Immunization against Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone in Female Beef Calves to Avoid Pregnancy at Time of Slaughter [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Precocious puberty in beef heifers can result in unwanted pregnancies due to accidental breeding by farm bulls. Inbreeding, premature calving followed by dystocia and a high stillbirth rate or slaughtering of pregnant heifers are the consequences of this
Julia Schütz +5 more
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Long-Term Immunocastration Protocols Successfully Reduce Testicles’ Size in Bísaro Pigs [PDF]
Animals, 2021 This study aimed to find a suitable immunocastration protocol for male Bísaro pigs (BP) due to the breed and production system particularities. Twenty-five male BP were treated with Improvac® according to three protocols: using two (GrpE2 and L2) or ...
Gustavo Paixão +5 more
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Does Immunocastration Affect Behaviour and Body Lesions in Heavy Pigs? [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2022 Immunocastration has been pointed out as an alternative to surgical castration; though, most of the scientific studies were performed in light pig production.
Gaia Pesenti Rossi +13 more
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Effects of Immunocastration and Amino Acid Supplementation on Yearling Fallow Deer (Dama dama) Testes Development [PDF]
Animals, 2023 Forty-four fallow deer bucks (10 months old; 22.9 ± 2.4 kg) were utilized to investigate the effects of immunocastration and amino acid supplementation on testes development. Immunocastrated bucks were administered Improvac® at weeks 1, 8, and 20 of this
Thoniso Chitambala +6 more
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Effect of Immunocastration on Culled Sows—A Preliminary Study on Reproductive Tract, Carcass Traits, and Meat Quality [PDF]
Veterinary Sciences, 2023 The Bísaro pig is a Portuguese autochthonous breed greatly appreciated for its meat quality and is mainly reared outdoors. Immunocastration could be a solution to avoid undesirable pregnancies and boar taint in cull sows.
Sofia Botelho-Fontela +9 more
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Impact of Housing Condition on Welfare and Behavior of Immunocastrated Fattening Pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) [PDF]
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 +3 more
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Effects of GnRH vaccination in wild and captive African Elephant bulls (Loxodonta africana) on reproductive organs and semen quality. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Although the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), in some isolated habitats in southern Africa, contraception is of major interest due to local overpopulation ...
Imke Lueders +9 more
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Analecta Veterinaria, 2022 La hormona liberadora de gonadotrofinas (GnRH) constituye un excelente blanco farmacológico para el manejo reproductivo de animales de compañía, de producción y silvestres.
Jorge Jagger Segura Ochoa +6 more
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The effectiveness of Imrovac® in industrial pork production
Theoretical and Applied Veterinary Medicine, 2021 The clinical efficacy of the use of immunobiological castration was studied in comparison with boars in which orchidectomy was performed by open method «on a ligature», as well as in non-castrated animals.
V. V. Samoilіuk +4 more
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Veterinary Integrative Sciences, 2023 The Improvac® vaccine has been shown to improve growth performance, meat quality, and sexual behavior in swine herds in several countries. This study initially investigated the ability of this vaccine to control sex hormones and the development ...
Danh Cong Lai +5 more
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