Table 5.
Risk factors studied in the literature and the importance that was placed upon them in relation to controlling tail-biting (TB) successfully.
| Charted Risk Factors | # of Articles 1 | Important for TB Outcome |
Unimportant for TB Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air Quality | 18 | 5 | 13 |
| Pig Flow | 18 | 4 | 14 |
| Diet | 19 | 11 | 8 |
| Feeding Frequency | 22 | 14 | 8 |
| Hygiene/Health | 29 | 10 | 19 |
| Housing/Flooring | 46 | 31 | 15 |
| Enrichment | 62 | 48 | 14 |
1 Possible for the same publication to have had more than one (1) risk factor studied and charted. Eighty-one (81) studies had more than one (1) risk factor charted.