A revolution in thinking about pig tails

01-10-2013 | | |
Irene Camerlink, WUR:  The basis of the problem of tail biting is determined by a good pig health.
Irene Camerlink, WUR: The basis of the problem of tail biting is determined by a good pig health.
Industry-wide agreements in the Netherlands are likely to be the first step in a process to phase out tail docking. The underlying problem of tail biting, however, is not solved by banning ?docking. Now more than ever, thinking about pig tails is taken ?seriously.? Multifactorial – there is no truer word than this when referring to tail biting. Some pork producers say it is a draught problem; others say it’s the change of the seasons; others again are sure it is all down to changes in feedin


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Vincent ter Beek Editor of Pig Progress / Topic: Pigs around the world