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OF
CATTLE
INTACT MALE: BULL CASTRATED MALE: STEER YOUNG MALE: BULLOCK, BULL CALF FEMALE : COW YOUNG FEMALE: HEIFER NEWBORN: CALF ACT OF GIVING BIRTH: CALVING TO CALVE, & BEGIN NEW LACTATION
PERIOD: FRESHEN
MILK PRODUCTION MEAT
SPECIFIC BREEDS ARE RAISED FOR EACH INDIVDUAL PURPOSE
EACH FACILITY HAS ITS OWN PROTICAL FOR IDENTIFICATION
TAGS
COLLARSLEG BANDS
TATOOBRAND
IDENTIFICATION CAN ALSO BE SPECIFIC TO BREED (DAIRY OR BEEF)
AGE SEX BREED (DAIRY OR BEEF) PREVIOUS EXPOSURE TO
PEOPLE
VOICE PROPER BODY POSITION (BEAWARE OF
PRESSURE POINTS) WHIP PADDLE ELECTRIC PRODCONSIDERATIONS: MOVE THEM IN A SLOW CONTROLLED MANNER,
TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING STARTLED. CHANGE IN LIGHT CAN MAKE THEM LEARY.BEAWARE OF COW / CALVE SEPERATION
FIRST RESPONSE TO DANGER IS TO FLEE
DEFENSE: SPEED BODY HEAD
HOOVES
6 – 8 FEET KNOWN AS KILL ZONE WITH HIND LIMBS IT STARTS AS A
FORWARD MOTION CIRCLES LATERALLY THEN GOES OUT BEHIND ANIMAL
THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO REACH AS FAR FORWARD AS THEIR SHOULD WITH THEIR HIND LIMBS
HEAD CHUTE (usually for beef cattle & bulls ) STANCHION (usually for dairy cows) HALTER (can be used on all cattle, when is it
applied / why) NOSE LEAD OR TONGS (can be used on all
cattle except calves) NOSE RING (usually for bulls, most dairy bulls
have permanent rings- staffs or ropes in conjunction to manage )
ROPES (used for added restraint for procedures)
TAIL JACKING (used on all cattle) FLANKING (calves)
VACCINES BLOOD TESTS HEALTH CERTIFCATES PREGNANCY CHECKS DEHORNING CASTRATIONS CALVING PROBLEMS RETAINDED PLACENTAS D.A.
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