Gentle touching in early life reduces avoidance distance and slaughter stress in beef cattle

Probst, Johanna; Neff, Anet Spengler; Leiber, Florian; Kreuzer, Michael; Hillmann, Edna

doi:10.1016/j.applanim.2012.03.002

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“…On the other hand, when the animals experience positive interactions with humans, they become less fearful, which, in turn, facilitates handling (Schmied et al, 2010;Probst et al, 2012).…”

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Impact of good practices of handling training on beef cattle welfare and stockpeople attitudes and behaviors

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The aims of this study were to evaluate the potential impacts of training in good practices of cattle handling on stockpeople's attitudes and behavior, and on cattle welfare, in Brazilian beef farms. Additionally, we aimed to investigate whether the quality of cattle handling deteriorates as the working day progresses. The study was conducted on 24 commercial beef cattle farms (located in Northeastern Pará State, Brazil), which were classified into three groups with different levels of training: Regularly trained (TRAINED-R, n = 9), Occasionally trained (TRAINED-O, n = 9) and Never trained (NON-TRAINED, n = 6). A total of 150 stockpeople working on these farms were categorized according to the level of training received: i) Trained (TS, n = 43), those who attended formal handling skills training; ii) Non-trained, but had close contact with a trained stockperson (CTS, n = 62), and iii) Non-trained, and had no contact with a trained stockperson (NT, n = 45). On each farm, indicators of quality of handling (including animal and stockpeople behavior, and stockpeople attitudes) were measured on one workday, during the vaccination handling procedures of approximately 236 ± 65 (mean ± SD) heads of cattle per farm. We observed that NON-TRAINED farms had the poorest quality of handling, as well as more undesirable animal behaviors during handling (P < 0.05), when compared with the other farm categories (TRAINED-R, TRAINED-O). Stockpeople attitudes and behaviors varied according to their degree of training in good practices of beef cattle handling (P < 0.05). People who participated in a formal training course (TS) had the highest positive and the lowest negative behavior and attitude scores, compared with people in the other groups (CTS and NT). We observed an effect of the progression of the workday (P < 0.05) only on NON-TRAINED farms, where handling became worse over time. Our results support the hypothesis that training stockpeople in good cattle handling practices leads to better attitudes and behavior toward cattle. Thus, training stockpeople can be an effective and practical strategy to promote positive human-animal interactions on beef cattle farms, improving the quality of life of both animals and workers.

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“…On the other hand, when the animals experience positive interactions with humans, they become less fearful, which, in turn, facilitates handling (Schmied et al, 2010;Probst et al, 2012).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impact of good practices of handling training on beef cattle welfare and stockpeople attitudes and behaviors

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“…A relação entre humanos e animais está intimamente associada a vários aspectos de bem-estar animal (Probst et al, 2012), pois pessoas interagem com animais em todos os sistemas de produção, podendo ser um importante fator estressante dependendo do tipo de manipulação que executa (Romeyer and Bouissou, 1992). A natureza e as consequências de tais interações podem explicar os efeitos de alguns fatores estressantes do manejo sobre os processos reprodutivos, metabólicos e imunológicos dos animais (Carenzi and Verga, 2009 eles podem, eventualmente, integrar os humanos em sua rede social (Rault et al, 2011).…”

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The welfare of sheep: Review

Freitas

Quirino

Bastos

2017

Pubvet

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*Autor para correspondência RESUMO. O bem-estar dos animais de produção é um tema recorrente. A facilidade de acesso às informações acerca dos métodos de produção das espécies criadas para fornecer alimento aos humanos faz com que a preocupação com os animais seja relevante para a aceitação de tais produtos pelos consumidores e sua consequente aquisição. Além da crescente exigência dos consumidores, é sabido que animais com bom estado de bem-estar apresentam melhor saúde, produtividade e fornecem produtos com qualidade superior. Com isso, é evidente que os produtores devem satisfazer as necessidades dos animais, tornando os produtos aceitáveis pelos consumidores e aumentando a lucratividade do sistema. Apesar dos ovinos terem sido uma das primeiras espécies domesticadas pelo homem, no Brasil ainda não estão disponíveis recomendações ou legislação específica que visem melhorar o bem-estar desta espécie. Esta revisão de literatura tem o objetivo de expor os principais conceitos e as recomendações para o bem-estar de ovinos. Estas recomendações estão fundamentadas em diversas pesquisas científicas voltadas para o bem-estar de ovinos e fornecem subsídios para o desenvolvimento de técnicas de manejos que visem melhorar a qualidade de vida dos animais. Palavras chave: Conceitos, legislação, ovinocultura, recomendaçõesThe welfare of sheep: Review ABSTRACT. The welfare of livestock production is a recurring theme. Ease of access to information on the production methods of species farmed to provide food to human make concern about animals is relevant to the acceptance of such products by consumers and its subsequent acquisition. In addition to the growing demands of consumers, it is known that animals with good welfare state have better health, productivity and provide high quality products. By these means, it is clear that producers must satisfy the animals' needs, making the products acceptable to consumers and increasing the system's profitability. In spite of the sheep have been one of the first species domesticated by humans, in Brazil are still not available recommendations or specific legislation for improving the welfare of this species. This literature review aims to expose the main concepts and recommendations for the welfare of sheep. These recommendations are based on various scientific researches for the welfare of sheep and provide subsidies for the development of handling techniques to improve the quality of life of the animals.

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“…Human-animal interactions are recognized to have an impact on productivity, behaviour and welfare (Cavallina et al 2008). Extensively reared animals often show an excitable and anxious temperament, which makes appropriate handling difficult (Probst et al 2012). During the productive stage, there may be problems in terms of welfare, since feeding exclusively on grasses does not totally satisfy the animals' energy requirements.…”

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“…The systems based on pastures do not provide the necessary nutritional requirements (Schutz et al 2013) ↑ Stress caused by reduced space (De Rosa et al 2009a) Scarcity of food may provoke fighting due to competition (Schutz et al 2013) ↑ Behaviours during mechanical milking such as kicking, defecating, urinating, and pulling the teat cup off the teat (Cavallina et al 2008) ↓ Milk and meat production during dry seasons (Cavallina et al 2008) ↑ Animals with laminitis (Cavallina et al 2008) ↓ Time for self-maintenance and grooming activities (Stafford and Gregory 2008) ↑ Agonistic behaviours (Cavallina et al 2008) ↓ Reduced human contact (Stafford and Gregory 2008) ↓ Time for walking (Stafford and Gregory 2008) ↑ Animals are more restless during handling (Probst et al 2012) No space available for wallowing behaviour (Tripaldi et al 2004) ↑ Increase in periods of inactivity (Tripaldi et al 2004) respectively (Barile et al 2007). Better results have been achieved in water buffalo cows fed ad libitum a diet with a forage/concentrate ratio of 53/47 that contained alfalfa hay (10%), corn silage (43%) and concentrate (47%).…”

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The behaviour and productivity of water buffalo in different breeding systems: a review

Cruz-Cruz¹,

Guerrero‐Legarreta²,

Ramírez-Necoechea³

et al. 2014

Vet. Med.

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This review examines the behaviour and productivity of the water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) under different breeding systems and in relation to meat and milk production. At present, the steady increment in the consumption of products and sub-products of this species has generated the need to increase the number of animals incorporated into production by progressively expanding the use of stabling systems, reducing the space available to these animals, and applying techniques developed previously for meat and milk production in bovines. However, because such adaptations often fail to take into account important biological and behavioural features of these animals, they may result in serious problems of animal welfare. On the other hand, it is known that water buffaloes adapt well to humid tropical climates, especially in systems that provide extensive, continuous pastureland. These species are highly susceptible to thermal stress, a fact that leads them to constantly perform wallowing behaviour. For all these reasons, open-air and, above all, silvopastoral, systems represent attractive options because they combine the presence of forage plants with trees that provide natural shade and serve as wind barriers, thus attenuating the negative effects of tropical climes. These measures help increase productivity by promoting greater forage consumption and fostering the expression of the species' natural behaviours, but the reduction in human contact affects their welfare. Hence, this review concludes that welfare is a fundamental concept that must be taken into account in the development of systems for water buffalo production.

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Gentle touching in early life reduces avoidance distance and slaughter stress in beef cattle

Cited by 80 publications

References 49 publications

Impact of good practices of handling training on beef cattle welfare and stockpeople attitudes and behaviors

Impact of good practices of handling training on beef cattle welfare and stockpeople attitudes and behaviors

The welfare of sheep: Review

The behaviour and productivity of water buffalo in different breeding systems: a review

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