Bovine Behavior

Key to Handling Cattle

Abstract

An approach to applying behavioral knowledge to handling cattle is discussed. It is pointed out that cattle usually behave in predictable ways, and that those who handle cattle should be able to predict the animals' most likely behavior. Applying scientific knowledge to practical cattle handling is outlined under the categories of herding instinct, dominance, vision, flight zone, hearing, previous experiences, strange environments, and curved chutes and other sorts of handling facilities.