AllBite™ - Tail Biting Solution for Pigs.

Product Features AllBite™ is a molasses-based block designed to discourage vice behaviors, such as tail biting, in pigs, show pigs, and grow-finish pigs. Its unique design and its delivery system attract pigs and encourage them to chew on the block. Timely use of AllBite blocks can round out a sound animal welfare program. Aggressive behavior in pigs — whether it is tail-, flank-, ear- or vulva-biting — is a frustrating management problem, leading to costly losses.  Incidents of tail-biting, in particular, are among the top behavioral problems in gilt development units (GDUs) and grow-finish pigs that can lead to economic losses due to reductions in gain, secondary infections, death or carcass condemnations. What are the causes of tail-biting in pigs? Studies have shown that pigs are attracted to the taste and sight of blood, and if a pig draws blood from accidentally biting a pen-mate’s tail, doing so could elicit the negative behavior in that individual pig or even spread to the enti