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SUBMITTER: Larsen MLV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6681100 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Larsen Mona Lilian Vestbjerg MLV Pedersen Lene Juul LJ Jensen Dan Børge DB
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20190719 7
Tail biting in pigs is an animal welfare problem, and tail biting should be prevented from developing into tail damage. One strategy could be to predict events of tail biting so that the farmer can make timely interventions in specific pens. In the current investigation, sensor data on water usage (water flow and activation frequency) and pen temperature (above solid and slatted floor) were included in the development of a prediction algorithm for tail biting. Steps in the development included m ...[more]