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concrete, with solid or railed sides and a non-slip floor. Anti-bruise chutes do not have sharp edges, and instead use pipe with rounded edges such as oval rails; alternatively sides with sheet iron or steel can be found or built onto the chutes, which improves livestock movement and also prevents injuries from animals getting their legs or heads caught between the rails. Cattle chutes that have concrete floors have the flooring made wider than the race itself to prevent hooves catching between the bottom rail and the edge of the concrete. The concrete is also not smooth like that on city sidewalks but roughed out to give the animals more traction to prevent slipping and injury. Lower parts of the chute have removable side panels for access points and in the event of an animal becoming cast (stuck after falling down) or caught up in which the animal is needed to be freed to prevent injury. Some cattle chutes also have veterinarian access, allowing safe inspection for the veterinarian.
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or for a holding pen gate which uses a self-locking brake-latch that will lock if animals move back on it but be pushed forward by the handler. A latch is pulled back to unlock the gate so that it can open to another batch of livestock waiting to be moved in behind the previous batch. This holding
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The length of the cattle chute is usually determined by the size of the herd – a longer one requires less penning-up of a larger herd. Longer cattle chutes with alleys may be curved, to improve the movement and forward flow of the animals towards the chute. However alleys longer than 24 feet
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Cattle chutes may be portable, or may be a permanent fixture with a concrete walkway. There are manual and hydraulic options. Portable chutes may be made of steel, iron or aluminum; but modern permanent ones are usually of steel or iron (sometimes timber or even concrete) which is usually set in
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