animal housing, movement and working facilities module 10
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Barns
• Enclosed barns used– stable horses, – protect and facilitate
treatment of sick or weak livestock,
– milking small herds of milk cows.
• Most barns built prior to 1950’s.
• Current cost of materials prohibitive
Livestock Movement
• Large stock trucks for long-distance movement.
• Stock Trailers for short-distance movement of small numbers of livestock.
• Horses for movement of large numbers of livestock short distances and movement in pastures
Animal Working Facilities
• Cattle Squeeze Chute• Corral and Sorting Alley• Cattle Loading Chute• Livestock Feed Bunks• Hay Storage Shed• Animal Scale• Road Cattle guard• Summer Range Corrals• Water Tank and Trailer• Electric “Hot Wire” Fence