Stockmanship And Social Behaviour

Living in a social group has advantages with protection, feeding, ____________, and health. (all lowercase)

What kind of person makes the best stockman?

• Reserved introvert

• Confident introvert

• Reserved extrovert

• Confident extrovert

Pigs that were handled gently

• More approachable

• Had more piglets per litter

• Less piglet mortality

• Came into puberty earlier

• Had high plasma cortisol levels

• Were restless

Select all of the correct answers. what are the disadvantages to being social and living in groups?

• Groups attract predators

• Groups attract disease and parasitism

• Aggression

• Sharing of scarce food

• All of the above

Common dairy shed problems include 

• Slippery floors

• Stray voltage

• Breast rail too low

• Inadequate head room

• Pressure on cows in yards

Cattle that were handled gently 

• Had decreased lameness

• Had shorter walking and flight distances

• Approached humans more willingly

• Enter the dairy shed quicker

• Relaxed and still in shed

• Defecated and urinated more in the shed

• Let down milk quicker

• Increased milk production