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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 +3 more
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International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine, 2018 The objective of this study was to determine the effect of local anesthesia and the number of incisions performed on the physiological blood profile of piglets after surgical castration. A total of 60 male piglets were divided into five groups of 12 each,
Efraín Pérez-Pedraza +9 more
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Towards entire male pigs in Europe: a perspective from the Spanish supply chain [PDF]
, 2016 In pig production, surgical castration is primarily performed to avoid boar taint and for management purposes. The European Commission plans to end surgical piglet castration voluntarily by 2018.
Avena, Maria +7 more
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Comparative Analysis of Oxidative Stress Induced by Chemical and Surgical Castration in Male Dogs [PDF]
Veterinary and Comparative Biomedical ResearchThis study was conducted to investigate the effects of chemical and surgical castration on oxidative stress in male dogs. A total of ten healthy male dogs, aged between 1 and 3 years, were assigned to two distinct groups: Group Surg underwent surgical ...
Dorrin Azari Motlagh +4 more
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S-ketamine and intranasal application: alternatives for the castration of male suckling piglets?
BMC Veterinary Research, 2021 Background The intramuscular injection of ketamine and azaperone was proposed as a suitable anaesthesia for male suckling piglets for surgical castration.
Sabrina Becker +4 more
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Resource efficiency and economic implications of alternatives to surgical castration without anaesthesia [PDF]
, 2009 This paper presents an analysis of the economic implications of alternative methods to surgical castration without anaesthesia. Detailed research results on the economic implications of four different alternatives are reported.
Baltussen, W.H.M. +3 more
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Long-term Surgical and Chemical Castration Deteriorates Memory Function Through Downregulation of PKA/CREB/BDNF and c-Raf/MEK/ERK Pathways in Hippocampus [PDF]
International Neurourology Journal, 2019 Purpose Goserelin is a drug used for chemical castration. In a rat model, we investigated whether surgical and chemical castration affected memory ability through the protein kinase A (PKA)/cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element-binding protein (
Mal-Soon Shin +8 more
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Harmonization of welfare standards for the protection of pigs with the EU-rules: the case of Croatia [PDF]
, 2009 Three quarters of Croatian pigs are produced in small production units (1-5 sows) and on family farms with mixed farming activities. Only few farms have specialized production units with up-to-date technologies and comply with EU standards.
Antunovic, B. +4 more
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Advances in Urology, 2012 Background. Most patients with metastatic prostate cancer are endocrinologically treated with LHRH agonist, but finally castration-refractory and hormone-refractory cancers occur.
Masayoshi Zaitsu +7 more
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Italian Journal of Animal Science, 2021 Pain alleviation associated with surgical castration of piglets is a debated welfare issue. The present study compares the effect of different protocols involving analgesia and/or anaesthesia or sedation suitable under field conditions, with the aim to ...
Annalisa Scollo +5 more
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