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Consumer animal welfare and healthy perception of fresh sausages’ fiber fat replaced and elaborated with meat from non‐castrated male pigs

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 12, Issue 9, Page 6720-6734, September 2024.
Entire male pork sausages reduced in fat and with vegetable fiber are positively perceived by consumers. Reduced‐fat entire male pork sausages with vegetable fiber can be an option for marketing this meat. Consumers consider castration to be justified if it improves the sensory perception of entire male pork.
Macarena Egea, M. Dolores Garrido, Maria Font‐i‐Furnols, Nuria Panella‐Riera, M. Belén Linares, Irene Peñaranda   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extending the interval between second vaccination and slaughter: II. Changes in the reproductive capacity of immunocastrated ram lambs

Animal, 2019
Immunocastration improves the welfare of castrated commercial slaughter lambs; however, the time-point at which this technique influences semen quality and sperm production has not yet been established for various vaccination schedules.
T. Needham, H. Lambrechts, L.C. Hoffman
doaj   +1 more source

Economics of boar taint prevention without surgical castration in the pork chain [PDF]

, 2010
An economic analyses of boar taint prevention without surgical castration is lacking. This paper explores currently feasible alternatives to surgical castration along the pork chain.
Backus, G.B.C., Hoste, R., Smet, A., de, Valeeva, N.I.   +3 more
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Hydrolysable tannin-based diet rich in gallotannins has a minimal impact on pig performance but significantly reduces salivary and bulbo-urethral gland size [PDF]

, 2017
Tannins have long been considered ‘anti-nutritional’ factors in monogastric nutrition, shown to reduce feed intake and palatability. However, recent studies revealed that compared to condensed tannins, hydrolysable tannins (HT) appear to have far less ...
Ampuero-Kragten, S., Bee, G., Litten-Brown, J., Mueller-Harvey, I., Salminen, J.-P., Silacci, P., Wealleans, A. L., Čandek-Potokar, M.   +7 more
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Protein turnover in pigs: A review of interacting factors

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Volume 108, Issue 2, Page 451-469, March 2024.
Abstract Protein turnover defines the balance between two continuous and complex processes of protein metabolism, synthesis and degradation, which determine their deposition in tissues. Although the liver and intestine have been studied extensively for their important roles in protein digestion, absorption and metabolism, the study of protein ...
Laura Sarri, Joaquim Balcells, Ahmad Reza Seradj, Gabriel de la Fuente   +3 more
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Carbon footprint of immunocastrated male fattening pigs compared to entire males, gilts, and surgically castrated males

Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Efforts to minimize the environmental impact of livestock production are essential for sustainable agriculture. Immunocastration, using products like Improvac®, offers an alternative to surgical castration, enabling the physiological advantages of ...
Julia Gickel, Christian Visscher
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of immunocastration on behaviour and blood parameters (cortisol and testosterone) of Holstein bulls

Austral Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2018
To evaluate the effect that immunocastration has on behaviour, testosterone and cortisol levels of feedlot Holstein bulls, 720 intact animals aged between 7 and 8 months, weighing 232±1.19 kg were randomly assigned to two treatments: immunocastration ...
José L. Bolado-Sarabia, Cristina Pérez-Linares, Fernando Figueroa-Saavedra, Alma R. Tamayo-Sosa, Alberto Barreras-Serrano, Eduardo Sánchez-López, Issa C. García-Reynoso, Francisco G. Ríos-Rincón, Mabel Y. Rodríguez-Poché, Luis A. García-Vega, Esteban Gallegos, Priscila Castro-Osuna   +11 more
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Effect of Castration Type and Diet on Growth Performance, Serum Sex Hormones and Metabolites, and Carcass Quality of Heavy Male Pigs

Animals, 2022
A trial was carried out to study the effect of type of castration and diet on pigs destined for Teruel ham production, which is a Spanish protected designation of origin for dry-cured ham.
Leticia Pérez-Ciria, Francisco Javier Miana-Mena, Javier Álvarez-Rodríguez, Maria Angeles Latorre   +3 more
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Feeding driet chicory root to pigs decrease androstenone accumulation in fat by increasing hepatic 3β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase expression [PDF]

, 2012
The present study investigated the in vivo effect of chicory root on testicular steroid concentrations and androstenone metabolizing enzymes in entire male pigs.
Brunius, Carl, Ekstrand, Bo, Rasmussen, Martin Krøyer, Zamaratskaia, Galia   +3 more
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Productive performance, carcass and meat quality of intact and castrated gilts slaughtered at 106 or 122 kg BW [PDF]

, 2011
A total of 200 (Landrace3Large White dam3Pietrain3Large White sire) gilts of 5063 days of age (23.361.47 kg BW) were used to investigate the effects of castration (intact gilt, IG v. castrated gilt, CG) and slaughter weight (SW; 106 v.
A. Fuentetaja, Banón, Bee, Branscheid, Candek-Potokar, Candek-Potokar, Candek-Potokar, Cisneros, Corino, Corino, Correa, Cruz, DeVol, Ellis, Fernández-Dueñas, Fortin, G.G. Mateos, Gandemer, García-Macías, Gispert, Gu, Guerrero, Honikel, J. Peinado, Latorre, Latorre, Latorre, Latorre, Latorre, Leach, López-Bote, M.P. Serrano, Mayoral, P. Medel, Peinado, Rincker, Ruíz-Carrascal, Sather, Serrano, Serrano, Serrano, Stalder, Terlouw, Virgili, Weatherup, Wood, Wood, Wyszcecki   +47 more
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