Understanding Animal Behavior Helps Prevent Injury
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) —As spring and summer
approach, farm animals are likely
to be handled and transported
more often. A basic understanding
of animal behavior can help pro
ducers handle livestock more
safely.
“Large animals tend to coop
erate better when they’re handled
with knowledge and skill.” said
Dennis Murphy, professor of agri
cultural engineering and farm
safety specialist in Penn State’s
College of Agricultural Sciences.
“It’s important to know how ani
Collegiate FFA
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UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The Collegiate FFA has
honored Penn State Professor Ers
kine Cash with its Outstanding
Educator Award in recognition of
excellence in the areas of teaching
and advising.
Cash joined Penn State’s Dairy
and Animal Science faculty in
1972, where his major emphasis is
undergraduate teaching and advis
ing. As coordinator of the depart
ment’s beef cattle program. Cash
uses current genetic principles and
technologies to make selections
and plan matings in the Penn State
beef herds, and the Angus herd
has gained national and interna
tional prominence under his direc
tion.
Cash’s expertise in beef cattle
production and management has
attracted students seeking careers
in the livestock industry. He also
developed a livestock merchan
dising course to acquaint students
with the many facets of marketing
top-quality seedstock. The cul
mination of this course is an an
nual student-run production sale
featuring Penn State Angus cattle.
Both as former coordinator of
advising for the undergraduate
Animal Science major and as pre
sent coordinator of the depart
ment’s external relations, Cash
aids in the recruitment, advising,
and placement of students. His in
terest in students as evidenced
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mats perceive and react to the
world around diem.”
Many Pennsylvanians are
injured each year because of a lack
of safety awareness around ani
mals. Accidents also occur
because of haste, impatience,
anger or not paying attention.
While most of these accidents are
not fatal, they often result in bro
ken bones, crushed and mashed
limbs, missed work days and
needless medical costs.
Understanding catde behavior
is critical for anyone who moves,
handles or loads cattle. “Animal
scientists point to two very impor-
by his service as editor, vice presi
dent, and president of the National
Block and Bridle Club—is recog
nized nationally. In 1991 he re
ceived both the Penn State Col
lege of Agriculture Sciences
Alumni Society’s Excellence in
Academic Advising Award and
the Virginia Tech Block and Bri
dle Club Distinguished Honor
Award.
Cash also has been recognized
by his peers for his excellence in
teaching, having received Penn
State’s AMOCO Foundation Out
standing Teaching Award in 1979
and the College of Agricultural
Science’s Gamma Sigma Delta
Teaching Award in 1984.
Cash was graduated from Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University in 1969 with a
bachelor’s degree in animal sci
ence, and was awarded his doctor
ate in animal husbandry from
Michigan State University in
1972. He is a member of the
American Society of Animal Sci
ence and serves on its editorial
board. In addition to being a mem
ber of numerous industry organi
zations, he serves as director to the
Pennsylvania Cattleman’s Asso
ciation and the Pennsylvania An
gus Association and as an ex-of
ficio member of the Pennsylvania
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tant concepts—the flight zone and
the point of balance,” Murphy
said.
The flight zone is the space sur
rounding an animal or group of
animals. “If you enter an animal’s
flight zone, it will move away
until it feels safe,” Murphy said.
“If you stop or retreat from the
flight zone, the animal usually
stops moving away.”
The size of an animal’s flight
zone varies with the type of ani
mal, the angle and speed of the
handler’s approach, the animal’s
familiarity with the handler,
whether the animal sees or hears
the person approaching, whether
the animal is wild or tame, and the
animal’s recent experiences.
An animal’s point of balance is
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related to its flight zone. The
shoulder is the point of balance for
most cattle. “If you approach in
front of the point of balance, the
animal moves backward,” Mur
phy said. “Approaching from
behind the point makes the animal
move forward.”
Animal scientists offer the fol
lowing animal handling tips:
•Beef and dairy cattle generally
are color blind and have poor
depth perception, making them
extremely sensitive to contrasts. A
shadow across a walkway may
look like a deep hole to the ani
mal, making it balk. This is why
cattle often hesitate when passing
through unfamiliar gates, bam
doors, or chutes.
•Farm animals have difficulty
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moving from dark places to
brightly lighted places, and vice
versa. Give animals time to adjust
from one light situation to another.
Rushing them will cause them to
balk.
•Cattle have good hearing and
will try to move away from the
source of unfamiliar or unpleasant
noise. They are calmest when sur
rounded by familiar sounds.
•Animals draw on past experi
ences when reacting to a situation.
An animal that has been chased,
slapped, kicked, hit or otherwise
mistreated will fear humans.
•Plan out the process of moving
an animal before attempting it.
•To reduce risk, anyone who
owns livestock should use a
restraining chute.
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