A novel surgical technique for prevention of self-sucking in cattle and buffaloes: tongue piercing

Abstract Background Self-sucking is an abnormal behavior lead to important economic losses for dairy farms. The objective of this study was to evaluate tongue piercing as a novel technique to prevent self-sucking in cattle and buffaloes. The study was carried out on 26 cows and 4 buffaloes suffered...

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Main Authors: Yasser Salman, Mohamed Semieka, Mohamed Karmi, Al-lethie A. Al-lethie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-05-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-022-03283-8