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Review on the consequences of using Improvac TM in modern pig production [PDF]

Veterinary Science Development, 2013
In Europe growing concerns regarding animal welfare issues in pig production have forced the pig industry to introduce alternative methods to conventional castration procedures. Besides the raising of entire males and castration in combination with analgesia and anaesthesia the vaccination against GnRF (Gonadotropin-releasing factor) seems to be the ...
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Effect of active immunization against GnRH on testosterone concentration, libido and sperm quality in mature AI boars

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, 2012
Background The aim of the present study was to investigate the efficacy of the Improvac on testosterone concentration in blood serum, sexual behavior and sperm quality in matured AI boars.
Bilskis Ronaldas, Sutkeviciene Neringa, Riskeviciene Vita, Januskauskas Aloyzas, Zilinskas Henrikas   +4 more
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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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Growth responses of entire and immunocastrated male pigs to dietary protein with and without ractopamine hydrochloride

Animal, 2017
The interaction between dietary balanced protein, ractopamine (RAC) and Improvac (IMP) on the growth response of 120 individually penned male PICC pigs was evaluated.
T. Needham, L.C. Hoffman, R.M. Gous
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Extending the interval between second vaccination and slaughter: I. Effects on growth, scrotal size and stress responses of immunocastrated ram lambs

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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Performance and carcass quality traits of Iberian × Duroc crossbred pig subject to gender and age at the beginning of the free-range finishing phase

Animal, 2021
The traditional production of the Iberian breed pig involves a long production cycle. It might be shortened by using Iberian pigs crossed with Duroc and by reducing the growing phase, but the age-related changes on productive performance and carcass ...
A. Ortiz, D. Tejerina, S. García-Torres, P. Gaspar, E. González   +4 more
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Immunocastration and its effects on carcass and meat traits of male pigs

Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2018
To compose the experiment, 160 male Topgen pigs - 80 surgically castrated (treatment 1) and 80 immunocastrated (treatment 2) - were randomly selected from a commercial swine farm at the moment of slaughter.
Nayara Andreo, Ana Maria Bridi, Caio Abércio da Silva, Louise Manha Peres, Barbara de Lima Giangareli, Évelyn Rangel dos Santos, Camila Piechnicki Rogel, Jéssica Gonçalves Vero, Guilherme Agostinis Ferreira   +8 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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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination at or shortly before weaning under field conditions: a randomised efficacy trial

Veterinary Record, Volume 181, Issue 1, Page 19-19, July 2017., 2017
This study assessed the efficacy of two different Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination programmes in relation to the time of weaning. Eight hundred and twenty‐eight piglets were randomly divided into three groups: group V1 was vaccinated three days before weaning, group V2 at weaning (21 days of age) and group NV was left non‐vaccinated.
I. Arsenakis, A. Michiels, R. Del Pozo Sacristán, F. Boyen, F. Haesebrouck, D. Maes   +5 more
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Immunocontraceptives: New Approaches to Fertility Control

BioMed Research International, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014
The rapidly increasing global population has bowed the attention of family planning and associated reproductive health programmes in the direction of providing a safe and reliable method which can be used to limit family size. The world population is estimated to exceed a phenomenal 10 billion by the year 2050 A.D., thus presenting a real jeopardy of ...
Kiranjeet Kaur, Vijay Prabha, Christian Schwentner   +2 more
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