Patent ID: 9016237
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: A01J,A01K

Abstract:
1. A system for managing a group of dairy animals, comprising: a milking parlour provided with at least one teat cup for extracting milk from a teat of a dairy animal; a milk sensor for measuring a value of at least one milk parameter, wherein the milk parameter is an amount of at least one of urea, protein, fat, or ketone per amount of milk; a control unit, configured to compare the measured value with a criterion; at least one passage for a dairy animal with a remotely operable closure; wherein the passage for a dairy animal provides access from the milking parlour to a pasture, and wherein the control unit, on the basis of the comparing of the measured value with the criterion, controls the at least one remotely operable closure to prevent access to the passage by at least one dairy animal, and the control unit is further configured to: lead the at least one dairy animal to an interior accommodation after the extraction of the milk, wait during a predetermined time, or until the occurrence of a predetermined event, adjust the criterion on the basis of a factor which influences the composition of the grass in the pasture, compare the measured value with the adjusted criterion, and decide again, in dependence on said comparison, whether or not access to the pasture is allowed for the at least one dairy animal.