Injurious tail biting in pigs: how can it be controlled in existing systems without tail docking?

Injurious tail biting in pigs: how can it be controlled in existing systems without tail docking?

Tail biting is a serious animal welfare and economic problem in pig production. Tail docking, which reduces but does not eliminate tail biting, remains widespread. However, in the EU tail docking may not be used routinely, and some ‘alternative’ forms of pig production and certain countries do not a...

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Main Authors: R.B. D’Eath, G. Arnott, S.P. Turner, T. Jensen, H.P. Lahrmann, M.E. Busch, J.K. Niemi, A.B. Lawrence, P. Sandøe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
pigs
housing
enrichment
tail biting
behaviour
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114001359

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