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Livestock
Golden Rules in Handling Cattle : ALWAYS
Determine an escape route or refuge area in advance before working with livestock.
Ensure that those handling livestock are competent and agile.
Use bulls that produce docile offspring.
Maximise the use of artificial insemination.
Try to keep livestock calm when handling them.
Remember that cows in heat are
unpredictable.
Try to keep livestock calm when handling them.
Be careful when administering veterinary treatments.
Use a stick or paddle to help direct livestock.
Use well-designed facilities.
Dehorning calves early to prevent horn growth.
Ensure that floors are clean and free of tripping hazards.
Wear appropriate protective clothing and footwear.
Move animals with the minimum fuss and noise
Golden Rules in Handling Cattle : NEVER
Put an inexperienced handler, elderly person or a child at risk with cattle.
Turn your back on a bull or trust a bull, no matter how docile he may appear.
Handle cattle or get others to handle them if there is a lack of competence and confidence to do the work safely.
Stress /arouse cattle unnecessarily.
Turn your back on a cow at calving.
Keep dangerous cattle.
Suddenly enter the animal’s ‘Blind Spot’.
Rush into the animal’s ‘Flight Zone’.
Beat or shout at cattle unnecessarily – they remember bad experiences.
Move cattle on a public road at night.
Help reduce infection Zoonotic diseases
Stock healthy
Cheptel en bonne santé
Good personal hygiene
Bonne hygiène personnelle
Use PPE
Uriliser des EPI
Avoid spreading
Propagation des maladies
Most common injuries are
Crushing
Écrasement
Goring
Ensanglantement
Kicking
Coups de pied
Safety measures
For the bulls
Ringed at 10 months
Outdoor : attacher with chain