Patent ID: 8281745

Claim:
A system for managing animals on a dairy farm, comprising: an on-farm analyzer system ( 13 , 14 ) provided for measuring, for each of said animals, values of protein and fat contents of milk from each said animal; receiving means ( 12 ) provided for receiving from the on-farm analyzer, for each of said animals, the value of the protein content and the value of the fat content of milk from the animal as milked on said dairy farm; calculating means ( 19 ) provided for calculating, for each of said animals, a protein/fat ratio from a ratio of the received values of said protein and said fat contents of milk from the animal; comparing means ( 20 ) provided for fetching, for each of said animals, from a database ( 18 ) a reference protein/fat ratio, and for comparing the calculated protein/fat ratio with the fetched reference protein/fat ratio; and notifying means ( 21 - 23 ), notifying, for each of said animals, a dairy farmer ( 24 ) of said dairy farm when an outcome of the comparison of the calculated protein/fat ratio and the fetched reference protein/fat ratio indicates a need to adapt feed to be supplied to said animal, wherein said system is fully automated.