Temple Grandin's Guide to Working with Farm Animals: Safe, Humane Livestock Handling Practices for the...

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Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin's Guide to Working with Farm Animals

Safe, Humane Livestock Handling Practices for the Small Farm

Temple Grandin

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Storey Publishing LLC
02 May 2017

Animal husbandry; Wildlife: general interest

Award-winning author Temple Grandin is famous for her groundbreaking approach to decoding animal behavior. Now she extends her expert guidance to small-scale farming operations. Grandin s fascinating explanations of how herd animals think

describing their senses, fears, instincts, and memories

and how to analyze their behavior, will help you handle your livestock more safely and effectively. You ll learn to become a skilled observer of animal movement and behavior, and detailed illustrations will help you set up simple and efficient facilities for managing a small herd of 3 to 25 cattle or pigs, or 5 to 100 goats or sheep.

By: Temple Grandin
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 197mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9781612127606
ISBN 10: 1612127606
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 02 May 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Temple Grandin is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Animals in Translation and Animals Make Us Human, as well as Thinking in Pictures, Humane Livestock Handling, Improving Animal Welfare, and The Autistic Brain. Dr. Grandin s humane livestock facility designs have been adopted all over the world, and she is a consultant on animal welfare to several segments of the fast food industry. Her work has been featured on NPR, 60 Minutes, and The Today Show and in the New York Times and Time and Discover magazines. The story of her life was made into an Emmy Award-winning HBO movie titled Temple Grandin. Dr. Grandin is a Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University.