Basic

Cattle Handling 1. When does handling livestock start? 2. Cattle are ________________ animals. This means they seek comfort and ________________ from being in one mob. What should you do before you head off in the direction you wish to go? 3. Remember you are not _____________ the animals; you are _________________ with them by applying pressure and ________________ it and using their flight _________. 4. What is the main sense livestock use to communicate with each other? 5. Cattle that run to yards or are agitated are more ____________________, difficult to handle and often need more __________ to settle before they can be worked. 6. Lingering in an animals blind spot will cause the animal to do what? 7. Before you move away to muster the cattle, what should you have prepared? 8. ____________ and _______________ __________ causes livestock stress and confuses them. 9. Getting the first ____ animals to move through the gate starts moving cattle through the yards. Once we have the initial flow we can regulate the flow using ________________ movement. 10. Moving cattle from yard to yard is done by what 3 things? 11. What percentage of the yards should be filled with cattle, and why? 12. What should you do if people are closing gates while cattle are in the yard? 13. When opening gates for livestock ensure that it is the best position to prevent __________ to the livestock.

14. When moving cattle from the forcing yard to the race, ensure that you only fill the forcing yard to ____% and communicate to the cattle where you want them to go. 15. Instead of getting into the forcing yard with the cattle, what can you do to move them through the race? 16. What is parallel movement? 17. When returning cattle to the paddock, where should you take them before leaving?