ABSTRACT
A corral constructed with round holding pens, diagonal sorting pens, and curved drive lanes will enable people to handle cattle more efficiently because there is a minimum of square corners for the cattle to bunch up in. The post working pen can be enlarged to hold cows after sorting or handling in the squeeze or artificial insemination chute. Results of a survey conducted by the author indicated that the main cause of handling accidents in hydraulic squeeze chutes was a careless operator handling cattle too fast. Building a slide to make the cattle slide into the dip vat on their rear ends is wrong. The animal should be provided with good footing as it enters the water. The diagonal pens and the central drive lane in figure 1 can hold 300 weaned calves overnight or 500 weaned calves crowded together. The skill of the operator affected the incidence of choking and escapes from the squeeze chute.
