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However, tail docking is still common practice in many European countries, although several, including Finland and Lithuania have stopped routine tail docking altogether. However, many piglets in Europe are still routinely exposed to the cutting or cauterising of a part of the tail up to a week after birth, to prevent tail biting in their later life. This procedure is mostly done by the farmer during the first week of the piglets’ life without any pain relief. Welfare issues

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EuroTier 2021 will be a vastly different platform this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Organisers for the industry’s largest tradeshow, DLG, have decided to go for a digital event this time, for the safety of both exhibitors and attendees. Animal health and nutrition company, Tonisity, will be taking part in this year’s event. Tonisity develop supplementary nutritional products that create physiological changes in the gut of young animals. These products are designed to

Tonisity organised a webinar series to coincide with the company taking part in this year’s EuroTier. Due to the current coronavirus pandemic, it was not possible to have a physical event take place in Germany. The organisers decided to go digital for the safety of attendees. Tonisity developed a unique speaker programme with some of the industry’s leading experts presenting on specialist topics. In the first of the webinar series, Dr. Laura Boyle & Dr. Keelin O’Driscoll, Sen