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Cattle Health Care & Handling Course

Cattlemen Magazine | Nov 2009 - Communication is the key to safety featuring Michelle Welsh

Cattle Health Care

  1. Recognizing the animal(s) that require assistance
  2. Determining what area of wellness is affected
  3. Choosing a response
  4. Understanding steps of the therapy protocol
  5. Documentation & due diligence

Target audiences

Cow / calf handlers including

  • producers, ranchers
  • auction markets, grazing lease staff
  • Green Certificate and college students
  • feedlot staff (backgrounders / finishers)
  • hutterite colonies
 

Low Stress Handling

  1. Animal behavior
  2. The human connection
  3. Moving an individual herd animal
  4. Working a herd

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PROGRAM details

Michelle's interactive services include:feedlot

  • Customized evaluation of current operating procedures to identify the needs of your team
  • Hourly training (subject specific)
  • Extensive one to four day workshops including classroom session & hands-on training.
  • Post training results evaluation

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After each training session, Michelle makes recommendations for maintaining the level of knowledge. Contact Michelle at 403.901.0783 to book.

Presenter

The Cattle Health Care & Low Stress Handling program was developed and is presented by Michelle Welsh.

Michelle and her husband own and operate Rocky Creek Charolais near Strathmore. She majored in Animal Science at Lethbridge Community College and has worked with cattle and horses all her life.

Michelle has extensive applied and practical experience in the feedlot industry. Since 1987, she has been providing animal health care, compiled data and training staff at various facilities on procedures, product and conduct.

She has worked with Agri Vet Health Services, Cattleland Feedyards, Western Feedlots, Bruce Farms and Castle Crow Cattle Corp.

“Learning quiet herding and handling techniques is worth the time and effort. Feedlots I have consulted with have found that implementing quiet handling practices rewarded them with better animal performance and less sickness." - Dr. Temple Grandin

To book contact Michelle Welsh
403.901.0783
michelle@efirehose.net
www.rockycreekcharolais.com