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Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Livestock Handling and Transport 2nd Edition 1 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:36 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen 2 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:36 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen Livestock Handling and Transport 2nd Edition Edited by T. Grandin Department of Animal Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins USA CABI Publishing 3 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:37 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen CABIPublishingis a division of CABInternational CABI Publishing CABI Publishing CAB International 10 E 40th Street Wallingford Suite 3203 Oxon OX10 8DE New York, NY 10016 UK USA Tel: +44 (0)1491 832111 Tel: +1 212 481 7018 Fax: +44 (0)1491 833508 Fax: +1 212 686 7993 Email:[email protected] Email:[email protected] Web site: http://www.cabi.org © CABInternational2000. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owners. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library, London, UK. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Livestock handling and transport / edited by T. Grandin.-- 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-85199-409-1 (alk. paper) 1. Livestock--Handling. 2. Livestock--Transportation. 3. Livestock--Effect of stress on. I. Grandin, Temple. SF88 .L58 2000 636.08¢3--dc21 99-058044 ISBN 0 85199 409 1 Typeset by AMA DataSet Ltd, UK. Printed and bound in the UK by Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King’s Lynn, UK. 4 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:38 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen CCoonntteennttss Contents Contributors vii Preface ix 1 Introduction: Management and Economic Factors of Handling 1 and Transport T. Grandin 2 Behavioural Principles of Animal Handling and Transport 15 H.W. Gonyou 3 General Principles of Stress and Well-being 27 P.B. Siegel and W.B. Gross 4 Welfare Assessment and Welfare Problem Areas During Handling 43 and Transport D.M. Broom 5 Behavioural Principles of Handling Cattle and Other Grazing 63 Animals Under Extensive Conditions T. Grandin 6 Handling Cattle in Intensive Systems 87 R. Ewbank v 5 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:38 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen vi Contents 7 Handling Facilities and Restraint of Range Cattle 103 T. Grandin 8 Dairy Cattle Behaviour, Facilities, Handling and Husbandry 127 J.L. Albright 9 Cattle Transport 151 V. Tarrant and T. Grandin 10 Behavioural Principles of Sheep Handling 175 G.D. Hutson 11 Design of Sheep Yards and Shearing Sheds 201 A. Barber and R.B. Freeman 12 Facilities for Handling Intensively Managed Sheep 213 H.Ll. Williams 13 Dogs For Herding and Guarding Livestock 235 L. Coppinger and R. Coppinger 14 Behavioural Principles of Pig Handling 255 P.H. Hemsworth 15 Transport of Pigs 275 E. Lambooij 16 Horse Handling and Transport 297 K.A. Houpt and S. Lieb 17 Deer Handling and Transport 331 L.R. Matthews 18 Poultry Handling and Transport 363 C. Weeks and C. Nicol 19 Stress Physiology of Animals During Transport 385 T.G. Knowles and P.D. Warriss 20 Handling and Welfare of Livestock in Slaughter Plants 409 T. Grandin Index 441 6 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:39 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen CCoonnttrriibbuuttoorrss Contributors J.L. Albright,Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA A. Barber,Department of Agriculture, PO Box 81, Keith, South Australia D.M. Broom,Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ES, UK L. Coppinger,School of Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002, USA R. Coppinger,School of Cognitive Science, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA 01002, USA R. Ewbank,19 Woodfield Road, Ealing, London, UK R.B. Freeman,Agricultural Engineering Section, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia H.W. Gonyou,Prairie Swine Centre Inc., PO Box 21057, 2105 – 8th Street East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7H 5N9 T. Grandin,Department of Animal Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA W.B. Gross,Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA P.H. Hemsworth,Animal Welfare Centre, Agriculture Victoria and University of Melbourne, Victorian Institute of Animal Science, Private Bag 7, Snedyes Road, Werribee, Victoria 3030, Australia K.A. Houpt,Department of Physiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401, USA G.D. Hutson,Department of Animal Production, Institute of Land and Food Resources, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia T.G. Knowles,School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK vii 7 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:39 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen viii Contributors E. Lambooij,Institute for Animal Science and Health, PO Box 65, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands S. Lieb,Department of Animal Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA L.R. Matthews,Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research Centre, Ruakura Agricultural Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand C. Nicol,University of Bristol, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK P.B. Siegel,Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA V. Tarrant,The National Food Centre, Teagasc, Dunsinea, Castleknock, Dublin 15, Eire P.D. Warriss,School of Veterinary Science, University of Bristol, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK C. Weeks,University of Bristol, Department of Clinical Veterinary Science, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, UK H.Ll. Williams,Formerly of Department of Farm Animal and Equine Medicine and Surgery, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire EN6 1NB, UK 8 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:39 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen PPrreeffaaccee Preface Thepurposeofthisbookistoserveasasourceofthelatestscientificresearch informationandasanarchiveofpracticalinformation.Inthissecondedition thegoalistobringtogetherinonebookthelatestresearchdataandpractical informationonanimalhandlingandthedesignoffacilities.Someofthemost valuablecontributionstotheknowledgeofanimalhandlingandtransportare often located in producer publications that are difficult to obtain. During the last 7 years since the first edition was published, there have been many new studies to determine the stressfulness of handling and transport.Datafromthesenewstudieshavebeenincorporatedintotherevised chapters and a new chapter has been added on the stress physiology of transport. Scientific information on animal stress will help people make sensibledecisionstoimproveanimalwelfareduringhandlingandtransport. Manypeoplewhoreadthefirsteditionstatedthattheythoughtthediagrams of handling facilities were useful and they liked being able to have access to bothscientificandpracticalinformationinonebook.Eachchaptercontainsan extensive reference list of both practical and scientific publications. Asagricultureandraisinganimalsbecomemoreandmoreconcentrated, valuableknowledgeissometimeslost.Thisbookisintendedtohelppreserve someofthebestpracticalknowledgeandprovideaccesstothelatestscientific studies. All aspects of animal handling and transport are covered, including handling for veterinary and husbandry procedures, restraint methods, transportsystems,corralandstockyarddesign,handlingatslaughterplants and welfare. Principles of animal behaviour and how behavioural patterns relatedtohandlingarecoveredforcattle,sheep,pigs,horses,deerandpoultry. ix 9 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:39 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00 Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen 10 Z:\Customer\CABI\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport\A3705 - Grandin - Livestock Transport #B.vp 13 March 2000 16:17:39 AMA:A3754:DA:First Proof:13-Mar-00
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