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For generations, improvements in cattle handling equipment were based on guesswork. Livestock producers observed cattle behavior, and equipment manufacturers made adjustments, sometimes only to change them back.
The work UNL is planning at the Klosterman Feedlot Innovation Center will provide data that can be used to streamline cattle working facility design.
In a cattle working facility, the function of the crowding area, often called a “tub” is to funnel cattle into alleyway on the way to the squeeze chute or loadout.
Over the spring, summer and fall, there will be several times cows, bulls and calves will need to be handled for animal health processing.
Sorting cattle is an inevitable task with the capability to easily turn into one of the most stressful days of the season. Veterinarian A.J. Tarpoff said there’s a better way