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The Meadowbrook Farm at Eastern Kentucky University is home to this cattle research and teaching facility. The system sports two hydraulic squeeze chutes, so two sets of students can learn to operate the squeeze chutes
Curved handling systems built from wood are a cost-effective alternative to steel. Wood is ideal for small and medium-sized ranches. The post layout is the same, but the curves are in 4-foot (1219) straight sections.
When designing a cattle handling facility, it’s necessary to consider not only the efficiency of the facility but also the welfare of the animals and the safety of workers. Incorporating design features that promote animal
Animal welfare has become an increasingly crucial consideration in the agricultural industry, including the handling and management of cattle. The cattle handling facilities’ design can have an impact on the well-being of the animals, as well as
Many of you have heard of hair whorls or cowlicks before and may have formed opinions that either agree with or discount the validity of claims. In the past, people like Linda Tellington-Jones put forth
Nervous system reactivity, whether high or low, is subject to some change if done during the first year after birth. Hypothetically, if you look at the bell-shaped distribution and your horse is on the reactive
I devote part three of the series to a research study by Séverine Henry, an academic researcher from the University of Rennes, France, entitled Long-Term Effects of Early Intensive Handling of Foals (2009). I wrote
Over twenty years, I developed and practiced a non-intrusive neonatal handling procedure on my foals with positive results. This summary is reprinted from Chapter 7, “Genetics and Horse Behavior (Equus caballus)” in “Genetics and the
Horses are one-sided and prefer to use one eye over another under certain circumstances. Science attributes sensory laterality to processing different information types in one or other of the two brain hemispheres. Generally, horses prefer
When I met Temple Grandin in 1993, she was trying to figure me out and what I learned from studying hair whorls and the behavior associated with the different hair whorl patterns. The language I
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