Necrosis and long tails do not go well together

Keeping long tails is only possible on farms that do not suffer from (ear or tail) necrosis, a phenomenon also known as SINS. This conclusion can be drawn with knowledge that is currently available. Formally, tail docking is not allowed in the Netherlands – only under exceptional circumstances it can be performed. In practice, however, that results in routine docking being done on a relatively large scale. That practice, however, is very likely to end in 2030. As a result, the pig farmi