Behavioural responses of lambs to plastic clips as an alternative procedure to mulesing

Objective Compare the effects on the behaviour of lambs of applying occlusive plastic clips, as an alternative procedure to surgical mulesing, with tail docking, surgical mulesing and a control treatment. Procedure We allocated 48 6–7‐week‐old Merino lambs to four treatment groups: plastic clips (Cl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Australian veterinary journal 2012-10, Vol.90 (10), p.373-380
Hauptverfasser:	Hemsworth, PH, Cronin, GM, Barnett, JL, Butler, KL, Jongman, EC, Karlen, GA, Coffey, A, Arnold, NA
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal Welfare Animals Animals, Newborn Behavior, Animal - physiology behaviour Female Insect Control - methods lambs Male mulesing Myiasis - prevention & control Myiasis - veterinary non-surgical mulesing Pain - prevention & control Pain - veterinary Sheep Sheep Diseases - prevention & control Sheep Diseases - surgery Tail - surgery Treatment Outcome Veterinary Medicine - instrumentation Veterinary Medicine - methods
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