Tail Docking of Piglets 1: Stress Response of Piglets to Tail Docking [PDF]
Animals, 2020 This experiment compared the stress responses of piglets to tail docking. Two hundred and eighty-eight piglets were allocated to the following treatments at 2 d post-farrowing: (1) sham handling treatment; (2) surgical castration; (3) tail docking using ...
Paul H Hemsworth, Rebecca Morrison
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Tail Docking of Piglets 2: Effects of Meloxicam on the Stress Response to Tail Docking [PDF]
Animals, 2020 This experiment assessed the efficacy of the cauterisation procedure with or without pain relief (injectable meloxicam) in mitigating the acute stress response to tail docking. Male piglets (n = 432) were allocated to the following treatments at 2-d post-
Paul H Hemsworth, Rebecca Morrison
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Greek Pig Farmers’ Perceptions and Experiences of Tail Biting and Tail Docking [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Tail biting is both an important economic and a welfare problem. The primary preventive measure, almost on a routine basis throughout Europe, remains tail docking following a risk analysis.
Michail Kakanis +2 more
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‘Phasing out pig tail docking in the EU - present state, challenges and possibilities’ [PDF]
Porcine Health Management, 2018 Background European legislation dictates that pig tail docking is not allowed to be performed routinely (European Union. Council Directive 2008/120/EC of 18 December 2008 laying down minimum standards for the protection of pigs.
Nancy De Briyne +4 more
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Image-based assessment of tail docking and tail biting in slaughtered pigs across three European countries [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceSlaughterhouse monitoring provides a cost-effective and suitable tool for large-scale surveillance of tail-biting, which is a major welfare issue in pig production.
Anastasia Romano +4 more
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Does tail docking prevent Cochliomyia hominivorax myiasis in sheep? A six-year retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Animal WelfareTail docking is a husbandry practice widely incorporated in sheep farms around the world. It is an irreversible mutilation that impairs animal welfare, both immediately and in the longer term.
Giuliano Pereira de Barros +4 more
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Impact of a Topical Anaesthesia Wound Management Formulation on Pain, Inflammation and Reduction of Secondary Infections after Tail Docking in Lambs [PDF]
Animals, 2020 We examined several procedures for surgical tail docking; with and without general anaesthesia (GA), including the use of a topical wound gel formulation to provide pain relief (PR) and improve healing after surgery, containing local anaesthetics ...
Luis Miguel Ferrer +10 more
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Tail docking in pigs: acute physiological and behavioural responses
Animal, 2008 Tail docking of piglets is a routine procedure on farms to control tail-biting behaviour; however, docking can cause an acute stress response. The objectives of this research were to determine the stress responses to tail docking in piglets and to ...
M A Sutherland
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Evidence of Pain, Stress, and Fear of Humans During Tail Docking and the Next Four Weeks in Piglets (Sus scrofa domesticus) [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2019 Tail docking is widely performed in pig farms to prevent tail biting. We investigated the consequences of this practice on behavioral indicators of pain and stress, and on the human-piglet relationship during lactation.
Céline Tallet +3 more
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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.
Mette S Herskin, K H Jensen, M S Herskin
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