Figure 1

Suggested tail damage scale classes (no, minor and major damage) for benchmarking purposes in practice, based on tail length and injury scores used in research. If pigs have more than half of the tail docked, using only the tail injury score (no injury and injury) could be considered. This would have the effect of no longer distinguishing between minor and major damage, but would still allow comparisons with non-tail docked pigs in the percentage of pigs with no damage and therefore still be useful for benchmarking internationally.