PRACTICAL NOTES ON ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AND MANAGEMENT

Animal management practices notes designed to fill the needs for that describes the details of the skill and techniques needed by those who manage livestock. It is important to utilize sound producers in the management of farm animals, thereby maintaining animal comfort and productivity. Some degree of control over an animal's movement and activity is required for every technique that the livestock producer performs. Restraint can vary from the psychological control that a handler's voice may exert over his animals to the complete restriction of activity and total immobilization that chemical agents can provide. With large, potentially dangerous animals, a combination of psychological, physiological and chemical restraint is often employed, The management of cattle, horses, sheep, goats, camels and poultry needs to know some techniques to achieve the animal welfare in addition to know some information about health state of these species.