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

Animal

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 677-681

  Herskin, M S ^a   Thodberg, K ^a   Jensen, H E ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

amputation; neuroma; pain; pig; tail docking

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AMPUTATION STUMP; ANIMAL; CAUTERIZATION; HEAT; NEUROMA; PATHOLOGY; PIG; SURGERY; SWINE DISEASES; TAIL; VETERINARY;

AMPUTATION STUMPS; ANIMALS; CAUTERY; HOT TEMPERATURE; NEUROMA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; TAIL;

EID: 84925086715     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114002857     Document Type: Article

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