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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)

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. Within 19 litters, piglets (1–3 days of age) were submitted on day 0 (D0) to doc...

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Autores principales: Tallet, Céline, Rakotomahandry, Marine, Herlemont, Sabine, Prunier, Armelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6917581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31921919
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00462