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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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Labrador retrievers under primary veterinary care in the UK: demography, mortality and disorders [PDF]

, 2018
Background Labrador retrievers are reportedly predisposed to many disorders but accurate prevalence information relating to the general population are lacking.
A Agresti, A Bauman, A Gough, AJ German, AJ German, AJ German, AJ German, AJ German, AR Michell, ATB Edney, B de Bleser, BN Bonnett, BR Kirkwood, CA Pugh, DG O'Neill, DG O’Neill, DG O’Neill, DG O’Neill, DG O’Neill, DG O’Neill, DG O’Neill, DM Budreckis, E Kienzle, E Mason, E Raffan, F Coopman, FW Nicholas, G Harasen, GK Smith, GK Smith, GL Andersen, I Reichler, IC Lavrijsen, J Michelsen, JA Joyce, JA Woolliams, JP Morgan, JW Templeton, KL Anderson, L Asher, LM Freeman, MV Root Kustritz, MV Root Kustritz, N Barnard, N Jeffery, N Pearce, P McGreevy, PD McGreevy, PD McGreevy, PE Holt, PJ Forsythe, PS Yam, R Schneider, RS Hess, S Paterson, SA Martinez, SA Martinez, T Nuttall, T Roberts, TW Lewis, W Beauvais, WC Renberg, WG Marshall   +62 more
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Field experience with surgical castration with anaesthesia, analgesia, immunocastration and production of entire male pigs: performance, carcass traits and boar taint prevalence

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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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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Strategies to Meet Nutritional Requirements and Reduce Boar Taint in Meat from Entire Male Pigs and Immunocastrates

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, Nathalie Quiniou, Hanne Maribo, Galia Zamaratskaia, Peadar G. Lawlor   +4 more
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A hazard model of the probability of medical school dropout in the United Kingdom [PDF]

, 2001
From individual level longitudinal data for two entire cohorts of medical students in UK universities, we use multilevel models to analyse the probability that an individual student will drop out of medical school. We find that academic preparedness—both
Arulampalam W., Booth A. L., Goldstein H., Jeremy P. Smith, Lancaster T., Lawless J. F., McManus I. C., McManus I. C., McManus I. C., Mealli F., Moffitt R., Narendranathan W., Narendranathan W., Parkhouse J., Porter O., Robin A. Naylor, Tinto V., Tinto V., Van Ours J. C., Wiji Arulampalam   +19 more
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Proteomic Profiles of the Longissimus Muscles of Entire Male and Castrated Pigs as Related to Meat Quality

Animals, 2019
There are indications of reduced meat quality in entire male pigs (EMs) in comparison to surgically castrated pigs (SCs); however, the differences are not strongly confirmed, and the etiology is not clarified.
Martin Škrlep, Urška Tomažin, Nina Batorek Lukač, Klavdija Poklukar, Marjeta Čandek-Potokar   +4 more
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Meat quality, chemical and fatty acids composition and oxidative stability of pork from entire males, surgical castrates and gilts after betaine supplementation to diet [PDF]

Biotechnology in Animal Husbandry, 2020
This study was conducted to assess the effect of sex and betaine supplemented diet on chemical composition, cholesterol content, meat quality, fatty acids composition and oxidative stability of pork from entire males, surgical castrates and gilts.
Bahelka Ivan, Bučko Ondřej, Stupka Roman, Čítek Jaroslav, Hozáková Katarína   +4 more
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Alternatives to Piglet Castration: From Issues to Solutions

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, Maria Font-i-Furnols, Igor Tomasevič, Michel Bonneau   +3 more
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Effect of immunocastration on sex glands of male Mangulica (Swallow-bellied Mangalitsa) pigs

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia
The objective of this research was to study the effect of immunocastration on the morphometric characteristics of sex glands in male Swallow-bellied Mangalitsa pigs. The study included 24 animals (13 entire and 11 immunocastrated males).
Marija Gogić, Čedomir Radović, Marjeta Čandek-Potokar, Milica Petrović, Dragan Radojković, Nenad Parunović, Radomir Savić   +6 more
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