Editorial: Holistic prevention strategies for tail biting in pigs; from farm to slaughterhouse

Richard B D'Eath; Keelin O'Driscoll; Emma Fàbrega

doi:10.3389/fvets.2023.1296461

Editorial: Holistic prevention strategies for tail biting in pigs; from farm to slaughterhouse

Front Vet Sci. 2023 Nov 9:10:1296461. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1296461. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Richard B D'Eath¹, Keelin O'Driscoll², Emma Fàbrega³

Affiliations

¹ Scotland's Rural College, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
² Teagasc, Fermoy, Ireland.
³ Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology (IRTA), Monells, Spain.

No abstract available

Keywords: animal welfare; precision livestock farming (PLF); swine production; tail biting behavior; tail docking.

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. KO'D was supported by the Teagasc Pig Development Department. EF was supported by the Animal Welfare Program at the Catalan Institute of Agricultural Research (IRTA). RD'E was supported by the Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division of the Scottish Government (SRUC-A3-5).