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Cattle handling

Cattle are more unpredictable during cold windy weather, where cows have calves or if bulls are in proximity to cows in season. Age, breed, sex, experience, horn status, temperament, training and weight are all risk factors that can impact on safety.

Experienced stock people will control the movement of stock and avoid too strong a reaction by the animal by working on the edge of the flight zone.

Handling animals requires that they be outsmarted rather than out fought and that they be out-waited rather than hurried.

When cattle handling:

Other factors that need to be considered include:

Last updated 22 July 2008