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TAIL BITING [1 record]

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Record 1 2003-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Pig Raising
DEF

a vice in pigs which bite each other's tail because of boredom initially and then as a habit, causing blood loss and frequently local abscess formation or spinal cord abscess. In dogs, seen as a vice in association with tail chasing....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
  • Élevage des porcs
CONT

Morsures. Il arrive assez communément que les porcs à l'engrais contractent l'habitude de se mordre la queue entre eux. Ce vice est cause de pertes considérables s'il se généralise et s'il occasionne des infections. [...] ILLUSTRATION 12 - Résultats de morsures à la queue. Remarquer l'enflure du moignon de queue de même que l'infection dans l'articulation du jarret.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina veterinaria
  • Cría de ganado porcino
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