Injurious tail biting in pigs: how can it be controlled in existing systems without tail docking?

The use of image analysis as a new approach to assess behaviour classification in a pig barn

(2013) Annamaria Costa et al.   ACTA VETERINARIA BRNO

Jejunal morphology and blood metabolites in tail biting, victim and control pigs

(2013) P. A. Palander et al.   Animal

Stress measures in tail biters and bitten pigs in a matched case-control study

(2013) C Munsterhjelm et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Short- and long-term effects of eight enrichment materials on the behaviour of finishing pigs fed ad libitum or restrictively

(2013) Bettina Zwicker et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Using data from electronic feeders on visit frequency and feed consumption to indicate tail biting outbreaks in commercial pig production1

(2013) A. Wallenbeck et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Behavioural and Brain Gene Expression Profiling in Pigs during Tail Biting Outbreaks – Evidence of a Tail Biting Resistant Phenotype

(2013) Emma Brunberg et al.   PLoS One

Tail docking and the rearing of heavy pigs: The role played by gender and the presence of straw in the control of tail biting. Blood parameters, behaviour and skin lesions

(2013) Annalisa Scollo et al.   RESEARCH IN VETERINARY SCIENCE

Genetics of behavioural adaptation of livestock to farming conditions

(2012) L. Canario et al.   Animal

The welfare of growing pigs in five different production systems in France and Spain: assessment of health

(2012) D Temple et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Automated monitoring of behavioural-based animal welfare indicators

(2012) J Rushen et al.   ANIMAL WELFARE

Relationship between growth rate and oral manipulation, social nosing, and aggression in finishing pigs

(2012) Irene Camerlink et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Brain gene expression differences are associated with abnormal tail biting behavior in pigs

(2012) E. Brunberg et al.   GENES BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR

Identification of chromosomal locations associated with tail biting and being a victim of tail-biting behaviour in the domestic pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)

(2012) Kaitlin Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED GENETICS

Influence of the accessibility of straw in racks on exploratory behaviour in finishing pigs

(2012) Bettina Zwicker et al.   Livestock Science

The effect of space allowance for finishing pigs on productivity and pen hygiene

(2012) Torben Jensen et al.   Livestock Science

Prevalence of risk factors for tail biting on commercial farms and intervention strategies

(2012) Nina R. Taylor et al.   VETERINARY JOURNAL

Evaluating the prevalence of tail biting and carcase condemnations in slaughter pigs in the Republic and Northern Ireland, and the potential of abattoir meat inspection as a welfare surveillance tool

(2012) S. Harley et al.   VETERINARY RECORD

New phenotypes for new breeding goals in pigs

(2011) J. W. M. Merks et al.   Animal

Tail biting in fattening pigs: Associations between frequency of tail biting and other abnormal behaviours

(2011) Emma Brunberg et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The long and short of it: A review of tail docking in farm animals

(2011) Mhairi A. Sutherland et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

A longitudinal study of the effects of providing straw at different stages of life on tail-biting and other behaviour in commercially housed pigs

(2011) Poppy Statham et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Breeding against harmful social behaviours in pigs and chickens: State of the art and the way forward

(2011) Simon P. Turner   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Proof of Principle of the Comfort Class concept in pigs.

(2011) K.H. de Greef et al.   Livestock Science

Tail biting and production performance in fattening pigs

(2011) Alina Sinisalo et al.   Livestock Science

Characteristics of biter and victim piglets apparent before a tail-biting outbreak

(2010) J. J. Zonderland et al.   Animal

The effect of type of rooting material and space allowance on exploration and abnormal behaviour in growing pigs

(2010) Margit Bak Jensen et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

A meta-analysis of the combined effect of housing and environmental enrichment characteristics on the behaviour and performance of pigs

(2010) Xavier Averós et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Prediction of feather damage in laying hens using optical flows and Markov models

(2010) H.-j. Lee et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Gender effects on tail damage development in single- or mixed-sex groups of weaned piglets

(2010) Johan J. Zonderland et al.   Livestock Science

Optical flow patterns in broiler chicken flocks as automated measures of behaviour and gait

(2009) Marian Stamp Dawkins et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Experience of moderate bedding affects behaviour of growing pigs

(2009) Camilla Munsterhjelm et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Tail posture predicts tail damage among weaned piglets

(2009) Johan J. Zonderland et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Predicting tail-biting from behaviour of pigs prior to outbreaks

(2009) Poppy Statham et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Tail-biting: A new perspective

(2009) Nina R. Taylor et al.   VETERINARY JOURNAL

Influence of different types of environmental enrichment on the behaviour of finishing pigs in two different housing systems

(2008) Kamara Scott et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

A review of environmental enrichment for pigs housed in intensive housing systems

(2008) Heleen A. van de Weerd et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The role of novelty in environmental enrichment for the weaned pig

(2008) Sarah L. Trickett et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The effect of varying lengths of straw bedding on the behaviour of growing pigs

(2007) Jon E.L. Day et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

The importance of a food feedback in rooting materials for pigs measured by double demand curves with and without a common scaling factor

(2007) Louise Holm et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Pigs’ preferences for rooting materials measured in a three-choice maze-test

(2007) Margit Bak Jensen et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Prevention and treatment of tail biting in weaned piglets

(2007) Johan J. Zonderland et al.   APPLIED ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR SCIENCE

Effects of housing finishing pigs in two group sizes and at two floor space allocations on production, health, behavior, and physiological variables1

(2007) B. R. Street et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE