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Beef cattle behavior, handling and facilities design |
| This book contains the best corral layouts Dr. Grandin has developed during the last fifteen years. Many of these designs have been constructed on ranches and feedlots all over the U.S. and Canada. There are layouts for both small and large operations. For ranchers on a tight budget, there are economical designs which provide good sorting capabilities. A lack of pens and alleys for sorting is a major problem in some corral systems. Most of the designs have curved lanes, and round holding pens to facilitate handling. The two articles in this book explain the principles of cattle behavior and how it relates to corral design. In the back of the book there are details for gates, loading ramp, V chute and round crowd pen. |
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Behavior |
| This web page is a bibliography about beef cattle behavior created by the National Agricultural Library. |
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Behavior and Handling - Cattle |
| This learning module from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee at The University of Arizona presents an overview of cattle behavior and cattle handling techniques. |
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Cattle Handling and Behavior |
| This page, from Donald Lay, Jr. and the Iowa Beef Industry Council, discusses cattle's fear and how understanding this fear can make cattle handling less stressful and dangerous. |
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Dr. Temple Grandin's Web Page |
| A webpage that provides links to articles authored by Dr. Temple Grandin. Dr. Grandin has researched livestock behaviour during handling and transport, humane slaughter, the design of facilities and restraining systems. |
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Good Management Practices - Cattle Handling, English |
| This is a free sample training module from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Beef Quality Assurance program which provides guidelines for beef cattle production. This video details good cattle handling practices. |
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Good Management Practices - Cattle Handling, Spanish |
| This is a free sample training module from the National Cattlemen's Beef Association Beef Quality Assurance program which provides guidelines for beef cattle production. This video detail, in Spanish, good cattle handling practices. |
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International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare |
| This symposium, sponsored by the Beef Cattle Institute at Kansas State University, provided a venue to highlight the world’s experts on beef cattle welfare. Producers, nutritionists, and veterinarians spoke on current issues in the beef industry. The speaker list also included people in policy making positions within the federal government, professional societies and industry commodity groups. Lead research specialists from around the globe discussed current research findings and future research needs in beef cattle behavior and welfare. |
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Livestock Behavior Research Unit |
| The mission of the Livestock Behavior Research Unit, a unit of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, is to develop scientific measures of animal well-being, through the study of animal behavior, stress physiology, immunology, neurophysiology, and cognition, that will allow an objective evaluation of animal agricultural practices. |
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Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards, and Races |
| This section of Grandin.Com contains drawings of cattle corral designs with curved races. Curved cattle chutes are more efficient for handling cattle because they take advantage of the natural behavior of cattle. In the computer aided drawing section there are layout drawings of cattle yard designs for both large and small ranches and feedlots. There are also drawings of a cattle loading ramp for trucks, diagonal stockyard pens for cattle, and detail drawings of a single file race and cattle dip vat. |
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Observing Steer Behavior |
| This article's purpose is to help young people understand how steers normally behave and what they like and dislike so that their steers will be easier to handle and young people will be less likely to get hurt while working with them. |
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