Animal Behavior

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Topics

• Animal Behavior
• Zoonoses
• Fire Safety

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Animal Behavior

• Herding Behavior
• Maternal Instincts
• Territorial Protection
• Bulls
• Response to Handling
• Breed Tendencies
• Holstein-hereford-angus-brahma
• Individual Personality
• Previous Experiences

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Herding Behavior

• Separation anxiety
• Aggressive
• Agitated
• Frightened
• Lonely
• Depressed
• Serious Injury Occurs with Isolated Livestock

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Herding Behavior

• Try to allow cattle to remain in visual contact
  with one another
• Allow livestock to follow the leader and do not
  rush them
• Groups of animals that are in body contact can
  remain calmer
• A wild cow can be tamer if in contact with a
  docile cow

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Herding Behavior - Noise

• Humans most sensitive to 1000-3000 Hz
• Cattle are most sensitive to 8000 Hz.
• Avoid loud or novel noises that distress
  livestock
• Small amounts may be used to move livestock
• Cattle will point their ears towards things that
  concern them
• Watch animals to determine where distractions are
  occurring
• Use low-pitched sounds to calm animals

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Herding - Site

• Flight Zone - Herd

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Herding - Site

• Flight Zone - Individual

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Herding Handler Movement
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Corrals, Chutes, Etcc.

• Curved or straight chute??
• Circular crowd pen??

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Open Field Herding
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Corral Herding
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Problem Chutes
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Proper Handling

• Wear steel toe boots
• Use electric prods very sparingly if at all
• Avoid or minimize equipment or tools likely to
  cause cuts or abrasions
• When taking blood samples, use a vacuum-operated
  device, rather than syringes
• Avoid mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
• Wash injuries immediately running water and cover
  wound
• Cover existing cuts and abrasions with waterproof
  dressings
• Wash hands and exposed skin before eating,
  drinking, or smoking
• Remove soiled clothing before returning to office

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Zoonoses

• Many diseases are transferable to humans
• Examples
• Cryptosporidiosis Calves contact with animal
  feces and drinking water
• Leptospirosis Rats rat urine or water
  contaminated with it
• Q-fever cattle contacting animal or products
  inhaling dust contaminated with material from
  afterbirth, urine and feces

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Asthma and Bronchial Agitation
Zoonoses - Continued

• Examples
• Ringworm spores entering skin through cuts and
  abrasions - transmitted from touch.
• E Coli animal dung ingested
• Bovine tuberculosis handling, especially mucus
  from infected animal
• BSE food-borne,
• Anthrax

• Allergens Cow dander Cow urine

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Proper Handlingbirth, afterbirth, infected
livestock, oral or rectal exams

• Wear rubber, latex, plastic gloves when handling
  a sick or wounded animal
• Dust mask or respirator to protect against
  airborne diseases
• Wear a waterproof apron
• Wear obstetric gauntlets when aiding with birth
• Wear face shield if there is a potential of
  splashing from placental fluid or urine.

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Precaution

• People w/o a spleen are very vulnerable to
  infection
• People with transplanted organs are also very
  vulnerable to infection
• Always practice good personal hygiene
• Avoid contamination of water with animal feces

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Fire Safety

• Good Housekeeping
• Proper storage of combustibles
• Safe Electrical Wiring
• Adequate Water supply
• Access to fire department
• Cannot control other events
• Lightning, arson

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Fire Safety - Barn

• Smoke Detectors
• Use in areas free of moist air, airborne dirt,
  feed dust and animal dander
• Heat Detectors
• Heat Threshold
• Rate of Heat rise
• Telephone dialers and control panel monitoring
• Fire bell
• Servicing Contract
• Sprinkler system

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Fire Safety - Barn

• PRE-Planning
• Local Fire Dept. visit
• Ground surface around the buildings
• Adequate water 20 ft or less between water
  level and truck

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websites

• www.grandin.com
• www.tifton.uga.edu/grains/main.html