date:Nov 26, 2012
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McGilchrist suggested that producers need to continue to cull flighty cattle and minimize variation in temperament across a herd but also to habituate their quiet cattle to change.
He said that producers and processors also need to ensure that calm cattle are treated with as much care during the pre-slaughter period as their more reactive counterparts.
The employment of common practices like yard weaning not only provide the benefit of improved handling ease but also provide the opportu