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Cattle Behavior and Handling

Temple Grandin lectures on how distractions, lighting and shadows can cause livestock to balk and refuse to move through races, cattle chutes, and corrals.

Duration : 0:7:26


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6 Responses to “Cattle Behavior and Handling”

  1. My butcher says …
    My butcher says that Canadian beef is not corn fed.

  2. Grandin herself …
    Grandin herself said that band castration doesn’t hurt and avoids the recovery pain problem of surgery.

  3. I’m not going to …
    I’m not going to continue to argue with you on this subject, I have much more fun making vegetarians and PETA members look stupid on youtube. Dont brand or castrate? Thats fine.. but there ARE legitimage reasons for it. Don’t bad mouth those that do.

  4. I have already …
    I have already explained the use for hot iron brands. Your ear tags and freeze brands wont hold up if they are stolen, and maybe not in your area, but it does in mine.
    I have already explained the reason for castration.
    Maybe not castrating works better for you in your area, maybe you have a good market. But in any sale barn in the USA, your cattle will get docked if left un-castrated because it doesn’t make the high quality beef that american beef packers and the CAB want.

  5. Considering bulls …
    Considering bulls are docked $4-5 dollars a hundered weight at sale barns, I’ll take the steer.
    You must be running out of ground to argue on if you insult my typing. This is the internet, not english class. try again.

  6. We stopped branding …
    We stopped branding in 1976. We use ear tags and freeze branding, which are less painful, less dangerous, cause fewer infections, and best of all: result in quicker weight gain and less ’shrinkage’ of calves. Also, we stopped routinely castrating. Bulls have a MUCH higher feed to meat ratio, make leaner beef and can be slaughtered at 12 to 14 months of age.

    Less pain & stress = better growth and quicker turnaround

    Quicker turnaround = higher profits!

    Also, no brand = much higher hide price!!

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