Review on keeping entire male pigs
, 2023 The practice of surgical castration raises concerns regarding animal welfare. Raising entire or intact male pigs is an alternative to castration. In addition to offering an alternative to an aversive treatment, entire males offer several advantages in terms of improved feed efficiency, reduced feed intake and enhanced protein deposition.
Kongsted, Hanne, Patt, Antonia
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Amino and fatty acid profile, chemical composition and pork quality in entire males, castrates and gilts [PDF]
Acta Fytotechnica et Zootechnica, 2020 Forty-two pigs, entire males, surgical castrates and gilts, was randomly selected for the experiment. After reaching the average live weight of 105 kg, pigs were slaughtered. Significant differences (P
Ivan Bahelka
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Alternatives to Piglet Castration: From Issues to Solutions [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Because castrated male pigs convert feed into meat less efficiently than entire males, they are less efficient regarding the utilization of resources [...]
Ulrike Weiler +3 more
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Strategies to Meet Nutritional Requirements and Reduce Boar Taint in Meat from Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates [PDF]
Animals, 2020 This paper reviews the current knowledge on the nutritional requirements of entire male and immunocastrated pigs to obtain an efficient growth, low boar taint level, and good carcass and meat quality.
Giuseppe Bee +4 more
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Potential sensitivity of pork production situations aiming at high-quality products to the use of entire male pigs as an alternative to surgical castrates [PDF]
Animal, 2018 The perspective of a possible ban on surgical castration of male pigs in the EU is a real challenge for pork production systems aiming at (very) high-quality products.
M. Bonneau +5 more
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The Use of Pork from Entire Male and Immunocastrated Pigs for Meat Products—An Overview with Recommendations [PDF]
Animals, 2020 Due to the strong public initiative in Europe and increased regulator focus to mitigate pain, surgical castration of pigs is being gradually abandoned, while the importance of other sex categories like entire males (EM) and immunocastrates (IC) increases.
Martin Škrlep +9 more
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Genetic approaches for rearing entire males
, 2018 Boar taint in the pork meat from entire male pigs results from the presence of two molecules: androstenone and skatole. The genetic determinism of androstenone and skatole has been studied for a few decades. It is well known that the heritability values are moderate to high and the genetic correlation between both levels is moderately positive ...
Larzul, Catherine +3 more
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Quality Characteristics and Composition of the Muscle from Entire and Castrate Elk in Korea [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2016 The objective of the research was to determine the chemical composition as well as the physicochemical properties of the longissimus muscle from Korean entire and castrate elk. Twelve elk stags were raised and fed on concentrate with ad libitum hay.
Sang-Woo Kim +4 more
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Animal, 2009 The objective of the study was to compare growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and fatty acid composition of the adipose tissue of group-penned barrows, immunocastrated boars and entire males.
C. Pauly +4 more
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Sexual maturity as risk for development of deviant behaviours in pig production systems with entire males [PDF]
Veterinarski Glasnik, 2021 Male piglets are castrated primarily to avoid the unpleasant boar taint in meat, and additionally for the predisposition of castrates to accumulate fat and for their lower risk of developing unwanted behaviours.
Nakov Dimitar +6 more
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