Temple Grandin's guide to working with farm animals : safe, humane livestock handling practices for the small farm

Temple Grandin's guide to working with farm animals Safe, humane livestock handling practices for the small farm

Temple Grandin

Book - 2017

Author Temple Grandin is famous for her approach to decoding animal behavior. Now she extends her guidance to small-scale farming operations. Grandin's explanations of how herd animals think -- describing their senses, fears, instincts, and memories -- and how to analyze their behavior, will help you handle your livestock more safely and effectively. You'll learn to become an observer of animal movement and behavior, and illustrations will help you set up simple and efficient facilities for managing a small herd of 3 to 25 cattle or pigs, or 5 to 100 goats or sheep.

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Subjects
Livestock > Handling.
Domestic animals.
Animal welfare.
Animal behavior.
Published
North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Temple Grandin (author)
Physical Description
181 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781612127606
9781612127446
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Understanding Animal Nature
  • Chapter 1. How Animals Perceive the World
  • Chapter 2. Genetics and Learned Behavior
  • Part II. Handling Livestock Humanely and Safely
  • Chapter 3. Working in Pastures and Pens
  • Chapter 4. Moving Animals through Chutes and Handling Facilities
  • Part III. Focus on Facilities
  • Chapter 5. Building or Buying Handling Facilities
  • Chapter 6. Corral Layouts
  • Chapter 7. Caring for Animals at the End
  • Additional Reading
  • Web Resources
  • Index
Review by Booklist Review

Professor of animal science, guru of animal behavior, author, and fierce advocate for the humane treatment of all animals, Grandin (The Autistic Brain, 2013) narrows her focus from the practices employed by massive livestock agribusinesses to those challenges encountered by the local family farm or novices in the field of animal husbandry. It is in just such small-scale conditions that Grandin's methods make most sense and are easiest to carry out. Through keen observation, adaptive handling techniques, and intuitive predictions of animal behaviors and reactions, the small farmer can safely and compassionately tend herds of cattle, sheep, goats, and other grazing animals. More than just a merciful methodology, the kindness shown to animals throughout their lives can have major benefits in terms of better health and faster growth. Grandin gets to the finest points of animal husbandry, providing perceptive insights into animals' physical strengths, weaknesses, and emotional capabilities. Augmented by finely wrought illustrations that delineate pastures, pens, chutes, and handling facilities, Grandin's guidebook is an essential resource for anyone involved with livestock management on any scale.--Haggas, Carol Copyright 2010 Booklist

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

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