Effects of experience and individuality on tail-biting in pigs
This PhD investigated the development and prediction of tail-biting outbreaks, the effect of straw provision on their occurrence, and why only some pigs bite and others get bitten. A longitudinal study followed over 700 non-tail-docked pigs, housed in groups of three litters on solid floors, from bi...
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University of Bristol
2008
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492622 |