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Combined Effect of Dietary Protein, Ractopamine, and Immunocastration on Boar Taint Compounds, and Using Testicle Parameters as an Indicator of Success

Foods, 2020
This study investigates the combined effect of immunocastration, dietary protein level (low, medium or high) and ractopamine hydrochloride supplementation (0 or 10 mg/kg) on the adipose concentrations of androstenone, skatole and indole in pigs, and ...
Tersia Needham, Rob M. Gous, Helet Lambrechts, Elsje Pieterse, Louwrens C. Hoffman   +4 more
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Immunocastration in Gilts: A Preliminary Study of the Effect of the Second Dose Administration Time on Growth, Reproductive Tract Development, and Carcass and Meat Quality

Animals, 2021
Increasing fatness and avoiding puberty are desirable in gilts intended for high-quality dry-cured ham production. A total of 48 Duroc x (Landrace x Large White) females of 26.5 ± 3.70 kg body weight (BW) were used to evaluate the impact of ...
Leticia Pérez-Ciria, Giuseppe Carcò, Francisco Javier Miana-Mena, Olga Mitjana, María Victoria Falceto, Maria Angeles Latorre   +5 more
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Evaluation of Surgical Castration vs Immunocastration in Fattening Pigs [PDF]

, 2021
Objective: to determine the effect of surgical castration and immunocastration on productive parameters, carcass quality, as well as the physicochemical characteristics of the meat in fattening pigs.
Escobar-Hernández, Ramiro, Escobar-Hernández, Ramiro, Cruz-Cortés, Ariadna, Valencia- Franco, Edgar, Castro-González , Numa Pompilio, Cruz-Cortés , Ariadna, Soní-Guillermo , Eutiquio, Castro-González, Numa Pompilio, Pérez-Martínez , Jennifer, Pérez-Sato, Marcos, Valencia- Franco , Edgar, Soní-Guillermo, Eutiquio, Pérez-Martínez, Jennifer   +12 more
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Investigating the potential for genetic improvement of nitrogen and phosphorus efficiency in a Swiss large white pig population using chemical analysis

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Volume 137, Issue 6, Page 545-558, November 2020., 2020
Abstract Pig production contributes to environmental pollution through excretion of phosphorus and nitrogenous compounds. European pig production requires annual imports of currently 36 million tons of soya bean, because domestic plant protein sources often do not meet the required protein quality.
Claudia Kasper, Isabel Ruiz‐Ascacibar, Peter Stoll, Giuseppe Bee   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

RNA-seq coupling two different methods of castration reveals new insights into androgen deficiency-caused degeneration of submaxillary gland in male Sprague Dawley rats

BMC Genomics, 2022
Background Salivary gland (SMG) degeneration and dysfunction are common symptoms that occur after sex hormone deprivation, but the underlying mechanisms remain largely unknown.
Xingfa Han, Xue Xia, Yong Zhuo, Lun Hua, Guozhi Yu, Guixian Bu, Xiaohan Cao, XiaoGang Du, Qiuxia Liang, Xianyin Zeng, Fengyan Meng   +10 more
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Effect of Immunocastration and Diet on Growth Performance, Serum Metabolites and Sex Hormones, Reproductive Organ Development and Carcass Quality of Heavy Gilts

Animals, 2021
It is desirable to increase fatness in gilts destined for Teruel dry-cured ham production. A total of 192 Duroc × (Landrace × Large White) gilts of 40.3 ± 4.80 kg body weight (BW) were used to assess the impact of immunocastration and feeding on growth ...
Leticia Pérez-Ciria, Francisco Javier Miana-Mena, María Victoria Falceto, Olga Mitjana, Maria Angeles Latorre   +4 more
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Impact of Housing Condition on Welfare and Behavior of Immunocastrated Fattening Pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)

Animals, 2021
The aim of this study was to investigate whether the well-known positive effects of immunocastration on the behavior and welfare of pigs persist under varying environments.
Linda Steybe, Kevin Kress, Sonja Schmucker, Volker Stefanski   +3 more
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Bones, reproductive organs and carcass characteristics of entire, early and late immunocastrated male pigs

Animal
Immunocastration has been introduced in pig production in order to combine the reduction of undesired characteristics of meat and improvement of animal welfare with achieving the highest possible production results.
I. Božičković, D. Radojković, R. Savić, M. Popovac, A. Brun, J. Soler, R. Lizardo, M. Font-i-Furnols   +7 more
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Exploratory Survey on European Consumer and Stakeholder Attitudes towards Alternatives for Surgical Castration of Piglets

Animals, 2020
Surgical castration of piglets without pain relief is still common practice in many countries. Possible alternatives for surgical castration are application of pain relief or anaesthesia or production of boars (entire males) and immunocastrates.
Marijke Aluwé, Evert Heyrman, João M. Almeida, Jakub Babol, Gianni Battacone, Jaroslav Čítek, Maria Font i Furnols, Andriy Getya, Danijel Karolyi, Eliza Kostyra, Kevin Kress, Goran Kušec, Daniel Mörlein, Anastasia Semenova, Martin Škrlep, Todor Stoyanchev, Igor Tomašević, Liliana Tudoreanu, Maren Van Son, Sylwia Żakowska-Biemans, Galia Zamaratskaia, Alice Van den Broeke, Macarena Egea   +22 more
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Belgian consumers' attitude towards surgical castration and immunocastration of piglets

, 2009
In the vast majority of European countries, piglets are surgically castrated in order to eliminate the risk of boor taint, an odour or flavour that can be present when pork from entire males is cooked.
Verbeke, Wim, Tuyttens, Frank, Vanhonacker, Filiep   +2 more
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