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Better Animal Handling
Better Animal Handling episodes
- Handling Cattle for Medical Procedures: Head Restraint
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Dr. Chastain and Abby's topics for this week are cattle:
- Rope halters
- Nose leads
- Nose rings
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
12 min - Collecting and Sorting Cattle
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This week Dr. Chastain and Abby describe:
- Collecting and handling tools for cattle
- Sorting and separation priorities
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
12 min - Moving Cattle
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In this episode, Dr. Chastain and Abby describe ways to move cattle, including:
- Calling and leading
- Driving
- Herding
- Moving large herds
- Moving bulls
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
20 min - Optional Restraint Facilities for Handling Cattle
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Join Dr. Chastain and Abby this week to learn about cattle facility:
- Weighing scales
- Palpation cages
- Tilt tables and calf tilt tables
- Sheds over working areas
- Concrete flooring
- Man-gates and man-passes
- Dip tanks
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
10 min - Cattle Handling Facilities: Squeeze Chutes, Headgates, and Loadiing and Unloading Chutes
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This week, Dr. Chastain and Abby continues a description of essential cattle handling facilities, including:
- Body and head restraints
- Chutes with ramps for loading and unloading cattle for travel
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
17 min - Cattle Handling Facilities: Crowding Pens, Bud Boxes, and Alleyways
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This week, Dr. Chastain and Abby describe:
- Primary facilities for handling cattle
- Cattle pens
- Bud boxes
- Alleyways
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
14 min - Catching Cattle and Training Cattle to be Handled
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Join Dr. Chastain and Abby this week to learn how to:
- Catch cattle and calves
- Flank a calf
- Train cattle to be handled
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
17 min - Zoonotic Diseases of Cattle and Sanitary Practices
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This week, Dr. Chastain and Abby review:
- Key diseases that can be transmitted from cattle to humans
- Sanitary practices to prevent transmission of infectious diseases from cattle
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
13 min - Safety Considerations for Cattle
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This week Dr. Chastain and Abby speak on the topics of:
- Handling facilities for cattle
- Handling methods adverse to good care and safety of cattle
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
13 min - Safety Considerations for Cattle Handlers
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In this episode Dr. Chastain and Abby explain:
- Keys to safer handling of cattle
- Handling risks related to breed, gender, and handling facilities
- Defense strategies against being injured by cattle
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
Link to show notes: BetterAnimalHandling.com
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About Better Animal Handling
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Humans have domesticated and handled animals for 14,000 years. Modern times have brought urbanization and technology which have caused a drastic decline in human-animal interactions. As a result,…
the knowledge of how to properly handle, restrain, and house animals is in decline. In Better Animal Handling, C.B. Chastain, veterinarian and professor emeritus, describes effective, humane animal handling with emphasis on safety measures to prevent injury and the transmission of zoonotic diseases.