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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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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Temporal patterns of inflammatory gene expression in local tissues after banding or burdizzo castration in cattle [PDF]
, 2009 peer-reviewedBackground: Castration of male cattle has been shown to elicit inflammatory reactions and acute inflammation is initiated and sustained by the participation of cytokines.
Gath Vivian +9 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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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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Utilization and Outcomes of Surgical Castration in Comparison to Medical Castration in Metastatic Prostate Cancer [PDF]
Clinical Genitourinary Cancer, 2019 288 Background: Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is the gold standard for metastatic prostate cancer (mPC) which can be achieved either by surgical or medical castration (SC, MC). In this study we evaluate the trends of utilization of SC and also assess survival difference compared to MC.
Rohan Garje +6 more
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Consumers’ awareness of piglet castration and attitudes towards alternatives to surgical castration: results from North Macedonia [PDF]
, 2022 One of the most challenging welfare problem in pig production is surgical castration of male piglets without the use of anesthesia and analgesia. Farmers in North Macedonia are traditionally castrated their male piglets surgically unanesthetized in the ...
Hristov, Slavca +4 more
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Effectof Castration on Some Immunological Aspects in Male Albino Rat [PDF]
Benha Veterinary Medical Journal, 2018 The current study aimed to evaluate the effect of surgical and chemical castration on some immunological aspects in adult male albino rats. A total number of forty adult male albino rats weighing 220±20 g and averaging 4 months old were used.
S. M. Habak +3 more
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Czech Journal of Animal Science, 2015 The effect of surgical castration with local anesthesia using lidocaine on neopterin, biopterin, and cortisol blood plasma concentrations in piglets was studied.
P. Maršálek +3 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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