Method of and device for managing a group of dairy animals, as well as a computer program product therefor
First Claim
1. A device for managing a group of dairy animals, comprising an animal recognition device for recognizing individual dairy animals within the group, a computer and an automatic feeding device controlled by said computer, wherein the computer is arranged to perform a method of managing the group of dairy animals, wherein each animal can be recognized individually by an animal identification system, wherein the animals are milked and give an individually realized milk yield and wherein the animals are fed with an individual ration,wherein data regarding the group of dairy animals are collected, which data comprise at least the individually realized milk yields and the consumed rations,wherein subsequent individual milk yields are estimated using a model on the basis of said data, andwherein, 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 under application of a precondition;
- 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 than an actual feed balance prior to the regulatory step, wherein the actual feed balance is equal to a return of an associated 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.
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Abstract
A device and computer program product arranged to manage a group of dairy animals including individually recognizing each animal by an animal identification system, milking the animals to give actual milk yields for each animal, and feeding the animals with a predetermined individual ration, collecting data regarding the group of dairy animals, which data includes 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 said 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.
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9 Claims
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1. A device for managing a group of dairy animals, comprising an animal recognition device for recognizing individual dairy animals within the group, a computer and an automatic feeding device controlled by said computer, wherein the computer is arranged to perform a method of managing the group of dairy animals, wherein each animal can be recognized individually by an animal identification system, wherein the animals are milked and give an individually realized milk yield and wherein the animals are fed with an individual ration,
wherein data regarding the group of dairy animals are collected, which data comprise at least the individually realized milk yields and the consumed rations, wherein subsequent individual milk yields are estimated using a model on the basis of said 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 under application of a precondition; 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 than an actual feed balance prior to the regulatory step, wherein the actual feed balance is equal to a return of an associated 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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 7, 8)
- 5. The device according to claim, further comprising an automatic milking system.
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9. A computer program product, comprising a non-transient, computer-readable medium with computer program instructions embodied on said medium, which are capable of arranging a computer to
control a device for managing a group of dairy animals, the device comprising an animal recognition device for recognizing individual dairy animals within the group, a computer and an automatic feeding device, and to perform a method of managing the group of dairy animals, wherein each animal can be recognized individually by an animal identification system, wherein the animals are milked and give an individually realized milk yield and wherein the animals are fed with an individual ration, wherein data regarding the group of dairy animals are collected, which data comprise at least the individually realized milk yields and the consumed rations, wherein subsequent individual milk yields are estimated using a model on the basis of said data, 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 under application of 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 than an actual feed balance prior to the regulatory step, wherein the actual feed balance is equal to a return of an associated 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.
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Current AssigneeLely Industries NV (Lely)
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Original AssigneeMaasland N.V.
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InventorsAndr, Gerrit
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Primary Examiner(s)ABBOTT-LEWIS, YVONNE RENEE
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Application NumberUS14/270,393Publication NumberTime in Patent Office616 DaysField of Search119/14.02, 119/712, 119/51.02, 119/720, 119/14.15, 119/14.18US Class Current1/1CPC Class CodesA01J 5/007 Monitoring milking processe...A01K 29/00 Other apparatus for animal ...A01K 5/02 Automatic devices automatic...A01K 5/0283 by weightG06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verifi...
