Tail biting

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What are the consequences of tail biting?

  • Wounds, infections
  • Culling of pigs, carcass rejection
  • Lower growth rate in victims
  • Restlessness and stress

What differences in intensity of tail biting are there?

  • Tail-in-mouth behavior
  • Severe biting and cannibalism

What differences are there in type of tail biting?

  • Two-stage tail biting
  • Sudden-forceful tail biting
  • Obsessive tail biting
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In what stages of pug life does tail biting take place?

  • In farrowing pen
  • After weaning
  • In growing-finishing period

What are the risk factors for tail biting?

  • Little enrichment
  • Nutrition
    - Nr. of feeding places
    - Feed restriction (satiety?)
    - Nutritional balance?
  • Space
  • Floor
  • Climate
  • Health

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