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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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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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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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Feed interventions and skatole deposition [PDF]

, 2012
Skatole produced in the large intestine of the pig and the testicular steroid androstenone are the main substances contributing to boar tainted meat from entire male pigs.
Jensen, Rikke Lassen
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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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Health risk perception, consumption intention, and willingness to pay for pig products obtained by immunocastration [PDF]

, 2020
Surgical castration without the use of anaesthesia and/or analgesia is considered to be detrimental for the welfare of pigs and for this reason its abandonment is advocated.
Adinolfi Felice, Di Pasquale Jorgelina, Martelli Giovanna, Nannoni Eleonora, Sardi Luca, Vecchio Yari   +5 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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Growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of group-penned surgically castrated, immunocastrated (Improvac®) and entire male pigs and individually penned entire male pigs [PDF]

, 2017
The objective of the study was to compare growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality and fatty acid composition of the adipose tissue of group-penned barrows, immunocastrated boars and entire males.
Ampuero Kragten, S., Bee, G., O'Doherty, J. V., Pauly, C., Spring, P.   +4 more
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Rendimientos productivos y calidad de la canal de hembras, machos castrados quirurgicamente y machos inmunocastrados procedentes de líneas paternas duroc y pietrain [PDF]

, 2011
Tradicionalmente la castración quirúrgica ha sido la práctica más habitual en la producción de cerdo blanco destinado a la industria de productos cárnicos curados. La castración quirúrgica conlleva un empeoramiento de los rendimientos productivos
Berrocoso, J., Camara, L., Gonzalez Mateos, Gonzalo, Lopez, J.P., Morales, J.I., Perez Serrano, Martina   +5 more
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Carcass Characteristics and Primal Pork Cuts of Gilts, Boars, Immunocastrates and Barrows Using AutoFOM III Data of a Commercial Abattoir

Animals, 2020
The surgical castration of male piglets as a routine procedure in modern pig production is facing increasing societal criticism. Pork production with boars and immunocastrates are available alternatives, but both have low market shares as it is so far ...
Kevin Kress, Jens Hartung, Johannes Jasny, Volker Stefanski, Ulrike Weiler   +4 more
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