scholarly journals Multi-Step Tail Biting Outbreak Intervention Protocols for Pigs Housed on Slatted Floors

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jen-Yun Chou ◽  
Keelin O’Driscoll ◽  
Rick B. D’Eath ◽  
Dale A. Sandercock ◽  
Irene Camerlink

Solutions are needed to keep pigs under commercial conditions without tail biting outbreaks (TBOs). However, as TBOs are inevitable, even in well managed farms, it is crucial to know how to manage TBOs when they occur. We evaluated the effectiveness of multi-step intervention protocols to control TBOs. Across 96 pens (1248 undocked pigs) managed on fully-slatted floors, 40 TBOs were recorded (≥3 out of 12–14 pigs with fresh tail wounds). When an outbreak was identified, either the biters or the victims were removed, or enrichment (three ropes) was added. If the intervention failed, another intervention was randomly used until all three interventions had been deployed once. Fifty percent of TBOs were controlled after one intervention, 30% after 2–3 interventions, and 20% remained uncontrolled. A high proportion of biters/victims per pen reduced intervention success more so than the type of intervention. When only one intervention was used, adding ropes was the fastest method to overcome TBOs. Removed biters and victims were successfully reintroduced within 14 days back to their home pens. In conclusion, 80% of TBOs were successfully controlled within 18.4 ± 1.7 days on average using one or multiple cost-effective intervention strategies.

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 468-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Dunbabin

PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. e0165021
Author(s):  
Ruth Pulikottil-Jacob ◽  
Martin Connock ◽  
Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala ◽  
Hema Mistry ◽  
Amy Grove ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 1760-1772 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyo Kyung Lee ◽  
Rebecca Jin ◽  
Yuan Feng ◽  
Philip A. Bain ◽  
Jo Goffinet ◽  
...  

The Foot ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 101830
Author(s):  
Zach J. Place ◽  
Deborah J. Macdonald ◽  
Nicholas D. Clement ◽  
Hisham Shalaby ◽  
John C. McKinley

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-50
Author(s):  
Kanchan Thapa ◽  
Robert B. Clark ◽  
Michael K. Visick ◽  
Yubanidhi Basaula ◽  
Rakesh Hamal ◽  
...  

Helping Babies Breath (HBB) is an evidence based educational curriculum practiced worldwide to teach neonatal resuscitation. It is famous and cost effective intervention in resource limited setting. In this regard, we have been implementing HBB program in Nepal through hospitals where delivery rate is higher. In this program, a pair of trainers have been trained as Master Trainer. These trainer back to hospital and train their colleagues in own facility. We have already produced more than seven hundred master trainers from hospital, nursing college, medical colleges and university in Nepal. Through the program, it aims to reduce the neonatal morbidity and mortality so that the country will achieve the target set by SDGs.


1979 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 225-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasper E. Shealy

Paper shows how the belief that one has about how accidents happen (Theory of Accident Causation) affects the design of the Accident Report Form, the type of information gathered, the nature of your accident data base, the analysis of the data and, finally, the way in which you intervene in the situation. Two different approaches are examined, one which is typical of most existing systems, the other represents a much improved system that points the way to more effective intervention strategies.


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