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5. The procedure may only be carried out where measures to improve environmental conditions or management systems have first been taken to prevent tail-biting, but there is still evidence to show that injury to pigs' tails by biting has occurred.
The method used must involve quick and complete severance of the tail.
An anaesthetic and additional prolonged analgesia must be administered where the animal is aged 7 days or over.
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