Length: 20 mins
This course discusses the importance of using low-stress cattle handling techniques during pen checking as a strategy to prevent accidents and improve cattle performance.
The objectives of this course are to:
- Learn how to move within a pen while examining cattle in such a way that cattle learn to work for the handler in a low stress manner that makes them subsequently easier to handle.
- Understand how applying basic low-stress practices makes examination and detection of sick cattle more thorough.
- Identify and overcome some challenges when checking pens of cattle