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Impact of Burdizzo and Surgical Castration on Immune and Oxidative Stress Markers in Cattle

Veterinary Sciences
Castration is an essential procedure in beef cattle management, designed to enhance meat quality, regulate aggressiveness, and control undesirable breeding.
Thanyakorn Chalalai, Piyarat Srinontong, Worapol Aengwanich, Kanticha Srisila, Sudarat Promkrathok, Mookdawan Sununta, Bhuripit Saraphol, Zhiliang Wu   +7 more
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Surgical castration efficiently delays the time of starting a systemic chemotherapy in castration-resistant prostate cancer patients refractory to initial androgen-deprivation therapy

Prostate International, 2015
Background: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of surgical castration, particularly delaying the time to entrance of systemic chemotherapy, in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients who were refractory to initial ...
Minyong Kang, Sangchul Lee, Jong Jin Oh, Sung Kyu Hong, Sang Eun Lee, Seok-Soo Byun   +5 more
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Behavior of Piglets in an Observation Arena before and after Surgical Castration with Local Anesthesia

Animals, 2023
Surgical castration of piglets is generally recognized as a painful procedure, but there is currently no gold standard for the assessment of pain behavior in piglets.
Regina Miller, Andrea Grott, Dorian Patzkéwitsch, Dorothea Döring, Nora Abendschön, Pauline Deffner, Judith Reiser, Mathias Ritzmann, Anna M. Saller, Paul Schmidt, Steffanie Senf, Julia Werner, Christine Baumgartner, Susanne Zöls, Michael Erhard, Shana Bergmann   +15 more
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ALTERNATIVES TO SURGICAL CASTRATION OF PIGS+ [PDF]

Животновъдни науки, 2015
Castration or gonadectomy is a surgical procedure performed on male pigs in which testis and epididymis are physically removed from scrotal sack, without anaesthesia or analgesia, in the first days of life, mainly to get calmer and fatter pigs that do ...
MARJETA ČANDEK-POTOKAR, NINA BATOREK LUKAČ   +1 more
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Effect of knife castration on leukocyte cytokine expression and indicators of stress, pain, and inflammation in Korean cattle bull calves [PDF]

Animal Bioscience, 2023
Objective This study investigated the effects of surgical castration on behavior, physiological and inflammatory indicators, and leukocyte cytokine mRNA levels in Korean cattle bull calves. Methods Nineteen Korean cattle bull calves (average body weight,
Seonpil Yoo, Seok-Hyun Beak, Hyeok Joong Kang, Da Jin Sol Jung, Dilla Mareistia Fassah, InHyuk Jeong, Seung Ju Park, Md Najmul Haque, Myunghoo Kim, Myunggi Baik   +9 more
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Recent advances in immunocastration in sheep and goat and its animal welfare benefits: A review

Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2022
Castration of male animals is a common practice in the meat industry aimed at reducing aggressive behavior, preventing unpleasant flavor, and controlling undesirable breeding.
Fan-mei ZENG, Yi DING, Teketay WASSIE, Hai-jing JING, Sohail AHMED, Gui-qiong LIU, Xun-ping JIANG   +6 more
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Surgical Castration Changes Struggle Behavior and Vocalizations in Male Piglets

, 2021
This study assessed acute pain in piglets during castration through behavioral indicators. Piglets (n=88) were randomly allocated to one of two treatments: surgical castration and sham-castration.
Maria Lou (17248345), Beth Ventura (17169190), John Deen (17248342), Yuzhi Li (1847395)   +3 more
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Offering surgical castration to detainee sex-offenders: The ‘unkindest cut’ [PDF]

, 2020
The still available in some jurisdictions offer of surgical castration to sex-offenders raises ethical concerns. The narrow castration law in Texas has found supporters since it does not mandate castration, instead reserving it for repeat offenders who ...
Voultsos, Polychronis
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Topical anaesthesia reduces sensitivity of castration wounds in neonatal piglets. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
The aim of this study was to do determine the efficacy of the topical anaesthetic Tri-Solfen® in the amelioration of the pain of castration in piglets.
Sabrina Lomax, Charissa Harris, Peter A Windsor, Peter J White   +3 more
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Electroencephalography Can Distinguish between Pain and Anaesthetic Intervention in Conscious Lambs Undergoing Castration

Animals, 2020
Australian sheep routinely undergo painful surgical husbandry procedures without anaesthesia or analgesia. Electroencephalography (EEG) has been shown to be a successful measure of pain in livestock under a general anaesthetic.
Charissa Harris, Peter John White, Virginia L. Mohler, Sabrina Lomax   +3 more
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