Talk:Teeth clipping

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Bruxton (talk) 23:59, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

POV

The article appears to be written more like an editorial against teeth clipping. Bruxton (talk) 00:03, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

I understand, I was about to include an advantages/motivations section, so that it would be balanced. However, the advantages are already stated in the lead(and the response too, piglet on piglet damage seems to be superficial).

Moreover, the other advantage: stronger piglets are weakened and don't monopolize food which is better shared across piglets, isn't an actual advantage since what matters for meat production is total litter weight and average piglet weight, which are the same whether piglet weight is more or less distributed. I didn't want to make a section for an advantage to then cite that it wasn't really an advantage, because it would have looked even more POV. Maybe I should have included that in the lead.

In general newer research tends to show disadvantages, while older research generally claimed the procedure has no effect on meat production. I cited mostly the newer research. Teeth clipping seems to be somewhat obsolete, in one article, from 2015, says it was used in the US and China, being phased out in many other places, a page claimed it was phased out in Europe.

Should I add the advantages/motivations section for increased neutrality? I think it will still look POV, due to the nature of the procedure and the fact that there's newer research disputing older claims.

Thank you for your feedback, Bruxton Wikain (talk) 11:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)