Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals

Amazing read that puts basic cattle and livestock behavior and psychology into words! Even if you are never going to care for or own cattle or any livestock, the first few chapters of this book are amazing in explaining cattle breed and temperment and makes you self-aware about how your posture and gestures can drive cattle in certain directions or allow you to gain their trust. This book has many illustrations and gives diagrams about how to build corrals and handling chutes that are humane and cause less stress and increase safety for the animals and handlers. Plans on building are included in detail! Use this book to build a handling facility for your livestock, or improve upon an existing one, of if you're just working in a job that involves rounding up livestock into pens-- reading this book is a must!

Excellent book!! Beginning with how animals perceive the world and outside threats, then moving into how genetics and early experiences affect an animal's temperament, the author explains how to handle livestock using the animals' instincts and minimize stress. Over half of the book is devoted to creating low-stress handling systems and facility plans. This is a very useful book for larger-scale livestock operations. For smaller-scale farmers, I would suggest the book"Temple Grandin's Guide to Working With Farm Animals." I highly recommend this book. Please mark if you find my review helpful. Thank you so much!

We are planning a livestock corral. This book provides multiple levels of information for us to consider. Includes plans, how to’s and even why by Ms. Grandin. Perfect!

I got this for ANEQ 300A and it arrived quickly and in good condition

Good book for any rancher/farmer.

This book has practical specs and plans.

This is an awesome book. It makes me want to write a fan letter to Temple Grandin! I am a new shepherd, and knew nothing about how to handle livestock. This book told me what to do and how to do it, and it is exactly right. Everything she says works just as she says it will. It also contains other amazing information. I cannot say enough good about this book! Temple Grandin, you rock! Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals

This book starts by giving the reader an excellent explanation about why livestock behave as they do and helps the reader to understand differences in breeds, temperament and type. The book then explains how to design and construct ranches, feedlots and harvest plants, for optimal handling. The illustrations are outstanding! For anyone who is planning to build, the blueprints and instructions will be very helpful. Thanks!