A survey of straw use and tail biting in Swedish pig farms rearing undocked pigs

BACKGROUND: Tail biting is a common problem in intensive pig farming, affecting both welfare and production. Although routine tail docking is banned within the EU, it remains a common practice to prevent tail biting. Straw as environmental enrichment has been proposed as an alternative to tail docki...

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Autores principales: Wallgren, Torun, Westin, Rebecka, Gunnarsson, Stefan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27919291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-016-0266-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5139032/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27919291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-016-0266-8

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