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Collaborative project: (German) consortial project to prevent tail docking in pigs - subproject 1 (KoVeSch)
Project
Project code: 2819109517
Contract period: 15.08.2018
- 14.10.2021
Budget: 109,617 Euro
Purpose of research: Applied research
Keywords: prevention, husbandry techniques, pigs, animal husbandry, indicators, animal health
"Support for farm-specific optimization measures as well as development and testing of indicators and methods for early detection of tail biting.
Due to the multifactorial causes of tail biting, conventional pens on five experimental farms were extensively optimized into so-called ComfortPlus pens, e.g. via space allowance, functional areas incl. microclimate, organic enrichment material and stable groups. The different implementations are intended to provide support and orientation for farm-specific optimizations to reduce tail damage. However, the optimizations alone do not reliably allow to keep undocked pigs. The associated recording of performance data and workload provide pig farmers with additional support and orientation for farm-specific optimizations. In addition to the prevention of tail biting using optimized housing and management conditions, innovative methods for the early detection of tail biting were developed and tested within the framework of the project."
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal Husbandry
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
FLI - Institute for Animal Welfare and Animal Husbandry (FLI - ITT)
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: KoVeSch
- Collaborative project: (German) consortial project to prevent tail docking in pigs - subproject 2
- Collaborative project: (German) consortial project to prevent tail docking in pigs - subproject 3
- Collaborative project: (German) consortial project to prevent tail docking in pigs - subproject 4
- Collaborative project: (German) consortial project to prevent tail docking in pigs - subproject 5
- Collaborative project: (German) consortial project to prevent tail docking in pigs - subproject 6
- Collaborative project: (German) consortial project to prevent tail docking in pigs - subproject 7
