Amino acid supplementation counteracts negative effects of low protein diets on tail biting in pigs more than extra environmental enrichment

Amino acid supplementation counteracts negative effects of low protein diets on tail biting in pigs more than extra environmental enrichment

Abstract Low protein (LP) diets may increase the occurrence of damaging behaviours, like tail biting, in pigs. We investigated the effect of supplementing a LP diet with indispensable amino acids (IAA) or environmental enrichment on tail biting. Undocked pigs (n = 48 groups of 12) received either a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ilaria Minussi, Walter J. J. Gerrits, Alfons J. M. Jansman, Rosemarijn Gerritsen, William Lambert, Johan J. Zonderland, J. Elizabeth Bolhuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45704-0

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-45704-0

Similar Items