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The validity of anesthetic protocols for the surgical procedure of castration in rats
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]
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
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No evidence for detrimental effect of chemical castration on working ability in Swiss military dogs [PDF]
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
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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
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Qualitative behavioural assessment of Bos indicus cattle following surgical castration [PDF]
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 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
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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
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Vaccination against boar taint – an alternative to surgical castration without anaesthesia in pigs [PDF]
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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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
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Morphologic and biochemical changes in male rat lung after surgical and pharmacological castration
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
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