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AUTOMATIC SUCKLING SYSTEM FOR CALVES WITH MINIMAL WEANING STRESS
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Disclosed is a suckling system wherein suckling of calves can be automatically performed and weaning stress of newborn calves can be minimized. The suckling system for calves with minimal weaning stress, includes a suckling unit and a milk feed unit to feed milk to calves, and a control module to control the units, wherein the suckling unit comprises a weight scale, and the control module measures the weight of calves and controls a feed amount of the milk feed unit, based on the weight. The milk feed unit uniformly supplies milk set to the temperature of the mother's milk to calves, the height of the teat member is controllable to a level suitable for calves, and after feeding, the teat member and the milk feed unit are automatically cleaned.