Methods Of Restraining Farm Animals

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Table Of Contents

1. Meaning
2. Reasons for restraining farm animals
3. Methods of restraining farm animals
4. Other management practices in farm animals
5. Revision questions

See Also

• Routine management practices in farm animals
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• Animal health management signs and causes

Restraining of Farm Animals

For ease of management, handling, grooming and administration of drugs and vaccines, farm animals we need to be restrained.

Reasons for Restraining Farm Animals

It is necessary to restrain farm animals because of the following reasons:

1. To prevent injury to the handler herdsman
2. For easy operation, e.g, treatment
3. In order to tame or calm wild ones
4. To control animal movement and grazing.

Methods of restraining farm Animals

Different methods are used for the restraining of farm animals, depending on the type of operations carried out on animal concerned. The methods includes:

1. Tying a long chain to Hook the nose of the animal: This method of restraint is required during change of station, pen or change of direction of the animal. When one uses this method, the animal has no option than to obey instruction from the herdsman for fear of tearing its septum (nose).

2. Tying rope around the head of the animal: This method of restraint is required during:

• Drenching of the animal
• Inspection of the animal
• Treatment of the animal.

The effect of this type of restraint is that the animal cannot move its head/mouth.

3. Tying rope around the body and neck of the animal: A thick rope is used to tie the animal around the entire body including the neck. This method of restraint is required during:

• Drenching of the animal
• Treatment or during injection
• Routine vaccination
• Slaughtering of the animal.

This method is the most appropriate means use during the drenching of animals. The effect of this type of treatment is that the head and body of the animals are not free. i.e, it cannot move.

4. Tying the two forelegs with rope: This method involves the tying of the two forelegs loosely with rope, i.e, a short distance or leaving a small space between the forelegs. This method is required in the market or Farm when movement of the animal is to be restricted.

The effect of this method on the animal is that the animal will not be able to walk fast or freely.

Other Management Practices in Farm Animals are:

1. Steaming up: This is a process of giving highly nutritious diet to a pregnant animal for few weeks before parturition to stimulate milk synthesis and secretion.
2. Candling: This is the process by which hatchable eggs are placed on the device called candler with a high flight source below it in a dark room to reveal the presence or absence of developing embryo. This is normally done before the eggs are placed in an incubator and Mid-way during incubation to detect the presence of dead embryo.
3. Weaning: This is The separation of young animals from their mothers so that they can feed on their own and can be independent of their mothers breast milk.
4. Creep feeding: This is the placement of more nutritious feed for young animals out of the reach of their mothers in a compartment within the same pen called cribs for good growth and early weaning.

Revision Questions

1. Explain four of the following management practices in animal production. (a) steaming up (b) candling (c) creep feeding. (d) Weaning
2. State four reasons for restraining farm animals
3. List four methods of restraining farm animals.