Influence of raw material on the occurrence of tail-biting in undocked pigs

Veit, Christina; Traulsen, Imke; Hasler, Mario; Tölle, K.-H.; Burfeind, O.; Beilage, Elisabeth große; Krieter, Joachim

doi:10.1016/j.livsci.2016.07.009

Cited by 40 publications

(44 citation statements)

References 31 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…In accordance with other studies [33,34] which detected an increasing number of tail lesions one week after weaning, tail lesions increased in this study in the second week after weaning for all housing and docking groups, but to different extents. Naya et al [34] found that pigs seemed to become more courageous from the second week of age and often started to nibble and bite on boots and clothes of the observer.…”

Section: Tail Lesionssupporting

confidence: 93%

Tail Lesions and Losses of Docked and Undocked Pigs in Different Farrowing and Rearing Systems

et al. 2020

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study aimed to investigate the effects of farrowing and rearing systems on tail lesions and losses of docked and undocked pigs. Pigs from three farrowing systems: Conventional farrowing crate (FC), free farrowing (FF) and group housing of lactating sows (GH) were randomly allocated to different rearing systems: A conventional system (CONV), where the pigs were regrouped and transferred to conventional finishing pens at ten weeks of age or a wean-to-finish (W-F) system, where the pigs remained in their pens until slaughter with higher space allowance during rearing. Weekly, tail lesions and losses were assessed individually. The incidence of tail lesions was higher in undocked CONV pigs compared to undocked W-F pigs (maximum: CONV 58.01%, W-F 41.16%). The rearing system had a significant effect on tail losses at the end of finishing (CONV 67.63%, W-F 38.2%). The significant effect of the rearing system might be explained by higher space allowance during rearing and reduced regrouping stress for W-F pigs. In conclusion, farrowing systems showed no effects, but the W-F rearing system reduces the frequency of tail lesions and losses; the curves of tail lesions increased slower and stayed on a lower level, which resulted in lower losses as well.

show abstract

Section: Tail Lesionssupporting

confidence: 93%

Tail Lesions and Losses of Docked and Undocked Pigs in Different Farrowing and Rearing Systems

et al. 2020

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…4. This is a challenge which former studies also have had to deal with (Veit et al, 2016(Veit et al, , 2017Naya et al, 2018). Possibly, a greater difference in the feed composition between the treatment groups could increase the treatment group effect.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence on tail-biting in weaning pigs of crude fibre content and different crude fibre components in pigs' rations

Honeck

Ahlhorn

Burfeind³

et al. 2020

J. Agric. Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The aim of the study was to analyse the influence on tail-biting in undocked pigs during the rearing period of crude fibre in piglets' rations. All pigs were fed the same pre-starter until weaning. The study comprised two trials with four experimental groups each. The first trial contained: a control group (CG1) with conventional feed (up to 40 g/kg crude fibre), two groups with an increased crude fibre content of up to 50 g/kg (G5) and 60 g/kg (G6), respectively, and one group with conventional feed and crude fibre provision ad libitum (AL). The second trial consisted of a control group (CG2) which received the same conventional feed as CG1 and three treatment groups with either soya hulls (SS), dried sugar beet pulp (DP) or oat fibre (OF) admixed to their ration, to achieve a crude fibre content of 60 g/kg in all three groups. The rearing week, the batch, the treatment group (only in trial one) and the interaction between batch and treatment group had a significant influence on tail-lesions (P < 0.05). The tail-biting process started in rearing week 3 (trial one) and 5 (trial two), respectively. Due to the low frequency of tail-biting during the present study, crude fibre seems to have no major influence on tail-biting during the rearing period. This unexpected result may be caused by the optimized conditions in which the piglets were kept and the intensive animal observation carried out by the employees. However, the batch effect was most influential.

show abstract

“…Tail biting in pigs is influenced by housing density, feed composition, temperature and humidity, gender, environmental enrichment (Veit et al, ), and other kinds of factors (van de Weerd & Day, ). Keeping pigs litter‐wise had no preventive effect on the occurrence of tail biting (Veit et al, ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of tail docking and/or teeth clipping on behavior, lesions, and physiological indicators of sows and their piglets

Zhou

et al. 2019

Animal Science Journal

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

To evaluate effects of tail docking and/or teeth clipping on sows and their piglets, a total of 24 sows and their 302 piglets at 3 days of age were randomly allocated to one of four treatments: teeth clipping and tail docking (TCTD), teeth clipping (TC), tail docking (TD), or intact teeth and tail (Intact). Behavior of piglets and sows, lesions on the body and tail of piglets and sows' teats were inspected. Heart rates of processed piglets were increased (p < .01) during the procedures. Teeth clipping decreased body surface temperature (p < .01) of piglets during and after the procedures but tail docking did not (p > .01). Processed piglets spent more (p < .05) time lying alone and playing/fighting than sham‐processed piglets. Tail docked piglets spent less (p < .01) time standing than tail sham‐docked piglets. Intact teeth increased (p < .05) the avoidance behaviors of sows. Teeth clipping decreased (p < .05) the lesion scores on the anterior, middle, and posterior teats. Taken together, piglet teeth clipping had more impact on sows and their piglets than tail docking did in the lactation period based on our findings.

show abstract

Influence of raw material on the occurrence of tail-biting in undocked pigs

Cited by 40 publications

References 31 publications

Tail Lesions and Losses of Docked and Undocked Pigs in Different Farrowing and Rearing Systems

Tail Lesions and Losses of Docked and Undocked Pigs in Different Farrowing and Rearing Systems

Influence on tail-biting in weaning pigs of crude fibre content and different crude fibre components in pigs' rations

Effects of tail docking and/or teeth clipping on behavior, lesions, and physiological indicators of sows and their piglets

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About