WO2010003751A1 - Procédé et dispositif de gestion d’animaux - Google Patents

Procédé et dispositif de gestion d’animaux Download PDF

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WO2010003751A1
WO2010003751A1 PCT/EP2009/057114 EP2009057114W WO2010003751A1 WO 2010003751 A1 WO2010003751 A1 WO 2010003751A1 EP 2009057114 W EP2009057114 W EP 2009057114W WO 2010003751 A1 WO2010003751 A1 WO 2010003751A1
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Ulrika ÖHMAN
Björn Johansson
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Delaval Holding Ab
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/013—On-site detection of mastitis in milk
    • A01J5/0131—On-site detection of mastitis in milk by analysing the milk composition, e.g. concentration or detection of specific substances
    • A01J5/0132—On-site detection of mastitis in milk by analysing the milk composition, e.g. concentration or detection of specific substances using a cell counter
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/007—Monitoring milking processes; Control or regulation of milking machines
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/013—On-site detection of mastitis in milk
    • A01J5/0133—On-site detection of mastitis in milk by using electricity, e.g. conductivity or capacitance
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01K—ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CARE OF BIRDS, FISHES, INSECTS; FISHING; REARING OR BREEDING ANIMALS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NEW BREEDS OF ANIMALS
    • A01K1/00—Housing animals; Equipment therefor
    • A01K1/12—Milking stations

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  • the present invention relates to a method and an arrangement for management of animals.
  • a method for management of animals which are allowed to move in an area intended therefore, the area housing a feeding area, a milking station accessible from the feeding area, and a resting area accessible from the milking station.
  • the area housing a feeding area, a milking station accessible from the feeding area, and a resting area accessible from the milking station.
  • each of a plurality of animals visiting the milking station is identified and it is checked whether each of the animals has an infection, particularly mastitis.
  • Each of the animals which is checked and found not to have the infection is allowed to access the resting area subsequent to milking of the animal in the milking station, whereas each of the animals which is checked and found to have the infection is prevented from accessing the resting area during a period of time subsequent to the milking of the animal in the milking station, wherein the period of time is determined to allow the teat canals of the animal to close.
  • the animals which are prevented from accessing the resting area during the determined period of time may be guided to the feeding area or to another area such as a waiting or treating area subsequent to the milking thereof.
  • the animals which are prevented from accessing the resting area during the determined period of time may be allowed to enter or guided to the resting area in order to be allowed to rest.
  • an arrangement for implementing the above method comprises an identification device provided for identifying each of the animals visiting the milking station, a processing and control device operatively connected to the identification device and provided for checking whether each of the animals has an infection, and an automatic gate arrangement operatively connected to the processing and control device, wherein the processing and control device is provided to control the automatic gate arrangement based on the checking.
  • the processing and control device is provided to control the automatic gate arrangement to allow each of the animals which is checked and found not to have the infection to access the resting area subsequent to milking of the animal in the milking station, and to prevent each of the animals which is checked and found to have the infection from accessing the resting area during the above identified period of time subsequent to the milking of the animal in the milking station.
  • measures are taken to prevent that an infection is passed from animal to animal in a resting area subsequent to milking.
  • the animal care is improved and the milk production is optimized. If the infected animals are guided to a treating area, they can be kept there in order to be treated before being allowed to enter the resting area.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates schematically a milking system implementing an arrangement for animal management in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a flow scheme of a method for animal management in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
  • milk producing animals are cows.
  • the invention is not limited to cows, but is applicable to any animals having the capability to produce large quantities of milk, such as sheep, goats, buffaloes, horses, etc.
  • Fig. 1 discloses an arrangement for housing a herd of cows permitted to walk about freely.
  • the arrangement comprises an enclosed area 11, which may be an indoor area, an outdoor area, or a combination thereof. Further, the enclosed area 11 is divided up into a feeding area 12, a resting area 14 separated from the feeding area 12, an optional waiting or treating area 18 separated from the feeding 12 and resting 14 areas, and a milking station 13 for voluntary milking of the cows, i.e. the cows enter the milking station 13 voluntarily in order to be milked.
  • the milking station 13 comprises an enclosure having an inlet gate 13a and three different outlet gates 13b-d.
  • the inlet gate 13a may give access to a cow to enter the milking station 13 from the feeding area 12 in order to be milked.
  • a first one of the outlet gates 13b gives access to the resting area 14
  • a second one of the outlet gates 13c gives access to the feeding area 12
  • a third one of the outlet gates 13d gives access to the waiting or treating area 18.
  • the some or all of the outlet gates 13b-d may not be part of the milking station but may be provided as gates outside the milking station.
  • a typical milking station provided with one inlet gate and one outlet gate may be provided with a three-way gate or two serially connected two-way gates at the exit to provide the functionality of the three outlet gates 13b-d.
  • the milking station 13 comprises an identification device 16 provided to identify a cow approaching the milking station 13.
  • a processing and control device 17 is responsible for processing and controlling of the arrangement, and comprises typically a microcomputer, suitable software, and a database of the cows in the area 11.
  • Such database includes typically information of each of the cows, such as e.g. when the respective cow was milked last time, when she was fed last time, her milk production, her milk quality, her health, etc.
  • the processing and control device 17 is operatively connected to the identification device 16 in order to receive identification data from there, and is operatively connected to the inlet and outlet gates 13a-d in order to automatically control the openings and closings thereof.
  • a cow approaching the milking station 13 may be given access to the milking station 13 after having been identified by the identification device 16 by means of the inlet gate 13a being opened under control of the processing and control device 17.
  • some kind of cow selective milking decision algorithm is applied for determining whether the particular cow presented for milking shall be milked or e.g. if she shall be led directly through the milking station 13 to e.g. the resting area 14 via the first outlet gate 13b without being milked.
  • the first outlet gate 13b is typically opened and the cow may leave the milking station 13 and access the resting area 14.
  • the milking station 13 is preferably oriented such that cows in the feeding area 12 only are capable of entering the milking station 13 through inlet gate 13a and that cows leaving the milking station 13 through the first outlet gate 13b enter the resting area 14.
  • Such system is often referred to as a feed-first system.
  • Fig. 1 arrows denoted c indicate schematically the typical traffic of cows through the arrangement.
  • the gates 15 are so-called smart gates, that is, gates that are easily opened by the cows when they are to move through the gate 15 in the directions indicated by the arrows c, while they may still be opened for cows moving in the reverse direction provided that some specific condition is met such as for instance that they do not need to be milked.
  • the gates 15 may be provided with a respective identification device (not illustrated) located adjacent the gates 15, which identifies a cow approaching the gates 15 in the reverse direction.
  • the processing and control device 17 is operatively connected to the identification devices at the gates 15 to receive identification data and is connected to the gates 15 in order to control the opening of the gates 15 for cows moving in the reverse direction.
  • the resting area 14 may house a number of resting stalls 14a or similar provided with straws or similar to enable the cows to rest comfortably.
  • the feeding area 12 may house an automatic feeding device in form of a feed wagon 12a or similar, which is capable of dropping feed into a feeding table, manger, or similar 12b, while moving along the feeding table as indicated by arrow 12c to distribute the feed well on the feeding table 12b.
  • the waiting or treating area 18 may be provided with automatic gates 18a-b which are operatively connected to and controlled by the processing and control device 17.
  • a first one 18a of the gates gives access to the resting area 14 and a second one 18b of the gates gives access to the feeding area 12.
  • the processing and control device 17, which is operatively connected to the identification device 16 for receiving identifications of each cow visiting the milking station 13, is further provided for checking whether each of the cows has an infection, particularly mastitis, and for controlling the outlet gates 13b-d of the milking station 13 so as to allow each cow which is checked and found not to have the infection to access the resting area 14 via the first outlet gate 13b subsequent to milking of the cow in the milking station 13, and to prevent each cow which is checked and found to have the infection from accessing the resting area 14 during a period of time subsequent to the milking of the cow in the milking station 13, wherein the period of time is determined to allow the teat canals of the cow to close.
  • a cow may be prevented from accessing the resting area 14 simply by forcing the cow to stay in the milking station 13 during the determined period of time by means of keeping all outlet gates 13b-d closed. This may generally limit the throughput of the milking station, but may be employed in periods where the utilization of the milking station 13 is low.
  • a second alternative is that the processing and control device 17 controls the second outlet gate 13c to open in order to allow each of the cows which is checked and found to have the infection to access the feeding area 12 subsequent to the milking of the cow.
  • a third alternative is that the processing and control device 17 controls the third outlet gate 13d to open in order to allow each of the cows which is checked and found to have the infection to access the waiting or treating area 18 subsequent to the milking of the cow.
  • the checking whether each of the cows has an infection, particularly mastitis, may be realized in different manners.
  • a first alternative is to measure, for each of the cows, at least one measurable parameter of the cow or of its milk indicative of the infection of the cow, preferably a conductivity or a cell count of the milk of the cow.
  • a measurement device 19 is provided in or at the milking station 13 and is operatively connected to the processing and control device 17.
  • An online cell counter that can be used is disclosed in US2006/0249082 Al.
  • the processing and control device 17 then performs the checking based on the measured parameter. For instance, the processing and control device 17 may compare a measured cell count with a threshold value, which may be set based on historical cell count data. If the measured cell count is higher than the threshold value it is determined that the cow has an infection.
  • the threshold data may be equal for all cows in the herd served by the arrangement of Fig. 1 and is set depending on historical cell count data for all the cows. Alternatively, the threshold data is individual for each cow and is set depending on historical cell count data for that cow.
  • a second alternative is to manually or automatically tag infected cows 16 in the database of the processing and control device 17.
  • the processing and control device 17 then performs the checking by means of referring to the database.
  • the determined period of time is at least or about 15 minutes, preferably at least or about 20 minutes, and most preferably at least or about 30 minutes. After the expiry of the determined period of time each infected cow is allowed to enter, or is guided to, the resting area 14.
  • a method for management of cows which are allowed to move in an area intended therefore is disclosed, wherein the area houses a feeding area, a milking station accessible from the feeding area, and a resting area accessible from the milking station.
  • a cow visiting the milking station is, in a step 21, identified. It is then checked, in a step 22, whether the cow has an infection, particularly mastitis. If the cow is found not to have the infection, the cow is, in a step 23, allowed to access or guided to the resting area subsequent to the milking of the cow in the milking station.
  • the cow is, in a step 24, prevented to access the resting area during a period of time subsequent to the milking of the cow in the milking station, wherein the period of time being determined to allow the teat canals of the cow to close.
  • the method is performed for each cow visiting the milking station 13.
  • the invention includes a computer program product, which is loadable into the internal memory of a computer of the milking station, and which comprises software code portions for controlling the above disclosed method when the product is run on the computer.

Abstract

L’invention concerne un procédé de gestion d’animaux autorisés à se mouvoir dans une surface (11) prévue à cet effet, cette surface contenant une zone d’alimentation (12), une station de traite (13) accessible depuis la zone d’alimentation, et une zone de repos (14) accessible depuis la station de traite. Chaque animal visitant la station de traite est, selon ce procédé, identifié, et contrôlé pour déterminer s’il a une infection, en particulier une mastite. Chaque animal contrôlé comme étant non porteur de l’infection est autorisé à accéder à la zone de repos après la traite dans la station de traite, tandis que chaque animal contrôlé comme étant porteur de l’infection n’est pas autorisé à accéder à la zone de repos pendant une période qui suit la traite dans la station de traite. Cette période est déterminée de façon à permettre aux canaux du trayon de l’animal de se fermer, pour éviter ainsi que l’infection ne soit transmise d’un animal à l’autre dans la zone de repos.
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EP1078570A1 (fr) * 1999-08-20 2001-02-28 N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabriek NEDAP Dispositif pour empêcher des animaux de s'étendre
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