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The validity of anesthetic protocols for the surgical procedure of castration in rats

open access: yesExperimental Animals, 2018
To achieve surgical anesthesia in animal experimentation, it is necessary to select the appropriate anesthetic protocol by considering its pharmacological properties and the surgical procedure to be performed. However, few studies have investigated the validity of anesthetic protocols under surgical conditions in small rodents.
Tsukamoto, Atsushi   +4 more
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CS - Moving Towards Boar Taint-free Meat: An Overview Of Alternatives To Surgical Castration From A Chain Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes
Due to the public concern over the effects of surgical castration on pig welfare, castration, in particularly performed without pain relief, is now increasingly regarded as unacceptable in the EU. Therefore, developing acceptable alternatives to surgical
Backus, G.B.C.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

No evidence for detrimental effect of chemical castration on working ability in Swiss military dogs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Hormones influence the social behaviour of dogs. Castration of male dogs induces a reduction of testosterone and has been shown to affect social behaviours associated with aggression and reproduction.
Gfrerer, Nastassja   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of neonatal surgical castration and immunocastration in male pigs on blood T lymphocytes and health markers

open access: yesAnimal, 2014
Surgical castration in pig husbandry is criticized for welfare reasons. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate alternative ways of rearing male pigs, such as entire or immunocastrated animals.
C. Leclercq, A. Prunier, E. Merlot
doaj   +1 more source

Qualitative behavioural assessment of Bos indicus cattle following surgical castration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Surgical castration of cattle is common however providing analgesia in the Australian cattle industry is rare. The aims of this study were to: 1) describe the behaviour of cattle postcastration using quantitative and qualitative methodology and 2 ...
Vindevoghel, Thinza
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THE USE OF MODERN ANALOGUES OF LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE IN THE HORMONAL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH PROSTATE CANCER

open access: yesИсследования и практика в медицине, 2017
The urgency of the problem of prostate cancer (PC) remains extremely high due to the continued growth of morbidity and mortality from this disease. Despite the introduction of diagnostics with the use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) and the increase ...
E. Yu. Safronova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of the effect of surgical and immunological castration of male pigs on boar taint compounds in oral fluid and fat tissue by LC-MS/MS method

open access: yesJournal of Veterinary Research, 2020
An effective way of preventing undesirable boar taint in pork meat caused by the presence of androstenone, skatole and indole is surgical castration of piglets. This, however, arouses growing social opposition.
Woźniak Barbara   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vaccination against boar taint – an alternative to surgical castration without anaesthesia in pigs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In 2012, about 1.3 million boars were surgically castrated, most of them without anaesthesia. Castration is performed to avoid the occurrence of boar taint and aggressive and sexual behaviour.
Ahlström, Therese
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Pros and Cons of Alternatives to Piglet Castration: Welfare, Boar Taint, and Other Meat Quality Traits

open access: yesAnimals, 2019
This paper reviews the pros and cons of various alternatives to the surgical castration of male piglets without pain relief. Castration is mostly motivated by the presence of boar taint in the meat from some entire male pigs.
Michel Bonneau, Ulrike Weiler
doaj   +1 more source

Morphologic and biochemical changes in male rat lung after surgical and pharmacological castration

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2000
The morphology of the rat lung was studied by light microscopy in different situations: after surgical and pharmacological castration and after administration of testosterone to the castrated rat to determine if the androgen is required to maintain the ...
M.S. Ojeda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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