Tail posture predicts tail damage among weaned piglets

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 165-170

  Zonderland, Johan J ^a   van Riel, Johan W ^a   Bracke, Marc B M ^a   Kemp, Bas ^a   den Hartog, Leo A ^a   Spoolder, Hans A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pigs; Tail biting; Tail damage; Tail motion; Tail posture; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOVEMENT; PIG; WEANING; WOUNDING;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 70450260618     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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