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Livestock and light sensitivity

The dairy farmer turns on the light in the barn, the cattle become alert and wait for what is to come. 

Light prevents unexpected situations, after all, you can see what is happening.

 

Yet bovines experience light very differently than we do.

In terms of the ability to adapt to changing situations in light intensity, these animals need more time than humans.

The ability to perceive movement is also different in cattle than in humans.

 

Have you also noticed that animals walk from dark to light much more easily than the other way around? 

As a livestock farmer, you can make maximum use of this fact. 

For example, when loading, moving (or milking) cows.

As far as I am concerned, this kind of professional knowledge belongs in the basic training Low Stress Stockmanship!

 

Source text Ronald Rongen, photo Marga Fogt

 

If your dairy cows walk into the milking parlor more easily than they walk out, I recommend looking at the environment with different eyes! 

Keep the above explanation in mind, with guaranteed results.

The farmer who knows how animals perceive their environment will have better control of his animals.

Source text Ronald Rongen, photo Nicole Beuwer-Roeven, photo (Blog): Gert van den Bosch