Patent ID: 8746175
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: A01J,A01K,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a group of a plurality of dairy animals, comprising the steps of: individually recognizing each animal by an animal identification system, milking the animals to give actual milk yields for each animal, feeding the animals with a predetermined individual ration, and collecting data regarding the group of dairy animals, the data comprising for each animal at least the actual milk yield and an amount of the individual ration consumed by the animal, wherein subsequent individual milk yields are estimated using a model on the basis of the collected data, and wherein, for one or more animals, at least one of the individual ration and the milking of individual dairy animals is adjusted in a regulatory step of the model using a precondition; and wherein the precondition comprises that a predicted feed balance of an individual dairy animal is higher after the regulatory step than an actual feed balance prior to the regulatory step, wherein the actual feed balance is equal to a return of an associated actual milk yield minus the costs of the associated actual predicted ration, and the predicted feed balance is equal to a return of an associated predicted milk yield minus the costs of the associated predicted ration.