WO2015187109A1 - Griffe avertissant de la présence de mastite - Google Patents

Griffe avertissant de la présence de mastite Download PDF

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WO2015187109A1
WO2015187109A1 PCT/TR2015/000242 TR2015000242W WO2015187109A1 WO 2015187109 A1 WO2015187109 A1 WO 2015187109A1 TR 2015000242 W TR2015000242 W TR 2015000242W WO 2015187109 A1 WO2015187109 A1 WO 2015187109A1
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Fatih Mehmet GÜLEÇ
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Algan Yazilim Ve Bilisim Makine Elektronik Hayvancilik Ticaret Ltd Sirketi
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/013—On-site detection of mastitis in milk
    • A01J5/0133—On-site detection of mastitis in milk by using electricity, e.g. conductivity or capacitance
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01J—MANUFACTURE OF DAIRY PRODUCTS
    • A01J5/00—Milking machines or devices
    • A01J5/04—Milking machines or devices with pneumatic manipulation of teats
    • A01J5/041—Milk claw

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  • the present invention relates to a leading warning claw which is developed to be used in milking systems and enables to detect the mastitis disease in nipples of animals and to warn the users.
  • udder health The most important of the factors affecting dairy farming is udder health.
  • Mastitis is the reaction that the lactating tissue shows against the infections occurring in one or more lobes of the udder.
  • Mastitis disease directly affects the quality of milk. Somatic cells pass to the milk and break the quality of the milk and decrease its amount. Somatic cells are composed of white blood cells passing from blood to the milk and a small amount of epithelium. White blood cells exist for struggling with the microorganisms in the udder tissue. Therefore, the more microorganisms the udder is exposed to, the more the number of white blood cells are. So, the high amount of somatic cells in the milk may be the most important indicator of mastitis disease.
  • the most common method applied for treating the mastitis disease is use of antibiotics.
  • antibiotics are transmitted to milk from the body of the animal easily. Utilizing the milk with antibiotics is impossible in terms of health and technique. Therefore, it is very important to diagnose the disease in early stages and to take necessary precautions. Somatic cells emerging at the start of the disease and transmitted to the milk change the conductivity of the milk. In this respect, the method of measuring the conductivity of the milk and taking decisions after evaluating the deviations occurring in the measured values in order to control the existence of the disease is used.
  • used method is combining the milk taken from each nipple of the udder at a certain point and then transferring the values sensed from the milk by sensors to the external decision units, in order to detect mastitis disease.
  • mastitis occurs in only one udder.
  • the intensity of disease indications in the milk decreases. This delays the detection of the disease.
  • the Patent No. US6378455 B1 comprises sensors to make a further measurement from each nipple and a data processing unit wherein the data taken from the sensors are explained and transferred to an external component. Said external component assesses the coming data and gives the final decision on whether a disease is present.
  • the main reason to locate the decision unit far from the measurement point is the requirement of power source.
  • Power source to be used in the milking claw should be light in weight to be used in a small area and to provide ergonomics and animal comfort.
  • the life of power sources used in the current milking claws is less than twenty days. In that case, the user prefers to use external power sources and milking claws working by integration with the external decision units. This causes the milking systems to become large and complex structures.
  • the present invention relates to a milking claw with a mastitis detector developed to remove the abovementioned disadvantages and to bring new advantages to the related technical field.
  • the main object of the invention is to provide a milking claw which comprises the process unit that makes a process to locate the mastitis disease for every nipple of the milked animal separately during milking process and enables to detect the existence of the disease.
  • Another object of the invention is to remove misleading effect of the environmental conditions that affect the milk while detecting mastitis disease.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide a milking claw which gets activated automatically during milking process and deactivated when the milking process ends, and makes mastitis measurement in every milking process by making the system independent from the initiative of the user.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a milking claw which can communicate with cables or wirelessly with the external units.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a milking claw which can be used in integration with every kind of mechanical or electrical milking system.
  • the present invention relates to a milking claw comprising:
  • triggering member which activates the power source during milking process and deactivates it when the milking process ends.
  • the invention includes communication cables which provide the communication between each sensor unit and central process unit.
  • the invention includes an external unit connection unit which enables the central process unit to communicate with the external electronic units with cables and/or wirelessly.
  • the invention includes warning lights each of which represents one udder and which are turned on by the central process unit when mastitis disease is detected on the represented udder and enable to warn the user.
  • said triggering member is a direction sensor which detects the direction change occurring in the milking claw during milking process and activates the power source, and deactivates it when the milking process ends.
  • said triggering member is a pressure sensor which activates the power source by sensing the negative pressure occurring in the claw during milking and deactivates it when the pressure diminishes when the milking process ends.
  • said triggering member activates and deactivates the power source in line with the command coming to the external connection unit from an external unit.
  • said triggering member is an on-off button which is placed on the milking claw and enables to activate and deactivate the power source manually.
  • the milking claw of the invention provides a smart power management system by a triggering member controlling the power source. Thus, it is enabled to activate the power source only during milking process and deactivate it when the milking process ends. This makes the life of the power source longer.
  • a compact milking claw is provided, including sensors, decision making component, feedback component (warning lights) and power source elements all. The necessity to work with additional systems to detect mastitis is removed and a milking claw which can work in integration with all kinds of milking systems being simple or complex is provided.
  • the method for detecting mastitis carried out by the milking claw of the invention with the mentioned elements, includes the process steps of:
  • ⁇ controlling whether the mastitis disease is present in all 4 udders by comparing the electrical conductivity of the milk coming from every udder with the acceptable limit value ⁇ in case of detecting the absence of mastitis disease in all of the udders, calculating the average of conductivity values coming from each milked udder
  • Another preferred process step of the invention is that the central process unit determines the level of the mastitis disease in line with the difference between the conductivity value of the milk coming from an udder and the average conductivity value of the milk.
  • mastitis detection method separate evaluation is made for the milk taken from the four udders and it is detected on which udder the mastitis is.
  • a different limit value is determined for every animal. For example, the electrical conductivity of the milk of a dairy animal drinking water from a source with high lime and a dairy animal drinking water from a source with a low lime will be different.
  • the limit values used in measurement for these two animals are same.
  • Figure 1 shows use of the milking claw of the invention in a fixed milking system.
  • Figure 2 shows use of the milking claw of the invention in a mobile milking system.
  • Figure 3 is the schematic view of the milking claw of the invention. REFERENCE NUMBERS
  • FIG 1 shows use of the milking claw (10) of the invention in a fixed milking system
  • Figure 2 shows use of the milking claw of the invention in a mobile milking system.
  • the milking claw (10) generally comprises a body (1 ), four milk ducts ( 2) provided on said body (11) and milking clusters (20) connected to said milk ducts (12).
  • Milking clusters (20) provided separately for each nipple are connected to the nipples and the milk firstly passes through the milk ducts (12) and is transferred into the body (11).
  • the milk filling into the body (11) is transferred to the related milk collection center from here.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the milking claw (10) of the invention.
  • a central process unit (14) is provided in the body (11), where the data measured by the sensors ( 3a, 3b, 13c, 13d) are transferred.
  • the communication between the central process unit (14) and the sensors (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) is enabled by the communication cables (15).
  • Central process unit (14) determines if there is mastitis disease in any udder and on which stage it is, in accordance with the data transferred thereto.
  • warning light (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) located on the body (11) to represent each udder.
  • Central process unit (14) sends a command to the warning light (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) corresponding to the udder detected with the disease and turns it on, thus informs the user about the existence of mastitis disease.
  • the energy required for the central process unit (14) to operate is provided by a power source (18) located in the body (11). Activation and deactivation of said power source (18) is enabled by a triggering member (17).
  • a triggering member (17) Various structures can be used as a triggering member (17) to activate and deactivate the power source manually or automatically. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, direction sensor is used as triggering member (17).
  • Direction sensor activates the power source (18) when the milking clusters (20) of milking claw (10) are turned upwards by detecting this movement.
  • the direction sensor deactivates the power source (18) and ends the operation of the system.
  • a pressure sensor can be used as an alternative for the direction sensor. As milking process is performed by vacuum, a negative pressure is formed in the milking cluster. The pressure sensor senses this change and understands that the milking process has started and enables to activate the power source (18). When the milking process ends, pressure effect is removed and the power source (18) is deactivated in line with this change.
  • manual control of the power source (18) is also enabled by means of an on-off button which is to be located on the milking claw (10).
  • central process unit (14) there is an external unit connection unit (19) including a cabled external unit connection unit (192) and/or a wireless external unit connection unit (191).
  • central process unit (14) communicates with the external units with cables or wirelessly and make data transfer.
  • the operation of the power source (18) is controlled by the commands sent from an external unit by means of the external unit connection unit (19).
  • the milking claw (10) of the invention works in this way: While the milking clusters (20) are in idle mode facing downwards, the milking claw (10) is fitted to the animal to be milked such that the milking clusters (20) face upwards, by the user.
  • a direction sensor In the case that a direction sensor is used as triggering member (17), this sensor senses the vertical movement of the milking claw (10) and activates the power source (18) and milking process begins.
  • the milk milked by milking clusters (20) is transferred to the corresponding milk duct (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d).
  • a sensor (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) provided on each milk duct (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) measures the electrical conductivity of the milk coming to the duct (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) where it is available and transfers the measurement results to the central process unit (14) by the communication cables (15).
  • Central process unit (14) compares the conductivity values of the milk coming from four nipples with the acceptable limit values.
  • Acceptable limit values are the values that are used universally and determined with academic studies. These values are used directly or by being determined in line with the environmental factors of the measurement.
  • the electrical value of the milk coming from each udder is calculated and the electrical conductivity value of the milk coming from each udder is compared with the average value. It is decided that the milked udder with a higher conductivity value than the average value has mastitis disease.
  • the level of the disease is determined by the change between the conductivity value of the milk coming from the corresponding udder and the average value.
  • Central process unit (14) turns on the warning light (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) representing the udder with the disease and warns the user. After a certain time, it deactivates the power source (18) and ends the process.

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La présente invention concerne une griffe de traite (10) qui permet de détecter la mastite pendant un processus de traite, comprenant un conduit à lait (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) prévu pour chaque faisceau trayeur (20) posé sur les tétines de l'animal à traire, des capteurs (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d) qui sont placés sur lesdits conduits à lait (12a, 12b, 12c, 12d) et mesurent la conductivité électrique du lait. La griffe de traite (10) comprend une unité de traitement centrale (14) qui vérifie si la mastite est présente dans le pis en évaluant les données provenant desdits capteurs (13a, 13b, 13c, 13d); une source d'énergie (18) qui fournit l'énergie nécessaire pour faire fonctionner ladite unité de traitement centrale (14); un élément de déclenchement (17) qui active la source d'énergie (18) pendant le processus de traite et la désactive lorsque le processus de traite se termine.
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US6378455B1 (en) 1997-10-13 2002-04-30 N.V. Nederlandsche Apparatenfabrik Nedap Intelligent claw

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IT202300018081A1 (it) * 2023-09-04 2025-03-04 Milkline Ng S P A Dispositivo per la rilevazione di parametri nelle operazioni di mungitura automatica di animali
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