Animal Behavior and Movement
Welcome to the Animal Behavior and Movement portion of the Seaboard Foods Load Out Certification Program
Animal handlers play an important role in pork production. Proper handling of our animals is essential to animal health and well-being.
As a member of our team, we want you to ensure proper care of our animals while staying safe.
Your decisions on the job affect our animals, production, and even your team members. We will discuss proper animal handling techniques and animal behavior.
Your decisions on the job affect our animals, production, and even your team members. We will discuss proper animal handling techniques and animal behavior.
Having an understanding of how animals behave will give you the confidence …show more content…
The point of balance is the area behind the animals shoulder. If a handler moves into the flight zone from behind the point of balance, they move forward.
The handler’s bubble is much like the flight zone, and when a handler’s bubble hits the flight zone, the animal’s first instinct is to move away when pressure is applied.
Understanding these behaviors can help you reduce stress, reduce animal injury, and reduce risks to your personal safety.
Equipment you will need when sorting animals are: a red sort board, an aluminum hinge panel and shakers. These tools are provided to help aid with the movement of the animals and if used in an abusive manner, it will not be tolerated.
Proper set-up of the pathway is important to keeping the animals comfortable when moving them. Remove all distractions and try to eliminate shadows and 90 degree turns.
When moving groups of market animals, keep them in groups of 2-5. Never move more than 5 animals at a time.
It is also important to understand the potential effects that human interactions have on their behavior. Aggressive movements may create fear or a negative reaction to
Welcome to the Animal Behavior and Movement portion of the Seaboard Foods Load Out Certification Program
Animal handlers play an important role in pork production. Proper handling of our animals is essential to animal health and well-being.
As a member of our team, we want you to ensure proper care of our animals while staying safe.
Your decisions on the job affect our animals, production, and even your team members. We will discuss proper animal handling techniques and animal behavior.
Your decisions on the job affect our animals, production, and even your team members. We will discuss proper animal handling techniques and animal behavior.
Having an understanding of how animals behave will give you the confidence …show more content…
The point of balance is the area behind the animals shoulder. If a handler moves into the flight zone from behind the point of balance, they move forward.
The handler’s bubble is much like the flight zone, and when a handler’s bubble hits the flight zone, the animal’s first instinct is to move away when pressure is applied.
Understanding these behaviors can help you reduce stress, reduce animal injury, and reduce risks to your personal safety.
Equipment you will need when sorting animals are: a red sort board, an aluminum hinge panel and shakers. These tools are provided to help aid with the movement of the animals and if used in an abusive manner, it will not be tolerated.
Proper set-up of the pathway is important to keeping the animals comfortable when moving them. Remove all distractions and try to eliminate shadows and 90 degree turns.
When moving groups of market animals, keep them in groups of 2-5. Never move more than 5 animals at a time.
It is also important to understand the potential effects that human interactions have on their behavior. Aggressive movements may create fear or a negative reaction to