Why are most EU pigs tail docked? Economic and ethical analysis of four pig housing and management scenarios in the light of EU legislation and animal welfare outcomes

To limit tail biting incidence, most pig producers in Europe tail dock their piglets. This is despite EU Council Directive 2008/120/EC banning routine tail docking and allowing it only as a last resort. The paper aims to understand what it takes to fulfil the intentions of the Directive by examining...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون:	R.B. D’Eath, J.K. Niemi, B. Vosough Ahmadi, K.M.D. Rutherford, S.H. Ison, S.P. Turner, H.T. Anker, T. Jensen, M.E. Busch, K.K. Jensen, A.B. Lawrence, P. Sandøe
التنسيق:	Artigo
اللغة:	Inglês
منشور في:	Elsevier 2016-01-01
سلاسل:	Animal
الموضوعات:	swine welfare tail biting tail docking economic modelling
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731115002098
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