UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) ‘Tis the season for county fairs, 4-H events, and livestock shows of all kinds. This means farm animals will be handled and transported more than usual. ‘There are correct and incorrect ways to handle livestock when transporting them, or when immo bilizing them so you can work with them,” said Dr. John Comerford, assistant professor of dairy and animal science in Penn State’s College of Agriculture. ‘‘When large animals are hand led with knowledge and skill, they cooperate. There are many inci dents where animals injure them selves or the people working with them. This is the result of poor facility design or people using poor judgement —it’s not the ani mals’ fault” When handling livestock, it’s important to understand how they perceive the world around them and react to certain stimuli. i ' ■* TRIANGLE k COMMUNICATIONS New Holland Reading lIMw. (717) 656-2211 (215) 929-4211 Know How To Handle Livestock Every animal has an area around it called the flight zone. Once an intruder predator, human, or even motor vehicle enters the flight zone, the animal tries to escape. “As long as they don’t see any thing entering the flight zone, they won’t try to run,” said Comerford. "That’s why people put blinders on horses and move catde through chutes with solid sides. This blocks peripheral vision of the flight zone, and the animal is less likely to be distracted. “An animal also will move for ward more readily in a chute with solid sides. The solid sides make the animal feel confined, and it will instinctively move toward the daylight it sees ahead.” Livestock have poor depth per ception and can be deceived by dif ferences in light and dark. A sha dow castacrossa walkway appears to be a deep hole. Naturally, the animal refuses to walk across it. 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Inc. Artificial lighting in chutes and walkways can remedy this. Farm animals also have difficul ty moving from dark places to brightly lighted places, and vice versa. If a horse balks at the entrance to a bam, it may be because all it sees is darkness ahead. When leaving a livestock truck, cattle may be dazzled by bright sunlight “When moving animals from one light situation to another, allow diem time to adjust to the change,” said Comerford. “Rush ing them will cause them to balk. Animals walking through a prop erly constructed loading chute will naturally walk forward if they aren’t hurried.” Livestock move instinctively in a circular pattern, not straight ahead. “As long as they see other animals walking along a curve in front of them, they will follow,” said Comerford. “If other animals are lined up directly ahead of them, any intrusion into their flight zone from the rear will cause them to try to turn back in the direction they came from. Loading chutes and WE KEEP BUSINESS TALKING walkways are more effective if built on a curve.” Comerford advises anyone owning livestock to have a restraining chute so animals can be handled at close range without risk of injury. The chute should be free of splinters, sharp edges, and exposed nails. The headlock at the front of the chute should be made of vertical bars to prevent choking or injury if the animal lies down or falls. The chute should have solid sides to block the animal’s peri pheral vision and should be free of shadows and obstacles. “Even a rope hanging in front of an animal H BUILDINGS AND SUPPLIES FOR SALE; New light blue painted steel siding and roofing for 24'x24’x10' building. Also white trim and trusses. Make offer. 717-738-1258. For Sale; 2xB YP. TNG barn flooring, kiln dried, will deliver to Lancaster area, Enos King, Box 128, Re bersburg, PA 16872. an wering service (814)231-6303. FREE Material. 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The block chicken building is a 3 story wood column and beam in terior structure. Please Call Albert Emerick between SAM and SPM t 717-664-4991. GSI 7000 bu. bin with dry ing floor dismantled; 23' elevator on wheels with 7' loading extension; call 906-462-3748 after 8:00 p.m. Insulated pole building, 44'x80’, dismantled and ready to move. $4,500. (609)678-5002. LUMBER; 2x4. 10--$1.70, 12’-$2.05. 14‘-$2 40, 16'-$2.75, 18'-$3 06. 2x6, 10‘-$2.60, 14’-$3.12, 16'-$4.20, 18'-$4.70, I R will make it back away.” said Comerford. Restraining chutes should be no more than 32 inches wide for grown cattle. Loading chutes should be no more than 30 inches wide. For calves, loading and restraining chutes should be no mote than 28 inches wide. 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