ABSTRACT

Aberrant behaviors directed toward others can be damaging to the body of animals receiving the behavior.[10] Tail biting,[11] feather pecking, and wool pulling are relatively common aberrant behaviors. Other aberrant social behaviors that do not involve oral behaviors include excessive mounting as in the buller steer syndrome.[12] The buller steer syndrome is not considered a reproductive behavior because it is usually observed among castrated males. Injury from oral and non-oral aberrant behaviors can be severe because modern confinement systems have limited space that does not allow flight from the offending animal(s).