A modified cow trainer reduces the stress on animals
1998
Zaehner M. (Eidg. Forschungsanstalt fuer Agrarwirtschaft und Landtechnik (FAT), Taenikon (Switzerland))
From the ethological point of view the electric cow trainer is controversial. Several label production programmes prohibit animal keepers from using it. The purpose of a trial carried out with eight cows was to test a modified cow trainer (bow covered by a mobile wooden board) as regards reduction of possible stress caused by the electric shocks, efficiency of the cow trainer and freedom of movement for the animals. The wooden board allows the number of contacts with the bow virtually to be reduced to zero without affecting the efficiency of the cow trainer. However, the animals' freedom of movement remains limited. The modified device is not a real alternative, but it may improve the status quo until possibly replacing the electric cow trainer by a better solution
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