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Prey animals
Grazers
Poor depth perception
Panoramic vision
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Blind side behind them
Keen hearing
Curious
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Abuse
Loud noises, yelling
Isolating animals
Distractions
Isolated animals
more dangerous
Mothers will protect
their young
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Flight Zone
Flight Zone
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Used to humans
Easily penned
Beef cattle
Feeding practices aid in containment
Range cattle
Horses should be used in corralling
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Special Considerations
Squeeze chute
Portable cattle chutes with head
restraint are most desirable
Head can be restrained with halter
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Additional Information
Low Stress Methods for Moving and Herding Cattle on Pastures, Paddocks,
and Large Feedlot Pens, by Temple Grandin
http://www.grandin.com/behaviour/principles/principles.html
Kicks
Cows kick with back feet
Crowding
Crushing
Can inflict injuries with head
Dont bite
Will run over you if desperate
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http://www.grandin.com/B.Williams.html
http://nasdonline.org/static_content/documents/1704/d001709.pdf
http://ohioline.osu.edu/b906/
http://pods.dasnr.okstate.edu/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-4821/BAE1738web.pdf
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Acknowledgments
Development of this presentation was by the
Center for Food Security and Public Health at
Iowa State University through funding from the
Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture
Authors: Shaine Devoe; Glenda Dvorak, DVM, MPH, DACVPM
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