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

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 181 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9781612127606
  • 1612127606
  • 9781612127446
  • 1612127444
Other title:
  • Guide to working with farm animals
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Temple Grandin's guide to working with farm animals.DDC classification:
  • 636 23
LOC classification:
  • SF65.2 .G72 2017
Contents:
How animals perceive the world -- Genetics and learned behavior -- Working in pastures and pens -- Moving animals through chutes and handling facilities -- Building or buying handling facilities -- Corral layouts -- Caring for animals at the end.
Summary: 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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Item type Current library Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Book Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia Public Library Dr. Clotilde P. Garcia Public Library Nonfiction 636 GRA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 43185001076247
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

How animals perceive the world -- Genetics and learned behavior -- Working in pastures and pens -- Moving animals through chutes and handling facilities -- Building or buying handling facilities -- Corral layouts -- Caring for animals at the end.

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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