Individual piglets’ contribution to the development of tail biting

Conflicting hypotheses exist about the contribution of individual pigs to the development of a tail-biting outbreak, but there is limited quantitative information to support or dismiss them. This study aims to quantify the development of tail-biting behaviour at pen and individual piglet level, befo...

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Main Authors: J.J. Zonderland, B. Kemp, M.B.M. Bracke, L.A. den Hartog, H.A.M. Spoolder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731110002132