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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.
K. Thodberg +3 more
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The Evidence for a Causal Link Between Disease and Damaging Behavior in Pigs
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Damaging behaviors (DB) such as tail and ear biting are prevalent in pig production and reduce welfare and performance. Anecdotal reports suggest that health challenges increase the risk of tail-biting.
Laura A. Boyle +9 more
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, 2015 Tail biting is a common problem in modern pig production and has a negative impact on both animal welfare and economic result of the farm. Tail biting risk is increased by management and housing practices that fail to meet the basic needs of pigs.
Heinonen, Mari, Valros, Anna
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A trait or a state - how consistent are tail biting phenotypes in pigs?
bioRxiv, 2023 The physiological, psychological and behavioural traits of tail biting/bitten pigs have been widely studied, with most research focusing on identifying traits to predict tail biting phenotypes (biters, victims, or uninvolved ‘neutrals’).
Jen-Yun Chou +3 more
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Tail‐biting in optimal CPM detectors [PDF]
Electronics Letters, 2020 The maximum a posteriori (MAP) detection of a continuous phase modulation (CPM) signal deploys the Bahl‐Cocke‐Jelinek‐Raviv (BCJR) algorithm that utilises the trellis structure of the CPM signal. For optimal results the start as well as the end state must be known to the MAP detector.
A. Lang, B. Lankl
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Influence of tail biting on weight gain, lesions and condemnations at slaughter of finishing pigs
Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2012 The present study assessed the association of tail-biting lesions in finishing pigs with weight gain, occurrence of locomotion or respiratory disorders and abscesses during finishing period, and carcass condemnation at slaughter.
Brenda Maria F.P.P. Marques +7 more
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Linear tail-biting trellises: Characteristic generators and the BCJR-construction [PDF]
, 2010 We investigate the constructions of tail-biting trellises for linear block codes introduced by Koetter/Vardy (2003) and Nori/Shankar (2006). For a given code we will define the sets of characteristic generators more generally than by Koetter/Vardy and we
Gluesing-Luerssen, Heide +1 more
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Wave-like Decoding of Tail-biting Spatially Coupled LDPC Codes Through Iterative Demapping
, 2017 For finite coupling lengths, terminated spatially coupled low-density parity-check (SC-LDPC) codes show a non-negligible rate-loss. In this paper, we investigate if this rate loss can be mitigated by tail-biting SC-LDPC codes in conjunction with ...
Aref, Vahid +3 more
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Injurious tail biting in pigs: how can it be controlled in existing systems without tail docking?
Animal, 2014 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
R.B. D’Eath +8 more
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Jejunal morphology and blood metabolites in tail biting, victim and control pigs
Animal, 2013 Tail biting has several identified feeding-related risk factors. Tail biters are often said to be lighter and thinner than other pigs in the pen, possibly because of nutrition-related problems such as reduced feed intake or inability to use nutrients ...
P.A. Palander +4 more
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