Using the Article, “Thinking the Way Animals Do” you will need to put the following
information into your PowerPoint Presentation
1.
Title Page Include:
a. Article Title
b. Author (that’s you)
c. Include the Author of the Article (Temple Grandin, PhD.)
d. Include where the article was first published
2. How does Dr. Grandin know / understand how animals think
3. Describe Autism
4. What types of people have difficulty understanding animals? Why is that?
5. What type of associations do animals make - - please be specific, provide examples
6. Discuss the main emotion animals experience – provide specific examples
7. Explain how genetics effect animal behavior
8. Discuss how animals differ in their response to novelty; provide specific examples
9. Conclusion
10. ***You must include pictures on every slide
YOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION MUST BE READY TO GIVE ON TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 3, 2013
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1st Period
2nd Period
5th Period
6th Period
Using the Article, “Behavioral Principles of Livestock Handling” you will need to put the
following information into your PowerPoint Presentation
1.
Title Page Include:
a. Article Title
b. Author (that’s you)
c. Include the Author of the Article (Temple Grandin, PhD.)
d. Include who reviewed the article
2. Give a brief introduction of the paper
3. Discuss vision & livestock motion (include examples)
4. Explain why animals often lower their heads & stop to look at strange things on the ground
5. Discuss how animals move / react to lighting
6. What colors of lights are animals most sensitive to?
7. Discuss why loose, flapping chains, shirts, quick, sudden movements etc cause problems when working with
animals
8. Discuss animals’ sensitivity to noise and how to help animals overcome their nervousness around noise
9. Where to animals point their ears then they are concerned?
10. Discuss flight zone 11. Why are extremely tame animals hard to drive
12. What happens when people deeply invade the flight zone? (there are at least 3 specific examples)
13. Discuss Point of Balance
14. Explain what is meant by handler dominance
15. Discuss what happens when animals feel threatened
16. Conclusion
17. ***You must include pictures on every slide
YOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION MUST BE READY TO GIVE ON TUESDAY, 12/3/2013
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1st Period
2nd Period
Using the Article, “Solving Livestock Handling Problems” you will need to put the following
information into your PowerPoint Presentation
1.
Title Page Include:
a. Article Title
b. Author (that’s you)
c. Include the Author of the Article (Temple Grandin, PhD.)
2. Discuss Animal Temperament – differentiate between the differences between hogs and cattle
3. How can correcting animal handling produce better quality meat
4. Discuss how flighty hogs AND cattle move / behave when being worked
5. What happens when excitable cattle are restrained? How do they behave?
6. Highly excitable, flighty livestock coincides with what type of meat products?
7. Discuss the temperament differences between Continental Cattle and European Cattle; give examples and
explain why they are different
8. Discuss the Ranking system developed to rate animal temperament
9. Explain 3 common facility problems
10. Discuss why livestock handling facilities should have curved processing facilities, solid chute sides, non-slip
flooring, hydraulic squeeze chutes,
11. How can facilities be improved?
12. How does noise affect livestock? How can it be improved?
13. Discuss 5 methods to perfect handling procedures in livestock
14. Conclusion
15. ***You must include pictures on every slide
YOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION MUST BE READY TO GIVE ON TUESDAY 12/3/2013
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1st Period
2nd Period
Using the Article, “2001 Questions and Answers for Solving Common Behavior Problems with Cattle,
Horses, and Other Grazing Arnimals” you will need to put the following information into your PowerPoint
Presentation
1.
Title Page Include:
a. Article Title & Author (that’s you) & Include the Author of the Article (Temple Grandin, PhD.)
2. Introduction
3. Answer the question – “Why is my horse or bull calm and well behaved at home, but he becomes agitated and
hard to handle at a show or auction? PROVIDE AT LEAST 5 BULLET POINTS
4. Answer the question – “Why are some cattle so ‘wild’ when they enter a feedlot and how can I produce calmer
cattle which will settle down more quickly when they enter a feedlot?” PROVIDE AT LEAST 5 BULLET POINTS
5. Answer the question – “Most of my cattle will move easily through the squeeze chute but a few of my cows
refuse to enter” PROVIDE AT LEASE 2 BULLET POINTS
6. Answer the question – “What is the best way to teach a colt or steer to lead?” PROVIDE AT LEASE 6 BULLET
POINTS – IN ORDER
7. Answer the question – “Why does the hand raised pet bull calf or male llama attack its owner when it becomes
fully mature?” PROVIDE AT LEAST 3 BULLET POINTS
8. Answer the question – “How to I teach a young colt to load onto a trailer?” PROVIDE AT LEAST 5 BULLET POINTS
9. Answer the question – “Why does my usually well-behaved horse suddenly buck or rear for apparently no
reason?” PROVIDE AT LEAST 4 BULLET POINTS
10. Answer the question – “How can I tell when horses or cattle are starting to become fearful and agitated?”
PROVIDE AT LEAST 4 BULLET POINTS
11. Answer the question – “How can I teach a horse or cow to respect my space and to not run over me?” PROVIDE
AT LEAST 6 BULLET POINTS
12. Answer the question – “Should I imprint train my foals?” PROVIDE AT LEAST 4 BULLET POINTS
13. Answer the question – “How do I get my horse to stop pawing when I feed him or get him to stop hitting the
stall door with his front foot before I let him out?” PROVIDE AT LEAST 3 BULLET POINTS
14. Conclusion - ***You must include pictures on every slide
YOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION MUST BE READY TO GIVE ON TUESDAY, 12/3/2013
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1st Period
2nd Period
Using the Article, “Understanding Motivation” you will need to put the following
information into your PowerPoint Presentation
1.
Title Page Include:
a. Article Title
b. Author (that’s you)
c. Include the Author of the Article (Temple Grandin, PhD.)
d. Where was this article originally published?
2. List the 4 basic drivers that motivate horses and other animals
3. Discuss how fear and aggression are misinterpreted – GIVE 2 SPECIFIC EXAMPLES (one in the article and ONE
from your personal experience working with animals)
4. Explain how genetics impacts animal behavior
5. Explain they types of things that make animals nervous
6. Give a specific WAY to eliminate learned bad behavior
7. Discuss TRUE Animal Aggression – what is it? How is it determined? How might it be learned? How can you
prevent it? What should you do with animals that are truly aggressive?
8. Discuss Instinctual Behavior – GIVE 6 SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
9. Conclusion
10. ***You must include pictures on every slide
YOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION MUST BE READY TO GIVE ON TUESDAY, 12/3/2013
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1st Period
2nd Period
Using the Article, “Cattle Handling Systems & Layout of Cattle Corrals and Races” you will
need to put the following information into your PowerPoint Presentation
1.
Title Page Include:
a. Article Title
b. Author (that’s you)
c. Include the Author of the Article (Temple Grandin, PhD.)
d. Where was this article originally published?
2. Explain Good Design Principles of cattle handling systems
3. What are the 3 basic causes of problems in crowd pens and chutes
4. Discuss curved vs. Straight facilties
5. Explain the High Efficiency 180 Degree Round Crowd Pen (include how it works, and common mistakes)
6. Explain bad design chutes –
7. What is the most common design mistake in chutes?
8. Give 4 or 5 other mistakes in chute design
9. How can handling be improved? Include photos
10. Include 3 pictures / diagrams of different cattle handling systems - - explain why they work
11. Conclusion
12. ***You must include pictures on every slide
YOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION MUST BE READY TO GIVE ON TUESDAY, 12/3/2013
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1st Period
2nd Period
Using the Article, “The Way I See It” you will need to put the following information into
your PowerPoint Presentation
1.
Title Page Include:
a. Article Title
b. Author (that’s you)
c. Include the Author of the Article (Temple Grandin, PhD.)
d. Where was this article originally published
2. Where might the most serious health & welfare problems in horses come from in the future?
3. What unintended consequences are there for over-selection for appearance traits?
4. Discuss single-trait selection – Explain its effect on dogs, pigs, and cattle – USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
5. Explain how horses suffer negative effects – USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
6. What happened with single-minded selection for rapid weight gain in livestock? USE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
7. Briefly discuss how genetic traits are linked
8. Give 3 examples of how hair impacts animal behavior
9. Give 3 examples of how skin impacts animal behavior
10. Give 3 examples of how eyes impact animal behavior
11. Explain how conformation is linked to temperament – GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
12. Discuss how performance traits are linked to temperament – GIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
13. Discuss the location & types of hair whorls and how they are linked to temperament – GIVE 3 SPECIFIC
EXAMPLES.
14. Conclusion
15. ***You must include pictures on every slide
YOUR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION MUST BE READY TO GIVE ON TUESDAY, 12/13/2013
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1st Period
2nd Period