Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms

Eight pens (25 pigs/pen; <i>n</i> = 200) provided with an interactive straw-filled rooting tower (experimental group) and five pens (25 pigs/pen; <i>n</i> = 125) with a stationary (fixed) tower without straw (control group) were compared within three fattening periods on a co...

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Autores principales:	Anne Kalies, Johannes Baumgartner, Martin Beyerbach, Milos Stanojlovic, Tobias Scholz, Franziska Richter, Alexandra von Altrock, Isabel Hennig-Pauka
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	welfare environmental enrichment tail manipulation swine biter Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:722310ecd82e45098a778deb69cda7362021-11-25T16:13:49ZInteractive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms10.3390/ani111130252076-2615https://doaj.org/article/722310ecd82e45098a778deb69cda7362021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/11/3025https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2615Eight pens (25 pigs/pen; <i>n</i> = 200) provided with an interactive straw-filled rooting tower (experimental group) and five pens (25 pigs/pen; <i>n</i> = 125) with a stationary (fixed) tower without straw (control group) were compared within three fattening periods on a conventional farm with fully slatted flooring. The effectiveness of the tower to trigger favourable behaviour in feeding and outside feeding periods was assessed. The incidence of deep tail injuries was lower in the experimental group (experimental group: Odds Ratio 0.3, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and was influenced by the batch (Odds Ratio: 2.38, <i>p</i> < 0.001) but not by pen and sex. In spring, most pens were excluded due to severe tail biting. Tail injury scores were more severe in the control group in weeks 5, 6 and 7 compared to the experimental group (<i>p</i> = 0.002, <i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>p</i> < 0.001, respectively). Tower manipulation was more frequent during feeding compared to outside feeding time (<i>p</i> = 0.002). More head than tail manipulation occurred in the experimental group (<i>p</i> = 0.03). The interactive tower as the only measure was not appropriate to reduce tail biting sufficiently in pigs with intact tails on a conventional fattening farm. Of high priority to prevent tail biting outbreaks was the early detection of biting pigs.Anne KaliesJohannes BaumgartnerMartin BeyerbachMilos StanojlovicTobias ScholzFranziska RichterAlexandra von AltrockIsabel Hennig-PaukaMDPI AGarticlewelfareenvironmental enrichmenttail manipulationswinebiterVeterinary medicineSF600-1100ZoologyQL1-991ENAnimals, Vol 11, Iss 3025, p 3025 (2021)
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topic	welfare environmental enrichment tail manipulation swine biter Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991
spellingShingle	welfare environmental enrichment tail manipulation swine biter Veterinary medicine SF600-1100 Zoology QL1-991 Anne Kalies Johannes Baumgartner Martin Beyerbach Milos Stanojlovic Tobias Scholz Franziska Richter Alexandra von Altrock Isabel Hennig-Pauka Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms
description	Eight pens (25 pigs/pen; <i>n</i> = 200) provided with an interactive straw-filled rooting tower (experimental group) and five pens (25 pigs/pen; <i>n</i> = 125) with a stationary (fixed) tower without straw (control group) were compared within three fattening periods on a conventional farm with fully slatted flooring. The effectiveness of the tower to trigger favourable behaviour in feeding and outside feeding periods was assessed. The incidence of deep tail injuries was lower in the experimental group (experimental group: Odds Ratio 0.3, <i>p</i> < 0.001) and was influenced by the batch (Odds Ratio: 2.38, <i>p</i> < 0.001) but not by pen and sex. In spring, most pens were excluded due to severe tail biting. Tail injury scores were more severe in the control group in weeks 5, 6 and 7 compared to the experimental group (<i>p</i> = 0.002, <i>p</i> < 0.001, <i>p</i> < 0.001, respectively). Tower manipulation was more frequent during feeding compared to outside feeding time (<i>p</i> = 0.002). More head than tail manipulation occurred in the experimental group (<i>p</i> = 0.03). The interactive tower as the only measure was not appropriate to reduce tail biting sufficiently in pigs with intact tails on a conventional fattening farm. Of high priority to prevent tail biting outbreaks was the early detection of biting pigs.
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author	Anne Kalies Johannes Baumgartner Martin Beyerbach Milos Stanojlovic Tobias Scholz Franziska Richter Alexandra von Altrock Isabel Hennig-Pauka
author_facet	Anne Kalies Johannes Baumgartner Martin Beyerbach Milos Stanojlovic Tobias Scholz Franziska Richter Alexandra von Altrock Isabel Hennig-Pauka
author_sort	Anne Kalies
title	Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms
title_short	Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms
title_full	Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms
title_fullStr	Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms
title_full_unstemmed	Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms
title_sort	interactive rooting towers and behavioural observations as strategies to reduce tail biting on conventional pig fattening farms
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/722310ecd82e45098a778deb69cda736
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Interactive Rooting Towers and Behavioural Observations as Strategies to Reduce Tail Biting on Conventional Pig Fattening Farms

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