South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking
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Resumo: | ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to better understand farmers’ perceptions regarding sheep welfare and procedures concerning the tail docking of sheep in the state of Parana, Southern Brazil. The study was carried out via telephone interviews or personally with 146 sheep farmers. Twenty-eight farmers (19.2%) did not tail dock; the main reasons given were because they raised short-hair sheep breeds. One hundred and eighteen farmers docked their sheep tails (80.8%). The main reasons given were hygiene (61.0%), facilitated mating (42.4%), breed standards (29.7%), and esthetics (26.3%). Rubber ring was the main method used for tail docking. Although farmers in Parana recognized that sheep are sentient animals and that tail docking causes pain, anesthesia was used by only six (5.1%) farmers during the procedure of tail docking. Our results showed that farmers’ opinions on sheep tail docking are divergent. Farmers who perform tail docking must be encouraged to use anesthesia and analgesia, and to ponder on the real need for the practice. This statement seems especially relevant considering the fact that some farmers reported the viability of maintaining wool sheep with undocked tails and that they recognized the suffering involved in this procedure. |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail dockinganimal welfarelambOvis ariespainrubber ringABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to better understand farmers’ perceptions regarding sheep welfare and procedures concerning the tail docking of sheep in the state of Parana, Southern Brazil. The study was carried out via telephone interviews or personally with 146 sheep farmers. Twenty-eight farmers (19.2%) did not tail dock; the main reasons given were because they raised short-hair sheep breeds. One hundred and eighteen farmers docked their sheep tails (80.8%). The main reasons given were hygiene (61.0%), facilitated mating (42.4%), breed standards (29.7%), and esthetics (26.3%). Rubber ring was the main method used for tail docking. Although farmers in Parana recognized that sheep are sentient animals and that tail docking causes pain, anesthesia was used by only six (5.1%) farmers during the procedure of tail docking. Our results showed that farmers’ opinions on sheep tail docking are divergent. Farmers who perform tail docking must be encouraged to use anesthesia and analgesia, and to ponder on the real need for the practice. This statement seems especially relevant considering the fact that some farmers reported the viability of maintaining wool sheep with undocked tails and that they recognized the suffering involved in this procedure.Universidade Federal de Santa Maria2019-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782019000400652Ciência Rural v.49 n.4 2019reponame:Ciência Ruralinstname:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)instacron:UFSM10.1590/0103-8478cr20180571info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessStamm,Fabiana de OrteMolento,Marcelo BeltrãoMolento,Carla Forte Maiolinoeng2019-04-03T00:00:00ZRevista |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking Stamm,Fabiana de Orte animal welfare lamb Ovis aries pain rubber ring |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking |
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South Brazilian farmers’ perceptions concerning sheep tail docking |
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Stamm,Fabiana de Orte |
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Stamm,Fabiana de Orte Molento,Marcelo Beltrão Molento,Carla Forte Maiolino |
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Stamm,Fabiana de Orte Molento,Marcelo Beltrão Molento,Carla Forte Maiolino |
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animal welfare lamb Ovis aries pain rubber ring |
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animal welfare lamb Ovis aries pain rubber ring |
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ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to better understand farmers’ perceptions regarding sheep welfare and procedures concerning the tail docking of sheep in the state of Parana, Southern Brazil. The study was carried out via telephone interviews or personally with 146 sheep farmers. Twenty-eight farmers (19.2%) did not tail dock; the main reasons given were because they raised short-hair sheep breeds. One hundred and eighteen farmers docked their sheep tails (80.8%). The main reasons given were hygiene (61.0%), facilitated mating (42.4%), breed standards (29.7%), and esthetics (26.3%). Rubber ring was the main method used for tail docking. Although farmers in Parana recognized that sheep are sentient animals and that tail docking causes pain, anesthesia was used by only six (5.1%) farmers during the procedure of tail docking. Our results showed that farmers’ opinions on sheep tail docking are divergent. Farmers who perform tail docking must be encouraged to use anesthesia and analgesia, and to ponder on the real need for the practice. This statement seems especially relevant considering the fact that some farmers reported the viability of maintaining wool sheep with undocked tails and that they recognized the suffering involved in this procedure. |
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