Bovine Restraint

Question 1

What are the different methods of bovine restraint?

Answer 1

Gate, Lariat, Headgate, Chute, Chemical

Question 2

What should you do if you own 2 cows and no headgate?

Answer 2

Sell one cow to buy the headgate, proper restraint is essential!

Question 3

Two rules for tying a cow up with rope

Answer 3

Always have a plan of where you are going to tie the animal up and always tie with a quick release knot

Question 4

What are some advantages and disadvantages to a manual headgate?

Answer 4

Advantages: animals enter much better (hole opens much wider and they can see the cow in front of them leave encouraging forward movement), fits cattle of all sizes

Disadvantages: easier to let animals escape, difficult to work animals alone, physically harder

Question 5

What are some advantages and disadvantages to a automatic headgate?

Answer 5

Advantages: easier to work alone, more difficult to let animals escape
Disadvantages: automatic is a lie, animals are much less likely to stick head through, cannot have one animal entering while other is exiting, increased likelihood of choking if the animal goes down

Question 6

T/F: A headgate allows for better access to the animal compared to a headchute

Answer 6

False. The headchute allows for better access and overall restraint due to squeezing ability

Question 7

What are the benefits to using a tailjack?

Answer 7

It prevents the animal from kicking- be sure the person doing this knows what they are doing as to do it properly requires a lot of force

Question 8

T/F: the Bud box and the cattle tub system both are low stress handling equipment

Answer 8

True! They both are effective and reduce stress for the animals