Media contributions
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Title Research discovers docking tails causes long-term pain Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Veterinary Times, VBD Publishers Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 10/08/18 Description Scotland-based researchers have found tail docking is a cause of long-term pain – a discovery that challenges the Scottish Government’s decision last year to partially reverse its ban on the practice.
Dale Sandercock, of Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), presented new evidence on the neurological effects of tail amputation at the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare meeting on advances in welfare science in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
His team – from SRUC’s Animal and Veterinary Science Research Group, and Newcastle University – has been investigating the impact of tail docking as a management procedure to prevent tail biting in piglets.
But their findings will also apply to other species where tails may be cut off in the neonatal period – sheep, horses and, in particular, dogs.Producer/Author John Bonner/Dale Sandercock URL https://www.vettimes.co.uk/news/research-discovers-docking-tails-causes-long-term-pain/ Persons Dale Sandercock, Pierpaolo Di Giminiani, Sandra Edwards
Keywords
- Tail docking
- Tail biting
- Animal welfare
- Animal health
- Painful procedures
- Pain
- Neuropathic pain
- Pig
- Pig production
- Piglet
- Traumatic neuroma
- Hypersensitivity
- Gene expression
- Mechanical hyperalgesia