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Evaluation of Surgical Castration vs Immunocastration in Fattening Pigs [PDF]
Objective: To determine the effect of surgical castration and immunocastration on productive parameters, carcass quality, as well as the physicochemical characteristics of the meat of fattening pigs. Design/Metodology/Aproach: Ten male pigs
Escobar-Hernández, Ramiro +6 more
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Pig castration: will the EU manage to ban pig castration by 2018? [PDF]
In 2010, the 'European Declaration on alternatives to surgical castration of pigs' was agreed. The Declaration stipulates that from January 1, 2012, surgical castration of pigs shall only be performed with prolonged analgesia and/or anaesthesia and from ...
Charlotte Berg +7 more
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Looking at Us Through Their Eyes. The Analytical Process from Ethnographic Perspectives1
Abstract This article looks at the analytical situation through the Others’ eyes—through examples from contemporary ethnographies of foreign cultures. It discusses the following issues: a) The analogy between the ontological worlds of the dead, ghosts, animals and dreams in “primitive populations” and the analytical psychological descriptions of the ...
Stefano Carta
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An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Virtual Fencing for Precision Grazing
ABSTRACT The UK grazing livestock sector is challenged by declining farm profitability and stringent environmental policy. Innovative technologies such as virtual fencing could enable a balanced economic and environmental performance of beef production. Virtual fencing is a livestock management tool relying on invisible boundaries perceived as auditory,
Elias Maritan +4 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction 68Ga prostate‐specific membrane antigen (PSMA) has been shown to have prognostic value in detecting PSMA expressing metastasis from prostate cancer, but inevitably, there are cases in which suspected metastases demonstrate equivocal uptake.
Geoffrey Liu, Shane Lee, Kabir Ahmad
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Letter to the Editor on the surgical castration of piglets [PDF]
AngelaJ. Wright, BSc, MSc (Oxon) +2 more
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Summary of the Asia Pacific Advanced Prostate Cancer Symposium 2025, showing disciplines and diversity of participants, discussion topics (high‐risk localized/locally advanced prostate cancer; PSA persistence and recurrence; radioligand therapy; genetics and genomics; bone protection and other aspects of supportive care), key themes, and high‐level ...
Edmund Chiong +28 more
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Sutureless Technique for Surgical Castration in Adult Boars: A Feasibility Study. [PDF]
Romeo SMT +4 more
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Clinical SciencesLuciana BergamascoAs public concern for food animal welfare increases, the need for objective pain assessment and methods to alleviate pain associated with production practices such as castration gains ...
Dockweiler, Jenna Corinne
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Male piglets are castrated primarily to prevent the unpleasant odours and flavours of entire male pig meat (boar-taint). Although castration can be legally performed without analgesia in the first seven days of life, available evidence shows that ...
von Borell, E.H. +16 more
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