Low Stress Cattle Handling Video Now Available at the U of S

Posted September 15, 2003


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 15, 2003 2003-09-14-ME

Low Stress Cattle Handling Video Now Available

The Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health (I.ARE.H) at
the University of Saskatchewan has recently released a new video called Low
Stress Cattle Handling for Productivity and Safety to help producers reduce
their risk of injury when handling cattle.

This video shows expert cattle handler, Dylan Biggs, of Coronation, Alberta
describing cattle's behaviour related to movement and demonstrating
low-stress cattle handling methods. Although handlers may have many years
of experience and may work carefully around cattle, it is important to also
have knowledge about cattle's behaviour so that they can be moved in a
low-stress manner.

"Animals account for a significant number of injuries and fatalities on
Canadian farms every year and the majority are cattle-related," stated Sean
Siever, Program Coordinator of the Agricultural Health and Safety Network at
I.ARE.H. "Between 1990 and 1998, 48 fatalities on Canadian farms were
animal-related."

The video can be viewed on the Internet at
http://www.iareh.usask.ca/rhep/video or is available on loan from
Saskatchewan Agriculture Food and Rural Revitalization (SAFRR) Rural Service
Centres.

Funding for the production of this video was received from the Canadian
Cattlemen's Association, the Canadian Angus Association and Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada.

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For further information or to purchase a copy, please contact:

Sean Siever
Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health
University of Saskatchewan
Box 120
Royal University Hospital
103 Hospital Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8
Tel: (306) 966-6643
Email: siever@sask.usask.ca