- Livestock Handling Systems, Cattle Corrals, Stockyards, and Races - Grandin
In the computer aided drawing section there are layout drawings of cattle yard designs for both large and small ranches and feedlots There are also drawings of a cattle loading ramp for trucks, diagonal stockyard pens for cattle, and detail drawings of a single file race and cattle dip vat
- Cattle Behaviour And Handling Facility Design For Feedlots
The layouts in Figures 2,3, and 4 can be used as building blocks to form custom designed systems for a particular feedlot Figure 4 is designed for a pre-fabricat-ed working circle and Figure 3 can be easily built on the site using the layout lines
- Curved Feedlot Design by Temple Grandin - Smithsonian Institution
Starting in the 1980s Grandin convinced the beef cattle industry that animal welfare paid Her approach was different and remarkable in a world of animal scientists and feedlot farmers who were hesitant to engage with animal activists or even in the study of animal behavior
- How Temple Grandin Changed Livestock Handling Forever
Grandin's system holds cattle in a comfortable, upright position that greatly reduces stress while keeping workers safe The design supports the animal's body weight and prevents thrashing, which had been a major cause of bruising and degrading meat quality
- Design of Curved Cattle Corrals, Yards, Races, and Chutes
Temple Grandin shows how to design curved cattle handling facilities for ranches, feedlots, and slaughter plants to reduce stress and improve animal welfare
- Ensuring safe cattle handling: an overview of the Grandin approach
Facilities weren’t always what they are now, both here and across the pond Back in the 70s, a young autistic woman named Temple Grandin began to change this on some of the major feedlots and factories in North America
- Temple Grandins Website
Who is Dr Temple Grandin?
- Temple Grandin: Livestock Behavior, Design of Facilities and Humane . . .
Temple Grandin, Jennifer Lanier and Mark Deesings discusses grazing animal behavior with pictures and diagrams in the article Low Stress Methods for Moving and Herding Cattle on Pastures, Paddocks, and large Feedlot Pens
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