Pig Handling Pay Per View
These are the videos that have been developed by Nancy Lidster to help pig handlers do their job with greater ease through an understanding of the pig\'s desires, habits and instincts.
01.INTRODUCTION-Overview, Safety warning
Video Length: 03:55
Pay Per Click Price: Free
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Outlines the purpose for these handling videos, a summary of pigs' survival responses, and a warning when moving mature breeding animals
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02.Signs of Fear A.Overview.Signs of Fear
Video Length: 04:23
Pay Per Click Price: Free
Date Added: 29 April 2006
Synopsis:
Fear helps pigs survive. Most handling problems develop because people don't recognize when pigs are getting scared and modify their behaviour. This video shows the changes in pig behaviour from calm to panicked.
02.SIGNS OF FEAR B. Panic, Severe stress
Video Length: 03:35
Pay Per Click Price: Free
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Impact and causes of panic in pigs; signs, impact and causes of severe stress responses; and physical and financial consequences of stressful handling.
03.Survival Response-FLIGHT ZONE A. Overview
Video Length: 02:08
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Survival function and description of flight zones and pigs responses when we work outside their flight zones
03.Survival Responses-FLIGHT ZONE B.Working within
Video Length: 04:24
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Pigs respond very differently when they can't get a handler out of their flight zone. Handlers influence the size of their bubble/ the pigs' flight zones. Crowding influence on pig response.
04.Survival Responses-VISION
Video Length: 02:45
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Characteristics of pigs' vision and how the need to watch their handlers influences pig responses.
05.Survival Responses-HERD BEHAVIOUR
Video Length: 03:29
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Pigs find safety in numbers. Herd behaviour looks different depending on whether the herd is moving or not moving; crowded or spaced out; if they can't get a handler out of their flight zones.
06.PIG HANDLING TOOLS A. Overview, Pigs' instincts
Video Length: 01:52
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Understanding pigs' survival responses is our most powerful pig handling tool. Other tools should be used only to supplement proper use of our position and pressure.
06.PIG HANDLING TOOLS B. Electric prods
Video Length: 04:50
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
There is potential for negative consequences when electric prods are used with the power engaged.
06.PIG HANDLING TOOLS C. Boards
Video Length: 05:35
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
While boards can be used in ways that assist pig movement, they can also be used in ways that interfere with movement and make pigs more resistant.
06.PIG HANDLING TOOLS D. Shakers, Summary
Video Length: 03:16
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Effective and ineffective uses of shakers and a summary of the use of other pig handling tools.
07.PEN PATTERNS A. Overview, Survival response comparison
Video Length: 04:57
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Flight Zone, Vision, and Herd Behaviour interact and are reflected in pig responses. Compares the movement generated from chasing - or a flight zone response, with the movement generated from herd following behaviour.
07.PEN PATTERNS B.Pen patterns
Video Length: 02:55
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
In pens, pen walls and other animals interfere with pigs' ability to move away from their handlers. Pigs' natural responses in pens conflict with a chasing approach to moving them.
07.PEN PATTERNS C.Handler's position, Summary
Video Length: 03:39
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
The handler's position in the pen influences where and how pigs move. Some positions give handlers better movement and greater control than others.
08.POSITION OF PRESSURE
Video Length: 03:01
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
When there is more than one source of pressure, the positions of those sources relative to the pigs affects pig responses.
09.MOVING OUT OF PENS A. Overview, Handler\'s position
Video Length: 04:05
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Review of pigs\' survival responses as they apply when moving pigs out of pens. A comparison of pig flow out of pens when working from a chasing position vs working in a position that encourages herd following behaviour.
09.MOVING OUT OF PENS B.Crowding, Resistant pigs
Video Length: 04:05
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
The effect of crowding pigs when moving out of pens. Conditions that make individual animals reluctant to leave.
09.MOVING OUT OF PENS C. Adjusting to pigs, Moving weanlings
Video Length: 02:56
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Adjusting to pigs' response and adjusting to existing movement. Starting movement in weanlings..
09.MOVING OUT OF PENS D.Maintaining movement, Summary
Video Length: 03:05
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Keeping good movement going through doorways and alleys. Summary of moving out of pens.
10.WEIGHING & SORTING A. Overview, Weighing
Video Length: 05:29
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Review of pigs' survival instincts as they apply to weighing individual pigs and handler's influence on the ease with which animals enter the scale.
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10.WEIGHING & SORTING B. Sorting overview, Crowding
Video Length: 04:10
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Review of pigs' instincts as they apply to sorting; directing the movement of individual animals; dealing with crowded conditions when sorting.
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10.WEIGHING & SORTING C. Sorting - Position of pressure
Video Length: 04:39
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Common sorting situations and explanations why they do or don't work
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10.WEIGHING & SORTING D. Sorting -Summary, Weanlings
Video Length: 03:31
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Summary of using pigs' instincts to aid sorting. Principles for sorting weanlings
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11.LOADING A. Overview
Video Length: 02:52
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Factors to consider when loading pigs for transport and consequences of negative handling
11.LOADING B. Handler anxiety, Standards
Video Length: 02:37
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Influence of handlers' anxiety on pigs'responses, use of fear to chase pigs, and standards for pig handling during loading
11.LOADING C. Reducing stress
Video Length: 03:38
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Recognizing and responding to early signs of fear before problems develop. Using group sizes that minimize stress and can be managed
11.LOADING D. Reducing stress continued
Video Length: 03:22
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Considers the effects of yelling; use of pig handling tools; mixing; and pre-load handling methods on pigs' stress levels during loading
11.LOADING E. Conditions that hamper movement
Video Length: 04:05
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Considers a variety of conditions that can hamper pig flow and things we can do to offset them
11.LOADING F. Improving flow, Summary
Video Length: 03:08
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Actions that can be taken prior to load out that will improve pig flow. Reviews of objectives when loading pigs
12.MOVING SOWS A. Safety warning, Overview
Video Length: 04:14
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Potential for aggression requires that we handle some mature animals differently than we handle younger stock. Regular handling modifies both our behaviour around them and the way sows respond to us but the basic survival needs persist.
12.MOVING SOWS B. From pens, Into crates and stalls
Video Length: 03:52
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
The patterns that develop in pens of younger stock also occur in pens of sows. Handlers can use their pressure and position in ways that invite easy sorting out of pens and easy movement into crates and stalls.
12.MOVING SOWS C. Out of crates and stalls
Video Length: 04:37
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Principles and examples of moving sows out forward on the level, out of raised crates, and backing out of stalls.
12.MOVING SOWS D. In hallways
Video Length: 02:54
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Moving sows in hallways. Stopping and turning animals
12.MOVING SOWS E. Out of the barn
Video Length: 03:13
Pay Per Click Price: $5.00
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
Examples of inbarn moving techniques that can be applied when loading sows onto a truck.
13.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Video Length: 01:38
Pay Per Click Price: Free
Date Added: 02 May 2006
Synopsis:
These videos reflect the knowledge, experience, help, and cooperation of people throughout the livestock industries.
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