Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms

SIMPLE SUMMARY: In Europe, tail docking in swine is prohibited as a routine measure, but the risk of tail biting outbreaks is increased in pigs with intact tails. An important measure to minimise this risk is the provision of enrichment material, which is challenging in conventional confinement buil...

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Autores principales: Kalies, Anne, Baumgartner, Johannes, Beyerbach, Martin, Stanojlovic, Milos, Scholz, Tobias, Richter, Franziska, von Altrock, Alexandra, Hennig-Pauka, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8614303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34827758
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11113025

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