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Humane Livestock Handling Temple Grandin

Humane Livestock Handling By Temple Grandin

Humane Livestock Handling by Temple Grandin


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Summary

Reviews the natural behaviour and temperament of cattle. This book describes low-stress methods for moving cattle on pastures, paddocks, and feedlot pens. It features plans for various things from gate latches to chutes, corrals, and sorting pens for full-scale facilities.

Humane Livestock Handling Summary

Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals by Temple Grandin

Discover how humanely handling your livestock can improve the day-to-day operation and profitability of your farm. Stressing the importance of understanding livestock behavior, Temple Grandin shows you how to develop a respectful working relationship with your animals to promote their health and productivity. With detailed construction plans for animal-friendly facilities of all sizes and dozens of low-stress methods for moving your livestock on pastures, padlocks, and feedlot pens, this guide has everything you need to know to create a comfortable atmosphere for thriving, happy livestock.

About Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human, as well as Thinking in Pictures, Humane Livestock Handling, Improving Animal Welfare, and The Autistic Brain. Dr. Grandins humane livestock facility designs have been adopted all over the world, and she is a consultant on animal welfare to several segments of the fast food industry. Her work has been featured on NPR, 60 Minutes, and The Today Show and in the New York Times and Time and Discover magazines. The story of her life was made into an Emmy Award-winning HBO movie titled Temple Grandin. Dr. Grandin is a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.

Additional information

NGR9781603420280
9781603420280
1603420282
Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals by Temple Grandin
New
Paperback
Workman Publishing
2008-06-18
227
N/A
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