[Keeping pigs with undocked tails on conventionally producing farms. A feasibility study].

Objective: In this feasibility study, weaning and fattening pigs with undocked and docked tails were kept simultaneously on four conventionally producing farms in Lower Saxony, Germany. It was the aim of the study to test management recommendations to avoid and reduce tail biting under practical conditions.

Material And Methods: Before stocking, the farm-specific risk factors for tail biting had been analyzed and, if possible, reduced.