Slaughterhouse Pen and Corral Photos

Photo page with descriptions of slaughterhouse cattle pens, curved cattle chutes, races, angled cattle pens, single file chutes, races, tubs, sweep gates, crowd pens, concrete wall construction, back stop gates, knock boxes, center track conveyor restrainer system, and grooved concrete floors.

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high-speed slaughter plant — Image 1

High-speed slaughter plant holding pens — Image 2

water tanks in fenceline — Image 3

Shade is preferable — Image 4

six-rail fence in holding pens — Image 5

Water tank mounted on a concrete platform — Image 6

12-foot wide lead-up alley — Image 7

Entrance to the primary and secondary single-file chutes — Image 8

Backstop gates in single file chutes — Image 9

Two crowd gates rotate 360 degrees — Image 10

Crowd pen with ratchet latch cogs mounted on concrete wall — Image 11

Primary and secondary single-file chutes — Image 12

Single-file chutes converge into a single chute before entering the door to the kill floor — Image 13

Raised concrete handler walkway — Image 14

Large high speed Cattle slaughter plant serpentine — 1

Half circle concrete crowd pen in large cattle slaughter plant — 2

A 30 degree funnel into the single file chute does not look dead-ended to the cattle — 3

Small groups of cattle are moved from the stockyard — 4

A restricted space cattle handling system — 5

A medium sized slaughter plant handling system — 6

high concrete walls in this single file chute — 7

Deep grooved concrete floors prevent slipping and falling — 8

Herringbone pens in a large beef slaughter plant yard — 9

Pre-formed concrete walls are used in this large slaughter plant — 10

8-foot wide un-loading ramp — 11

A center track restrainer in a large beef cattle slaughter plant — 12

Light shining in cattle’s eyes causes balking — 13

Top rail was rolled at the machine shop on the radius of the crowd pen — 14

Side wash sprayers in single file chute — 15

Deep grooved concrete floors prevent slipping and falling — 16

Over-head sprinklers wash cattle and cool cattle — 17

a curved handling system at a high speed slaughter plant — 18

Hog slaughter plant — 19

Overhead lighting prevents shadows that cause balking — 20

Concrete water tanks keep water cool in hot climates — 21

Center Track Restrainer in modern, high speed plant — 22

The center-track restrainer is a conveyor belt-like piece of machinery — 23

modern high speed slaughter plant in Mexico — 24

Center Track Conveyor Entrance — 25

Stunning boxes should be narrow enough to prevent the animal from turning around — 26

concrete walls in slaughter plant are safe for cattle — 27

A raised concrete handler platform — 28

Crowd Pen with dual revolving gates — 29

Back Stop gates in plant single file chutes — 30

animals shall have access to clean water in all holding pens and, if held longer than 24 hours, access to feed — 31

Concrete walls make this double single file chute system — 32

The handler walkway is 42 in — 33

Modern stunning box with vertical drop out door — 34

A dark entrance into slaughter plant stunning boxes is a common problem — 35

Lighting the entrance to a knocking box can help cattle enter the box easier — 36

Slaughter plant receiving dock and ramp — 37

A 12 foot wide unloading area is recommended to provide cattle with an easy unobstructed exit off trucks — 38

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