Adipose Tissue Gene Expression of Entire Male, Immunocastrated and Surgically Castrated Pigs [PDF]
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 Differences in adipose tissue deposition and properties between pig male sex categories, i.e., entire males (EM), immunocastrates (IC) and surgical castrates (SC) are relatively well-characterized, whereas the underlying molecular mechanisms are still not fully understood.
KLAVDIJA Poklukar +2 more
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Raising Entire Males or Immunocastrates – Outlook on Meat Quality
Procedia Food Science, 2015 AbstractEuropean pig production faces a big challenge in the near future due to a strong initiative to abandon surgical castration of piglets. However, prior to ending of this widespread traditional practice in pig husbandry, a lot of potential problems need to be addressed in view of the adaptation of pig sector. It means that not only must boar taint
Nina Batorek Lukac +2 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.
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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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THE EFFECT OF DIETARY FIBRE CONTENT ON SKATOLE AND INDOLE PRODUCTION IN FAECES OF IMMUNOCASTRATED MALE PIGS [PDF]
Poljoprivreda, 2015 The effect of dietary fibre content on intestinal production of indolic compounds was studied in immunocastrated pigs (IC). In addition, entire males (EM) and IC were compared on control diet (with low fibre content).
Martin Škrlep +5 more
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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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Reproductive benefits and reduced investment in parental care behavior associated with reproductive groups of males in Abudefduf troschelii [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Fishes of the family Pomacentridae present a wide diversity of mating systems, ranging from polygyny to promiscuity and from individual territorial defense to the establishment of reproductive colonies of males.
Mariana Solís-Mendoza +3 more
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Variations in advertisement call modulations do not influence vocal interactions in bullfrog choruses [PDF]
JASA Express Letters, 2022 Chorusing male bullfrogs naturally vary the number of modulations within their advertisement call notes. A field playback experiment investigated whether these variations affect males' evoked vocal responses.
Andrea Megela Simmons, Laura N. Kloepper
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Evaluation of producing and marketing entire male pigs [PDF]
NJAS: Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 2016 This paper presents the results of a research program that was aimed at evaluating: (1) sensory evaluation of meat from entire male pigs, (2) preventive measures to reduce boar taint prevalence, (3) accuracy of detection for boar taint, and (4) the relationship between farm management characteristics and levels of mounting and aggressive behaviour of ...
Backus, G.B.C. +14 more
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Animal, 2015 Male piglets are castrated to reduce boar taint and also to reduce aggressive and sexual behaviour. However, the procedure as traditionally performed is painful and negatively affects performance.
M. Aluwé, F.A.M. Tuyttens, S. Millet
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