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Thüringer Ministerium für Infrastruktur und Landwirtschaft
Thuringia
Werner-Seelenbinder-Str. 8
99096 Erfurt
Website: External link to the authority
Thuringian advisory and management system "Tail biting"
For the pilot project, 18 Thuringian farmers joined forces with associations, veterinarians, consultants and experts to form an operational group. The aim was to establish a tried and tested advisory and management system in order to gain experience on how to be able to raise and fatten pigs with undocked tails in the long term without any animal welfare-related injuries or loss of cuts. The complexity of the causes for the occurrence of tail lesions makes it clear that all influencing factors must be optimized in order to be able to achieve a step-by-step change in cropping practice.
The close cooperation in the project took place over four essential stages: 1. Status survey in the farms (cause / risk analysis); 2. Training of advicers and veterinarians, operational advice of the farmers on risk reduction; 3. implementation of individual farm action plans; 4. Trials for keeping small groups of uncropped animals.
The project showed that in every stage of pig husbandry (piglet production, rearing, fattening) the many influencing factors must be analyzed and risks eliminated before small groups of uncocked animals can be kept. The optimization process requires (a lot of) time and serious cooperation with everyone involved (veterinarian, equipment supplier for stable climate / housing technology, feed supplier). The entire chain of pig farming must be included, i.e. also the piglet producer. Individual measures won't bring immediate effects and successes. The optimization process must be constantly monitored and redesigned if the conditions change. Undocked animal groups place higher demands on husbandry, genetics, and care. Throug an constant traning of employees an an intensive animal observation aberrance in animal behaviour can bequickly identified and adjusted.
Animal husbandry
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)
Tierproduktion Alkersleben GmbH
Am Wald 1
98639 Rippershausen
Phone: +49 (0) 3693 897233
Email: info@poels-gmbh.de
2016
completed
219,165
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