Herd (disambiguation)

A herd is a large group of animals.

Herd may also refer to:

Zoology

• Bachelor herd, gatherings of juvenile male animals who are still sexually immature
• Herding, the act of bringing individual animals together into a group
• Herding dog, dog that either has been trained in herding or that is a member of a breed developed for herding

Psychology

• Crowd control, herding of people
• Herd behavior, situations in which a group of individuals react coherently without there being any co-ordination between them
• Herding instinct, social tendency in humans to identify with and model many behaviors and beliefs after a larger group of individuals with whom they identify
• Sheepdog trial, competitive sport involving dogs working herds of sheep

Other uses

• Herd (surname)
• Herd (film), 2016 Serbian film
• Herd, a short film directed by Mike Mitchell
• "Herd", a nickname of the Buffalo Bisons baseball team
• Wisconsin Herd, an NBA G League team

See also

• The Herd (disambiguation)
• Herding cats (disambiguation)
• GNU Hurd an operating system kernel whose name is a pun on "herd"
• Marshall Thundering Herd, the athletic program of Marshall University, often called "The Herd" by its supporters
• Hird (disambiguation)
• Hurd (disambiguation)
• Heard (disambiguation)