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Animal, 2019 Immunocastration provides a less invasive means of castrating lambs. Considering increasing consumer awareness, the efficacy of this technique on commercial slaughter lambs needs to be further investigated and its effects on growth and stress responses ...
T. Needham, H. Lambrechts, L.C. Hoffman
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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 +5 more
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Immunocastration of young and mature boars with Improvac® [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of the study: To evaluate the impact of immunocastration by commercial product Improvac® on young and adults, sexually matured boars. The purpose of the study: 1.
Bilskis, Ronaldas
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Effect of immunocastration and caponization on fatty acid composition of male chicken meat [PDF]
, 2019 Recently, immunocastration with Improvac (ImmC). has been tested in broilers and a considerable reduction in serum testosterone concentration (reduced by 79% compared to roosters) was observed.
Ribeiro, Maria +11 more
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Resources, Environment and SustainabilityEfforts 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
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Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2020 The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of combining immunocastration and β-adrenergic agonists (β-AA) on blood metabolites and their correlations with performance and carcass traits of Nellore cattle.
Daniel Silva Antonelo +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 +3 more
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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
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On the Road to End Pig Pain: Knowledge and Attitudes of Brazilian Citizens Regarding Castration
Animals, 2020 We explored the attitudes of Brazilians towards different methods to deal with boar taint in pork (surgical castration without pain control, SC; surgical castration with pain control, SC+PC; immunocastration, IC; raising entire males, EM).
Maria José Hötzel +4 more
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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 +11 more
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