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Brad Kauer, left, and Julio Jimenez Tapia discuss the importance of calmly moving through a pen of heifers at Shiloh Dairy near Brillion, Wisconsin. Kauer is a partner in Merry Water Farm near Lake Geneva, and is providing animal-handling training for the Livestock Trust Institute. Tapia works with calves at Shiloh Dairy.
Miguel Viveros, a herdsman at Shiloh Dairy, explains how to condition a heifer to be handled for future treatment such as a vaccination. He slowly moves his hand to her side so she becomes accustomed to such a practice.
Miguel Viveros demonstrates how to guide a heifer from the side in a group pen. Employees are trained to not touch the animal's head.
Ella Kauer, left, a partner in Merry Water Farm, provides animal-handling training in association with the Livestock Trust Institute. She works on heifer handling with Pablo Mortera, an assistant herd manager at Shiloh Dairy. Mortera will train new employees at the dairy.
Dr. Don Höglund, left, veterinarian with the Livestock Trust Institute, discusses the science of human-animal interactions with Julio Jimenez Tapia, center, and Roger Olson, a dairy account manager at Zinpro Corporation. Olson participated in an animal-training program at Shiloh Dairy.
From left, Gustavo Cardona and Miguel Viveros listen as Pablo Mortera talks about hand movements used in cattle handling.
Liz Purvis translates English to Spanish for employees at Shiloh Dairy. She's a bi-lingual training specialist for Grande Milk Marketing in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Miguel Viveros, center, shows employees how to slowly raise their hands in front of their bodies and over their head. That attracts an animal's visual attention, prompting her to look up and move calmly.
BRILLION, Wis. – Travis Speirs says he likes calm and quiet at Shiloh Dairy. That’s where he, his family and about 40 employees tend to 2,300 milking cows as well as about the same number of young stock and dry cows.
Lynn Grooms writes about the diversity of agriculture, including the industry’s newest ideas, research and technologies as a staff reporter for Agri-View based in Wisconsin.
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Brad Kauer, left, and Julio Jimenez Tapia discuss the importance of calmly moving through a pen of heifers at Shiloh Dairy near Brillion, Wisconsin. Kauer is a partner in Merry Water Farm near Lake Geneva, and is providing animal-handling training for the Livestock Trust Institute. Tapia works with calves at Shiloh Dairy.
Ella Kauer, left, a partner in Merry Water Farm, provides animal-handling training in association with the Livestock Trust Institute. She works on heifer handling with Pablo Mortera, an assistant herd manager at Shiloh Dairy. Mortera will train new employees at the dairy.
Dr. Don Höglund, left, veterinarian with the Livestock Trust Institute, discusses the science of human-animal interactions with Julio Jimenez Tapia, center, and Roger Olson, a dairy account manager at Zinpro Corporation. Olson participated in an animal-training program at Shiloh Dairy.
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