Welfare Aspects of Raising Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2020 For a long time, scientists assumed that newborns have a severely limited sense of pain (if any). However, this assumption is wrong and led to a “start of the exit” from piglet surgical castration.
Borell EV +6 more
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How to Improve Meat Quality and Welfare in Entire Male Pigs by Genetics. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 International audienceGiving up surgical castration is desirable to avoid pain during surgery but breeding entire males raises issues on meat quality, particularly on boar taint, and aggression.
Larzul C.
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Strategies to Meet Nutritional Requirements and Reduce Boar Taint in Meat from Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2020 Simple SummaryRaising entire male pigs and immunocastrates poses various challenges on how the nutrient requirements of these growth-efficient animals can be met.
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Can Hydrolysable Tannins in Diet of Entire Male Pigs Affect Carcass, Pork Quality Traits, Amino and Fatty Acid Profiles, and Boar Taint, Skatole and Androstenone Levels? [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 The slaughtering of entire males increases the probability of incidence of tainted pork due to the presence two main compounds—androstenone and skatole. If a surgical castration of young entire male pigs is stopped in the EU countries, fattening of boars
Bahelka I, Bučko O, Fľak P.
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Male Reproductive Organ Weight: Criteria for Detection of Androstenone-Positive Carcasses in Immunocastrated and Entire Male Pigs. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Fazarinc G +9 more
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Eating Quality of Pork from Entire Male Pigs after Dietary Supplementation with Hydrolysable Tannins. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2023 Bahelka I +5 more
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Sensory Profiling and Liking of Salami and Pancetta from Immunocastrated, Surgically Castrated and Entire Male Pigs. [PDF]
Animals (Basel), 2021 Żakowska-Biemans S +4 more
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The Mode of Action of Chicory Roots on Skatole Production in Entire Male Pigs Is neither via Reducing the Population of Skatole-Producing Bacteria nor via Increased Butyrate Production in the Hindgut. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2019 Li X, Jensen BB, Canibe N.
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The effect of mixing entire male pigs prior to transport to slaughter on behaviour, welfare and carcass lesions. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2015 van Staaveren N +3 more
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Effects of Dietary Bromide, Magnesium and Tryptophan and Immunocastration on Growth Performance and Behaviour of Entire Male Pigs. [PDF]
Animals (Basel)Dunshea FR, McCauley I, Smits RJ.
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