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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...
Autores principales: | Pelant Lahrmann, Helle, Faustrup, Julie Fabricius, Hansen, Christian Fink, D’Eath, Rick B., Nielsen, Jens Peter, Forkman, Björn |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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