ArticleScientific reports2017
Characterization of short- and long-term mechanical sensitisation following surgical tail amputation in pigs.
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- Pooled it
- Characterizing neuroma-like formation after tail docking in sheep.Research in veterinary science · 2026Article
- Feasibility and reliability of pressure algometry for mechanical nociceptive threshold quantification in lambs in a field environment.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Study: Swine Inflammation and Necrosis Syndrome in Suckling and Weaned Piglets Is Associated with Tail Length and Integrity in Slaughter Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Part I: understanding pain in pigs-basic knowledge about pain assessment, measures and therapy.Porcine health management · 2025Review
- Exploring the effects of dietary lysine and tryptophan on the social behavior of pigs.Journal of animal science · 2025Article
- Pain Relief Interventions in Australian Livestock Husbandry: A Review of Animal Welfare and Pain Duration.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- On determining the mechanical nociceptive threshold in pigs: a reliability study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Welfare of pigs on farm.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2022Article
- Impact of Routine Management Procedures on the Welfare of Suckling Piglets.Veterinary sciences · 2022Review
- The Neuroimmune Interface and Chronic Pain Through the Lens of Production Animals.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Review
- Comparative effects of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs at castration and tail-docking in neonatal piglets.PloS one · 2021Article
- Association Between Tail-Biting and Intestinal Microbiota Composition in Pigs.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2020Article
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- Early Neonatal Pain-A Review of Clinical and Experimental Implications on Painful Conditions Later in Life.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
- Prediction of Tail Biting Events in Finisher Pigs from Automatically Recorded Sensor Data.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019Article
- Evidence of Pain, Stress, and Fear of Humans During Tail Docking and the Next Four Weeks in Piglets (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2019Article
- Transcriptomics Analysis of Porcine Caudal Dorsal Root Ganglia in Tail Amputated Pigs Shows Long-Term Effects on Many Pain-Associated Genes.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2019Article
- Efficacy of buprenorphine for management of surgical castration pain in piglets.BMC veterinary research · 2018Article
- Tail Docking of Canine Puppies: Reassessment of the Tail's Role in Communication, the Acute Pain Caused by Docking and Interpretation of Behavioural Responses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2018Article
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Abstract
Commercial pigs are frequently exposed to tail mutilations in the form of preventive husbandry procedures (tail docking) or as a result of abnormal behaviour (tail biting). Although tissue and nerve injuries are well-described causes of pain hypersensitivity in humans and in rodent animal models, there is no information on the changes in local pain sensitivity induced by tail injuries in pigs. To determine the temporal profile of sensitisation, pigs were exposed to surgical tail resections and mechanical nociceptive thresholds (MNT) were measured in the acute (one week post-operatively) and in the long-term (either eight or sixteen weeks post-surgery) phase of recovery. The influence of the degree of amputation on MNTs was also evaluated by comparing three different tail-resection treatments (intact, 'short tail', 'long tail'). A significant reduction in MNTs one week following surgery suggests the occurrence of acute sensitisation. Long-term hypersensitivity was also observed in tail-resected pigs at either two or four months following surgery. Tail amputation in pigs appears to evoke acute and sustained changes in peripheral mechanical sensitivity, which resemble features of neuropathic pain reported in humans and other species and provides new information on implications for the welfare of animals subjected to this type of injury.
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