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Effects of tail docking and tail biting on performance and welfare of growing–finishing pigs in a confinement housing system(1)

A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of tail docking on the welfare and performance of victimized pigs by tail biting and tail biters. Pigs (n = 240; 25.7 ± 2.9 kg average weight), including 120 pigs that were tail docked at birth and 120 pigs that remained with intact tails, were used. Pigs...

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Pubblicato in:J Anim Sci
Autori principali: Li, Y. Z., Zhang, H. F., Johnston, L. J., Martin, W., Peterson, J. D., Coetzee, J. F.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Oxford University Press 2017
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6292262/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29293713
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2527/jas2017.1571
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