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Performance and plasma urea nitrogen of immunocastrated males pigs of medium genetic potential [PDF]
Revista Mvz Cordoba, 2015 Objective. A study was carried out to evaluate the performance and the plasma urea nitrogen (PUN) of male pigs of medium genetic potential for lean meat deposition in carcass, which underwent immunocastration. Materials and methods.
Fabiana R Caldara +6 more
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Poultry Science, 2020 Improvac has been tentatively used to immune-castrate roosters. The aim of this study was to investigate whether Improvac affected skeletal muscle development in chickens.
Y.T. Zeng +10 more
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Immunocastration protocol testing - In vivo and post-mortem measurements
, 2021 Three immunocastration protocols with different numbers of injections and times of inoculation were tested. In vivo and post-mortem scrotal measurements were used to attest their effectiveness.
Paixão, Gustavo
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Effect of immunocastration on body lesions in heavy pigs: preliminary results
, 2022 Immunocastration is an interesting alternative to surgical castration in piglets. Studies have shown promising results in terms of production performance (e.g., maintaining adequate meat quality) also in heavy pig production; and improvement of animal ...
Berteselli G +8 more
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Immunocastration of boars in Slovenian conditions
, 2010 Four groups of pigs: boars (B), gilts (G), surgical castrates (SC) and immunocastrates (IC) were tested in groups with 24 animals between ages 80 and 167 days.
Kastelic, Miran, Košorok, Stane
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Immunocastration reduces aggressive and sexual behaviour in male pigs
Animal, 2010 The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) vaccine, Improvac™ (Pfizer Ltd), in suppressing aggressive and sexual behaviour of male pigs.
L. Rydhmer, K. Lundström, K. Andersson
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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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Animals, 2016 Physical castration (PC) is painful and stressful for nursing piglets. One alternative to PC is immunological castration (IC), but the pain and stress of handling associated with injections have not been assessed.
John McGlone +2 more
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Immunocastration in Fattening Pigs and its Effects on Productive Performance
, 2023 According to the European and national legislation which set the minimum standards for pig protection, the castration of piglets after the age of seven days must be performed only under prolonged anaesthesia and analgesia. As far as welfare is concerned,
Ioana Andronie +3 more
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Application of immunocastration in a commercial Dohne Merino ram flock before weaning [PDF]
, 2018 The influence of pre-weaning immunocastration on the growth, incidences of reaction to vaccination, serum testosterone concentration and slaughter performance of ram lambs was determined and compared to that of physically castrated lambs ...
Lambrechts, H. +3 more
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