Patent ID: 6371046
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: A01J

Abstract:
A method of preparing a lactating animal for milking comprising the following steps:localizing at least one teat (4); automatically approaching a milking means (6, 8) to said teat and having said means automatically performing the following steps: stimulating the teat in order to induce milk letdown; extraction (2) of milk from each teat; characterized in that a first amount of the extracted milk is separated (17, 44, 58, 96) from the main milk flow and discarded; a second amount of the extracted milk is separated (18, 32) from the main milk flow and analyzed (34, 36, 64, 78), the result of the analysis being used to control at least one valve device (32, 37) for directing said second amount of milk to a selected tank (20,22).