Implications of No Tail Docking on Performance, Health, and Behavior of Pigs Raised Under Commercial Conditions in Brazil [PDF]
AnimalsThis study aimed to evaluate the effects of no tail docking on the performance, health, and behavior of piglets raised under commercial conditions in Brazil.
Juliana Cristina Rego Ribas +4 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Lidocam Topical Gel (4% Lidocaine—0.3% Meloxicam) for Pain and Inflammation Management during Castration and Tail Docking in Piglets [PDF]
Animals(1) Background: It has been well established that castration and tail docking are both painful during and following the procedure, yet there are limited convenient and effective products to address both short-term and long-term pain. Lidocam Topical Gel (
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The assessment of facial expressions in piglets undergoing tail docking and castration: towards the development of the Piglet Grimace Scale [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2016 Many piglets are exposed to potentially painful husbandry procedures within the first week of life, including tail docking and castration, without the provision of either anaesthesia or analgesia.
Pierpaolo Di Giminiani +6 more
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Tail Docking and Ear Cropping Dogs: Public Awareness and Perceptions. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Tail docking and ear cropping are two surgical procedures commonly performed on many dog breeds. These procedures are classified as medically unnecessary surgeries whose purpose is primarily cosmetic.
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Dynamics of Biochemical Parameters, Inflammatory and Stress Markers in Lambs Undergoing Caudectomy Using Two Different Methods [PDF]
AnimalsZootechnical practices such as tail docking are still in use in dairy sheep farming, performed in the first week of life, mainly by rubber ring and only rarely by surgical methods.
Giovannantonio Pilo +7 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 ...
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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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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.
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Discovery of macrocyclic inhibitors of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 [PDF]
, 2019 Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) is an essential base excision repair enzyme that is upregulated in a number of cancers, contributes to resistance of tumors treated with DNA-alkylating or -oxidizing agents, and has recently been identified as ...
Beglov, Dmitri +12 more
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Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2014 In spite of European legislation attempting to limit this practice, tail docking is nowadays the only preventive measure against tail biting which is widely adopted by farmers. Docking consists in amputating, usually without anaesthesia or analgesia, the
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