Effects of tail docking and docking length on neuroanatomical changes in healed tail tips of pigs

In pig production, piglets are tail docked at birth in order to prevent tail biting later in life. In order to examine the effects of tail docking and docking length on the formation of neuromas, we used 65 pigs and the following four treatments: intact tails (n=18); leaving 75% (n=17); leaving 50%...

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Main Authors: M.S. Herskin, K. Thodberg, H.E. Jensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:Animal
Subjects:
pig
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114002857