Table 1.
Design of the experiment (U, undocked pigs; S, sham-docked pigs; D, docked pigs; M, males; F, females).
| Days | Husbandry event | Observational phase | Location of observations | Number of piglets | Number of sows | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U | S | D | |||||
| −1, −2 | Birth | No | No | 19 | |||
| 0 | Sham/tail docking | 1 | Husbandry table | No | 27M + 23F | 48F | 19 |
| 0 | No | 2 | Isolated in a cart | No | 27M + 23F | 48F | 19 |
| 0, 3 | No | 3 | Home pen | 37F | 17M + 22F | 36F | 19 |
| 4 | Iron injection and tattoo | No | All | All | All | 19 | |
| 4 | Tail docking | No | No | No | All | No | 19 |
| 6, 12, 19, 26 | No | 4 | Home pen | 47F | No | 45F | 19 |
| 14 | No | Human test | Test pen | 18F | No | 18F | 18 |
| 28 | Weaning | No | No | All | All | All | 19 |