Patent ID: 6516744
Filing Date: 2003-02-11
Classification: A01K

Abstract:
Arrangement for keeping lactating animals in a loose-housing system comprising at least one milking stall (6) provided between resting (2) and feeding (4) sections of said system, said milking stall (6) being provided with at least one milking robot (11) and entrance-(8) and exit-(10) gates and said system being provided with means (20, 22, 24, 26, 32, 36) for identification of said animals, said milking stall (6) and identification means (20, 22, 24, 26, 32, 36) being connected to a control device (12) for selective milking of the animals, characterized in that the identification means involve at least one identification gate (20, 22, 24, 26, 32, 36), which is provided between the resting (2) and feeding (4) sections and at least one identification gate (26, 36), which is associated with the entrance gate (8) to the milking stall (6), and that each gate (8, 10, 20, 22, 24, 26, 32, 36) is manoeuvrable between a first state and a second state by means of the control device (12).