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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
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Morphologic and biochemical changes in male rat lung after surgical and pharmacological castration

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2000
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, N.N. Gómez, E. Gil, L. Scardapane, M.S. Gimenez   +4 more
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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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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
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Piglets behavioural responses to surgical castration under inhalation anaesthesia: preliminary results

, 2022
Surgical castration of male piglets is a common, but stressful and painful practice (Prunier et al, 2006). This study aimed to evaluate piglets behavioural responses to surgical castration under inhalation anaesthesia and pharmacological and non ...
Motta A, Dalla Costa E, Pilia F, Pesenti Rossi G, Pecile A, Cavallaro G, Canali E, Barbieri S., Gastaldo A, Borciani M, Minero M   +10 more
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Methods of castration in male ruminants: a review

, 2023
Surgical castration is a technique that consists of removing the testicles or ovaries by means of a surgical technique, in order to stop the production of sex hormones and thus inhibit fertility.
Pérez Orihuela, Ainhoa
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The Effect of Chemical and Surgical Castration on the Live Weight Gain and some Hormones of Male Norduz Sheep

, 2017
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of surgical and chemical castration on body weight and some hormones. In the present study, 2.5-3-month-old weaned male Norduz sheep were used.
Koyun, Hasan, Karakus, Kadir, Hasan Koyun, Comba, Bahat, Bahat Comba, Mohammad Masood Tariq, Arzu Comba, Devrim Saripinar Aksu, Abuzer Taş, Taş, Abuzer, Tunahan Sancak, Kadir Karakuş, Tariq, Mohammad Masood, Sarıpınar Aksu, Devrim, Comba, Arzu, Sancak, Tunahan, Aksu, Devrim Saripinar   +16 more
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Qualitative Behavioural Assessment of Bos indicus cattle after surgical castration [PDF]

, 2018
There are various methods to perform castration of cattle, but surgical castration is the most common. Although it is well documented that surgical procedures inflict pain, analgesic use is usually omitted for surgical castration of production animals in
Hyndman, T.H., Fleming, P.A., Laurence, M., Collins, T., Musk, G.C., Vindevoghel, T.V.   +5 more
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Surgical versus medical castration in the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Introduction: Metastatic disease is found in up to 20% of prostate cancer (PCa) cases at diagnosis. Since their introduction in the 1980s, long acting gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues, administered subcutaneously or intramuscularly every 1–
Hugo C Temperley (14585736), Ailish Naughton (17442968), Rowan G Casey (17442971), Niall J O'Sullivan (14585733), Matthew G Davey (16323108)   +4 more
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