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MIDDLETOWN (Dauphin
Co.)-You’ve paid attention and
invested some well-spent time
and effort in the bull calves mar
keted from your dairy farm, and
in the process, adopted practices
which will also benefit the
health and performance of the
heifer calves you keep for
replacements.
Now it’s time to focus on the
conditions under which your
bull calves are transported and
marketed to minimize stress
and prevent injury, which
detracts from their market
value.
First of all, make sure the calf
is ready to be marketed. It
should be able to walk without
assistance before boarding the
truck for sale. If the calf is
already weak, it may not survive
the trip. If it does survive, it will
be worth very little. Poor condi
tion and injury result in finan
cial losses, and they create a
negative public perception of the
dairy and veal industries.
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Conservancy’s Annual
Appeal Major Success
LANCASTER (Lancaster
Co.MVhen The Lancaster Co
unty Conservancy launched its
1999 Annual Appeal: Building
Our Living Legacy, the organiza
tion’s director of advancement,
Barry L. Spangler, stated that
The Conservancy was consider
ably raising the bar for itself by
increasing its goal amount 40
percent to $75,000.
When The Conservancy
reached its goal within six
weeks, Spangler’s doubts were
eliminated and he began to
think that this year’s appeal
might indeed do very well. The
Conservancy’s appeal came to a
close at year’s end, and to every
one’s amazement The Conser
vancy had received $189,229.65.
The $75,000 goal had been
exceeded by an astonishing
$114,229.65. The most remark
able fact was that The
Conservancy had to date re
ceived all but $9lO of commit
ments made.
The Conservancy’s Executive
Director, John W. Symonds, said,
“The Conservancy began its
annual appeal five years ago,”
and the private, nonprofit land
preservation group, “has always
set challenging goals for itself.”
Spangler underscored Sy
monds by adding, “in 1997, our
appeal goal was $48,000 and we
exceeded that goal by $10,500.”
Symonds commented that
Minimize Stress, Prevent
ury In Handling, Transport
marketing by observing, asking
questions, and giving instruc
tions to caretakers handling
your livestock. Do not tolerate
abuse. Be there when the calf is
picked up. Visit the facility
where it’s being sold. Are the
calves handled and restrained
with a minimum of stress to the
animal? Are younger, smaller
animals, such as calves, separat
ed from older, larger animals?
Are animals grouped and gated
to limit the area of movement
and the risk that they will injure
themselves?
Is the truck or holding pen
overcrowded? Are there obvious
signs of agitation or aggression?
Will the calves you’ve taken care
of properly be commingled with
calves in poor health that have
not been well cared for? If the
trip is long, will the driver stop
and check on the animals, and
how often?
Loading and unloading is
stressful to livestock. A properly
designed loading area and the
use of proper techniques will
1999 had been an exceptional
year for The Conservancy.
“Our first membership drive
increased our rolls by 40 per
cent; we now protect over 1,700
acres of some of Lancaster
County’s most beautiful natural
open space land, and the results
of the appeal have been gratify
ing to everyone involved.”
Spangler announced that
while the greatest growth in
donations occurred amongst
individual donors, The Conser
vancy had been able to increase
contributions from all major
constituencies.
The annual phonathon raised
$7,600. A garden party to honor
the 1999 recipient of The
Conservancy’s Conservation
Partnership Award, Mrs. Carol
ine Nunan, our first ever golf
tournament, and our annual
bird seed sale all won new
friends for The Conservancy.
The organization has spent
several years trying to forge
partnerships with disparate
groups.
“I believe there is large and
diverse support for the organiza
tion’s mission of preserving the
dwindling amount of natural
open space land remaining in
Lancaster County,” Spangler
observed. “Our ongoing task is to
increase public awareness of the
organization and its mission.”
minimize the stress. According
to animal behavior specialist
and design engineer Temple
Grandin, minimizing the num
ber of changes in direction that
the animal must take will help.
Ramps should not exceed at 25
degree angle, and non-slip floor
ing should be provided so live
stock have confident footing.
Cattle have poor depth per
ception, particularly in enclosed,
narrow areas such as chutes and
alleys. Remove some of the
stress by avoiding sharp con
trasts in lighting, and shadows
that startle them, causing them
to balk and bunch up. Uniform
lighting, color, texture, and
curved pathways are safer and
have a calming effect that keeps
the animals in the group moving
more confidently. Curved de
signs also limit the potential for
injury from protruding corners.
Calves should be walked or
lifted properly, never thrown,
pulled, dragged, or caught by the
neck, tail, or legs. Moving calves
from one area to another on the
farm, in transit, or at the sale,
can be frustrating at times, but
patience pays. Use of force
should be calm and firm.
Transportation should be
comfortable and safe. Clean, dry,
enclosed, well-ventilated, but
draft-free conditions should be
provided. Be prepared for the
weather. Give them shade, and
provide evaporative cooling in
hot weather. In cold weather,
provide shelter from the wind
and insulative bedding material.
If using wood shavings as a bed
ding base, cover with another
material so that calves do not
ingest the wood shavings.
' Before sending the calf to
market, make sure the calf has
had good access to plenty of
water to avoid dehydration dur
ing transportation and market
ing. Penn State University
researchers conducted a study
recently on the impact of sports
drinks in reducing transporta
tion stress and shrinkage. The
study demonstrated the benefits
of what some producers have
been doing for years to help get
their young animals through the
rigors of transportation and
relocation. Adding electrolyte
enhancing drinks such as
Gatorade or All Sport to the
water reduces the amount of
weight loss and the effects of
stress during transportation
particularly in extreme temper
atures.
For more information about
the veal quality assurance pro
gram and dairy calf manage
ment, contact (717) 985-9125 or
write American Veal Assoc
iation, 1500 Fulling Mill Rd.,
Middletown, PA 17057.
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