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Pork Quality Assurance (1989), 112 RiversideEctoparasites, 39
Post-transport handling, 128 Rods, 81
Preconditioning, 215–216 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), 214
Predator vs prey, 74–75 Runoff losses, 22
Pre-marketing management
branding, 214 S
castration, 213
disbudding and dehorning, 214 Secondary damage, 315
preconditioning, 215–216 Secondary olfactory system, 77
weaning, 215 “Second-party audit,” 114, 134
Preslaughter handling, 129–130, 135–136 Seedstock producers, 173
Pressure zone, 144 Semiaquatic habitats, 41
Pre-transport handling, 127 Sensory input of food—texture, 86
Prevent acts of abuse, 145 Sensory receptors, 75–76
Primary driving tool, 144–145 Sex steroids, in farm animals, 240–244
Proactive versus reactive choices, 183 Short versus long-term outcomes, 183
Producer’s contract, 282–284 Single-file chute (race) entrance, 153
Production Single housing vs. group housing, 307–308
diseases, 208 Single-nucleotide polymporphism (SNP), 99
efficiency of, 24–25 SNP, see Single-nucleotide polymporphism (SNP)
Professional Animal Auditors Certification Organization Social grooming, 86
(PAACO), 115 Solid vs. open sides on chutes, 153–154
Professionalism, role of, 117–118 Somatosensation, 85–87
“Program of measures,” 34 Somatosensory system, 85
PRRSV, see Porcine reproductive and respiratory Sound localization, 83–84
syndrome virus (PRRSV) Spinose ear tick, 48
Public perceptions, 100–104 Stable fly, 46
Pupil’s function, 81 Stanchion, 255
Standard operating procedures, 317–318
Q Stewardship, 186
Stimulus identification, 78
QTL, see Quantitative trait loci (QTL) “Stocker feeding,” 195
Quantitative trait loci (QTL), 99 Stocking density, 329–331, 330
Stockmanship, 189, 281–282
r defining, 272
importance of, 271–272
Ranching Stock people, professional status of, 142
culture, 184–185 Straight bar stanchion, 154
with intent, 189–192 Stress mitigation, 192
overview of, 182 Stun boxes, 130–131
transition of cattle between feedlot and, 212–218 Stunning, 131
RCMP, see Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) challenges, 135–136
rDNA technology, see Recombinant DNA (rDNA) layout and ergonomics of, 136
technology Suffocation, 200
Recipe-style management, 183 Superior ranch management, 183
Recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology, 52–53 Survival tables, 292
Recoverable manure, 32 “Suspect Pen,” 129
Reduce secondary damage, 314–316 Sustainability, 21–22, 235–239
Remote video-auditing systems, 134 improving, 25
Remove distractions, 153 Sustainable agriculture, 51
“Replacement heifers,” 198
Reproductive disease, 285 t
Restraint
device Tactile interactions, 85–86
design and operation, 154 Tail docking, 162–163, 260–261, 283
evaluation, 154–155 Taking Holsteins, 292
methods TALENs, see Transcription activator-like effector
center-track restrainers, 130 nucleases (TALENs)
stun boxes, 130–131 Tall cattle problems, 153
Retailers, demand by, 175–176 Telos, 251–252