Animal, 2018 Tail biting in domestic pigs relates to a range of risk factors, primarily in the pigs’ environment. Preventive tail docking is widely used, and various experimental approaches suggest that docking reduces the risk of tail biting.
Mette S Herskin +2 more
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Evaluation of a scheme to identify risks for tail biting in pigs. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThe study aimed to assess the effectiveness of a tail-biting risk assessment scheme. The scheme consisted of trained private veterinary practitioners (assessors) applying a risk assessment tool on commercial pig farms to six pens per farm. The assessment
Roberta Maria D'Alessio +4 more
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Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Eight pens (25 pigs/pen; n = 200) provided with an interactive straw-filled rooting tower (experimental group) and five pens (25 pigs/pen; n = 125) with a stationary (fixed) tower without straw (control group) were compared within three fattening periods
Anne Kalies +7 more
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Prediction of Tail Biting Events in Finisher Pigs from Automatically Recorded Sensor Data [PDF]
Animals, 2019 Tail biting in pigs is an animal welfare problem, and tail biting should be prevented from developing into tail damage. One strategy could be to predict events of tail biting so that the farmer can make timely interventions in specific pens.
Mona Lilian Vestbjerg Larsen +2 more
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Producer Perceptions of the Prevention of Tail Biting on UK Farms: Association to Bedding Use and Tail Removal Proportion [PDF]
Animals, 2019 Tail biting causes widespread problems both for animal welfare and in the form of economic losses in pig production. This study was performed to better understand the perceptions of farmers on how to best prevent tail biting, and if perceptions are ...
Anna Valros, Claire Barber
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Can increased dietary fibre level and a single enrichment device reduce the risk of tail biting in undocked growing-finishing pigs in fully slatted systems? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 This study evaluated the effectiveness of combined dietary and enrichment strategies to manage tail biting in pigs with intact tails in a conventional fully-slatted floor housing system. A 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design was used. Pigs had either a high fibre
Jen-Yun Chou +3 more
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The Importance of the Social Sciences in Reducing Tail Biting Prevalence in Pigs [PDF]
Animals, 2019 Tail biting in pigs has been recognised as a welfare problem for several decades, being referred to in scientific literature as far back as the 1940s. Today, animal welfare scientists have a solid understanding of the aetiology of tail biting.
Grace A. Carroll, Jenny M. Groarke
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Tail biting and feather pecking [PDF]
, 2011 It is well known that abnormal animal behaviour is affected by both environment and genetics. This thesis aimed to use behavioural observations as well as gene expression measurements to explore how animals that perform and receive tail biting (pigs) and feather pecking (laying hens) differ from individuals that are not involved in these behaviours. In
Brunberg, Emma
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The ethical aspects of tail biting and tail docking
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Bovenkerk, Bernice +2 more
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The economic and legal aspects of tail biting and tail docking
The costs of tail biting lesions across Europe are around €0.6 to €3.4 per finished pig. These costs are mainly caused by additional work, material and medication costs, carcass price discounts, impaired feed conversion efficiency and growth rate of pigs.
Jarkko K. Niemi, Peter Stevenson
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