Since cattle learn respect for electric fences, it may be possible to use single electric wires as permanent fences on beef-cattle properties. Two experiments are reported in this paper. The first investigated a method of training inexperienced cattle in a small yard before release to paddocks fenced with a single wire. The training yard consisted of a strong conventional fence with a single electric wire attached. It confined animals in a small area, thus encouraging them to investigate, receive shock and learn respect. After a day of such training, the animals were automatically photographed at each approach to a single wire in a test paddock and compared with an untrained group in a similar test paddock. Although no animals broke through in either group, it is clear that trained animals more quickly recognized the wire and showed respect by not touching it.
The second experiment demonstrated the great respect cattle had for a single electrified wire after training, because it prevented hungry heifers from going to eat hay which they had been conditioned to eat.
It is concluded that training is simple and provides a controlled learning period to give increased respect for electrified wires and to minimize the risk of animals breaking through when first released to paddocks with electrified boundaries.
Since cattle learn respect for electric fences, it may be possible to use single electric wires as permanent fences on beef-cattle properties. Two experiments are reported in this paper. The first investigated a method of training inexperienced cattle in a small yard before release to paddocks fenced with a single wire. The training yard consisted of a strong conventional fence with a single electric wire attached. It confined animals in a small area, thus encouraging them to investigate, receive shock and learn respect. After a day of such training, the animals were automatically photographed at each approach to a single wire in a test paddock and compared with an untrained group in a similar test paddock. Although no animals broke through in either group, it is clear that trained animals more quickly recognized the wire and showed respect by not touching it.The second experiment demonstrated the great respect cattle had for a single electrified wire after training, because it prevented hungry heifers from going to eat hay which they had been conditioned to eat.It is concluded that training is simple and provides a controlled learning period to give increased respect for electrified wires and to minimize the risk of animals breaking through when first released to paddocks with electrified boundaries.
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