1 of the calf 3 adjacent to the machine 2 of the cow, into which the bridle details are inserted, on which the guide for the parts to be connected to the nipple of the grips and glasses (not shown) of the remote milk suction devices 5 can be attached calf 6 located in an adjacent cage. Window 4 is located in the area near which the udder of the cow is located. In this case, the calf 3 through this window receives visual contact with the cow. Trying to reach the cow's nipple, calf 3 sticks its head through window 4, which is inside the bridle. The material of which the bridle is made, the way it is fixed to the window 4 and the mechanisms for controlling it allow the bridle to move in the right directions with the head of the calf 3 without disturbing it, or, if necessary, regulate the movement of the head of the calf 3 within certain limits, by tension and ( or) the weakening of certain belts of the bridle. In this case, the calf needs access to only two nipples of the half of the udder nearest to it. Having found the first nipple, calf 3 takes it into his mouth and begins to suck. The sucking movements of the calf's oral cavity include a system of automatic machines 7 that move the details of the nipple's grip along the guide bridle to the nipple, which fix the nipple, separate the calf from it, expose the nipple to additional processing, if necessary, for example, warm water and warm air and provide additional support and a guide for parts of the device connecting the glass of the remote milk suction device for the calf 6 to the nipple, which is in the adjacent cage. In this case, the details of the nipple capture, attachment and fixation on the teat of the glass get the opportunity to move away from the bridle. Calf 3 searches and takes into the mouth the second already “his” nipple and begins to suck it. Providing the calf with 3 opportunities to suck the cow’s nipple in a natural way supports the calf’s activity in finding nipples on the cow's udder. In the process of sucking the nipple, calf 3, as usual, pushes the udder with his head, stimulating the milk production of the cow. After emptying the lobe of the udder, the calf releases the nipple to find the next. The cessation of the sucking movements of the calf's oral cavity serves as a signal to the bridle and together with the head of the calf 3 it moves into the window 4 of the cage. Window 4 closes, and calf 3 gains access to a nipple (not shown) into which drinking water or additional liquid feed can be supplied.

The proposed combined method of feeding milk to cow-nurse makes it possible to simplify and reduce the cost of devices for producing milk from the udder of cow-nurse without the participation of the operator.

Claims (1)

A system for feeding milk to a calf’s nurse-cow, containing a production line including blocks of four individual cages for calves, separated in the middle by a machine adjacent to them for fastening a cow and a device for remote sucking of milk by calves from its udder with a manual or automatic attachment mechanism glasses of devices to the nipples of the udder, using the natural calf instinct for finding the nipple, characterized in that the devices for remote sucking of the milk Only two external cells of the block are equipped from the udder, and the calves of the internal cells, after finding the nipple and attaching to it a glass of the device for remote milk suction by the calf of the neighboring cell, sucks its nipple in a natural way.

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