Keyword: Mutilation

Enrichment use in finishing pigs and its relationship with damaging behaviours: Comparing three wood species and a rubber floor toy

Jen-Yun Chou, Rick B. D'Eath, Dale Andrew Sandercock, Keelin O'Driscoll

Published in 2020

Comparison of the effects of enrichment with three species of wood and a rubber floor toy in finishing pig farms, study of the relationship between toy use and harmful behaviours, and physiological and physical measures for stress and injury.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Enrichment, Housing, Living environment, Mutilation

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French Assemblée Nationale: written answer to Question No. 24499: Elevages porcins-castration-claquage-bien-être animal

Christophe Naegelen (UDI, Agir et Indépendants, Vosges); Answer: French Ministry of Agriculture and Food

Published in 2020

Question concerning the end date for live castration of piglets and measures to support farmers in this transition.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal Issues, Mutilation, Stress

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Arrêté du 24 février 2020 modifiant l’arrêté du 16 janvier 2003 établissant les normes minimales relatives à la protection des porcs

Journal Officiel of the French Republic

Published in 2020

Order imposing a ban on the live castration of male domestic pigs under seven days old, the obligation to provide a drinking trough to meet the obligation to provide a constant supply of water  and specifying other criteria for monitoring on domestic pig holdings.

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation

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Sheep castration, tail docking, and pain management

British Veterinary Association

Published in 2020

Preview: “It is essential for sheep health and welfare, that any procedures having the potential to create pain and suffering should be balanced against the need for that procedure. Castration and tail-docking are sometimes routine husbandry procedures and, because they are painful, efforts must be made to reduce their use, especially where there are alternative management techniques.”

Document Types: Opinions

Animal categories: Ovines

Keywords: Pain, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Breeding and rearing systems

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European Parliament: written answer to Question E004029/2019: Castration of piglets without anaesthetic in the EU

Question: Harald Vilimsky. Answer: Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European Parliament

Published in 2020

Question on a possible change to the regulations on the castration of piglets

Document types: Regulation/Certification

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Societal issues, Mutilation, Breeding and rearing systems

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Arrêt de la coupe des queues des porcelets, une équation difficilement maîtrisable

Nicolas Villain, Yannick Ramonet

Published in 2020

This article describes a trial to establish the impacts of the cessation of tail docking on performance and tail biting on a pig farm.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Mutilation, Breeding and rearing systems

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Germany: aid for the castration of piglets under anaesthetic

Professional Pig Community

Published in 2020

The German Minister of Food and Agriculture approved the "Decree on the administration of isoflurane anaesthesia during the castration of piglets by qualified persons". Financial support will be granted to pig farmers.

Document types: Technical Paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Mutilation

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Transmammary delivery of firocoxib to piglets reduces stress and improves average daily gain after castration, tail docking, and teeth clipping

Johann F Coetzee, Pritam K Sidhu, Jon Seagen, Teresa Schieber, Katie Kleinhenz, Michael D Kleinhenz, Larry W Wulf, Vickie L Cooper, Reza Mazloom, Majid Jaberi-Douraki, Kelly Lechtenberg

Published in 2020

A test of the effect of intramammary administration of the anti-inflammatory drug firocoxib in sows on stress and piglet production during painful manipulations such as tail docking, castration, teeth cutting.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Mutilation, Stress, Breeding and rearing systems

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Evidence of Pain, Stress, and Fear of Humans During Tail Docking and the Next Four Weeks in Piglets (Sus scrofa domesticus)

Céline Tallet, Marine Rakotomahandry, Sabine Herlemont and Armelle Prunier

Published in 2019

Study of the impacts of tail docking in piglets on behavioural indicators of pain and stress and on Human-animal relationships.

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Pain, Welfare indicators, Mutilation, Human-animal relationships, Stress

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Influence of Housing Conditions on Reliability of Immunocastration and Consequences for Growth Performance of Male Pigs

Kevin Kress, Ulrike Weiler, Sonja Schmucker, Marjeta Čandek-Potokar, Milka Vrecl, Gregor Fazarinc, Martin Škrlep, Nina Batorek-Lukač, Volker Stefanski

Published in 2019

Evaluation of the influence of three sorts of housing conditions (enriched, standard and repeated social mixing) on the immune response of boars, immunocastrated pigs and castrated pigs

Document Types: Scientific paper

Animal categories: Porcines

Keywords: Housing, Mutilation, Breeding and rearing systems

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