Patent ID: 11864529
Assignee: S.C.R. (ENGINEERS) LIMITED
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method for automatically drying-off a dairy animal, comprising steps of:
determining, by a processor, an average milk production for said dairy animal by averaging of milk production per milking over a production measurement period;
upon said average milk production being greater than a predetermined amount of milk
and at least one other consideration being met, start a drying off process, including,
for each current milking of said dairy animal until a dry-off date at which a predetermined drying-off period end:
determining, by the processor, utilizing a current date and said dry-off date, a number of days until said dry-off date;
determining, by the processor, an amount of milk to be removed utilizing (a) said number of days until said dry-off date, and (b) the average milk production;
machine milking said dairy animal;
measuring, by the processor, removal of milk in real time during milking; and,
at such time as said milk production is greater than said amount of milk to be removed, stopping said current milking.