The present invention, relates to separating a first quantity of milk
drawn from a milking animal in an automatic milking machine from a second
quantity of milk drawn from a milking animal in said milking machine.
Comprising the steps of milking an animal using said automatic milking
machine, collecting a small representative amount of said milk during
said milking, analysing at least a part of said small representative
amount of milk using an on-line cell counter for counting the number of
cells in said milk, and operating a valve depending on the counted number
of cells so that if the counted number of cells are below a threshold
said milk is collected in a first container and if said counted number of
cells are equal to or above said threshold said milk are directed to
either a drain or a second container.
