The Effect of Straw, Rope, and Bite-Rite Treatment in Weaner Pens with a Tail Biting Outbreak

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Young pigs can bite each other’s tails, which is a welfare problem. It begins suddenly and spreads like an “outbreak”. Pig farmers use various methods to prevent tail biting, but if prevention fails, a cure is needed, and there has been little scientific research into how best to sto...

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Autores principales: Pelant Lahrmann, Helle, Faustrup, Julie Fabricius, Hansen, Christian Fink, D’Eath, Rick B., Nielsen, Jens Peter, Forkman, Björn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6617339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31212960
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9060365

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6617339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31212960
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani9060365

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