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Pros and Cons of Alternatives to Piglet Castration: Welfare, Boar Taint, and Other Meat Quality Traits

Animals, 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

‘Why didn't you bring us a pumpkin?’ Relational recognition of caste, class, and tribe in rural Andhra Pradesh, India « Pourquoi ne nous as‐tu pas apporté de citrouille ? » Reconnaissance relationnelle de la caste, de la classe et de la tribu dans les zones rurales de l'Andhra Pradesh (Inde)

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article analyses the ways characteristics associated with the ‘Schedule Tribe’ (‘ST’) category in India shape situated acts of relating to others with either deference or assumed superiority. Ethnography shows how within an indigenous Adivasi community the traits that determine identification within the group generate feelings of entitlement and ...
Thomas Herzmark
wiley   +1 more source

State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley   +1 more source

The informal prisoner justice system: Classification, identification, and punishment of sex offenders behind bars

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Drawing on 576 interviews with incarcerated men and 131 correctional staff across five Western Canadian prisons, we reconceptualize the prison code as subcultural law, documenting the “informal prisoner justice system” as its enforcement arm. Although scholars have treated the code primarily as cultural values prescribing loyalty, silence, and
Luca Berardi, Justin E. C. Tetrault, Kevin D. Haggerty, Sandra Bucerius   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Novel GnRH-Based Immunocastration Vaccine Modulates Growth, Reproductive and Meat Quality Traits in Male Leizhou Goats

Animals
Castration is widely used in goat production to improve meat quality and manage reproduction, yet conventional surgical methods raise significant animal welfare concerns. Immunocastration targeting gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) offers a promising,
Mengzhen Luo, Liqin Han, Yueming Yuan, Liuxia Lin, Da Feng, Siyi Hu, Mei Zhou, Namula Zhao, Rui Gao, Shangquan Gan   +9 more
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Letter to the Editor on the surgical castration of piglets [PDF]

Animal, 2009
AngelaJ. Wright, BSc, MSc (Oxon), Martin Whiting, BSc BVetMed MRCVS, Alan Taylor, BSc BVSc CertVA MRCVS   +2 more
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Significant Far‐Right Challenges to Australian Society? The XYZ and AustraliaOne

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholars who analyse the Australian far‐right from a criminological or security studies perspective propose that activists and groups pose ‘political’ challenges to Australian society. This paper examines the far‐right news website The XYZ and the AustraliaOne political party, and argues that claims that the far‐right may normalise ...
Timothy Lynch
wiley   +1 more source

Monsters of finance

American Ethnologist, EarlyView.
Abstract An anthropology of horror can serve as a vernacular critique of financial speculation. Drawing on fieldwork in San Pedro, Paraguay, I track horror across three registers: pombero tricksters; plata yvyguy (buried money) as a founding myth of postwar finance; and obligations binding sesame farmers to monsters, patrones, and creditors.
Caroline E. Schuster
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Testosterone Treatment on Leucocyte Telomere Length in Men: Results From a Randomised Placebo‐Controlled Trial

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Lower testosterone concentrations in older men are associated with poorer health outcomes. Objective We examined whether, on a background of lifestyle intervention, testosterone treatment modulates leucocyte telomere length, a postulated marker of biological ageing, in overweight men with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or newly ...
Bu B. Yeap, Jennie Hui, Kristy P. Robledo, Gillian Arscott, Mathis Grossmann, David J. Handelsman, Warrick J. Inder, Bronwyn G. A. Stuckey, Alicia J. Jenkins, Karen Bracken, John P. Beilby, Gary A. Wittert   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Carcass Traits and Meat Quality of Surgically Castrated and Immunocastrated Pigs at Two Slaughter Weights

Animals
Surgical castration of male piglets is a common practice to prevent boar taint and reduce aggressive behaviour. However, it raises welfare concerns and alters carcass fat deposition.
Dmytro V. Zhdanov, Oleksandr H. Mykhalko, Mykola H. Povod, Galia Zamaratskaia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source