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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
doaj   +1 more source

An Economic and Environmental Analysis of Virtual Fencing for Precision Grazing

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The UK grazing livestock sector is challenged by declining farm profitability and stringent environmental policy. Innovative technologies such as virtual fencing could enable a balanced economic and environmental performance of beef production. Virtual fencing is a livestock management tool relying on invisible boundaries perceived as auditory,
Elias Maritan, Karl Behrendt, Sarah Morgan, Steven Mark Rutter, James Lowenberg‐DeBoer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

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

Utility of SUVmax on Primary Staging 68Ga‐PSMA PET in Determining Metastatic Status of Prostate Cancer

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction 68Ga prostate‐specific membrane antigen (PSMA) has been shown to have prognostic value in detecting PSMA expressing metastasis from prostate cancer, but inevitably, there are cases in which suspected metastases demonstrate equivocal uptake.
Geoffrey Liu, Shane Lee, Kabir Ahmad
wiley   +1 more source

Melioidosis in companion animals: Analysis of 45 Australian cases (24 dogs; 21 cats) from 1997 to 2025 and a brief review of the animal and human literature

Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Objective To report 45 cases of melioidosis in dogs and cats from northern Australia and analyse trends in epidemiology, clinical presentation, pathogenesis and response to treatment over a 27‐year period. Design Retrospective and prospective analysis of clinical records.
K Lee, C Shilton, S Benedict, M Krockenberger, M Mayo, BJ Currie, R Malik   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
openaire   +3 more sources

Various dimensions of sexual self‐concept in middle‐aged men after vasectomy: a matched analysis

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objectives To compare men with and without vasectomy across four dimensions of sexual self‐concept—toughness, body image, sexual self‐esteem, and perceived pressure with regard to sexuality—and to examine differences in sexual behaviour and psychosocial factors.
Lilly J. Schmalbrock, Camille Nöckel, Valentin H. Meissner, Matthias Jahnen, Stefan Schiele, Martina Kron, Helga S. Schulwitz, Andreas Dinkel, Jürgen E. Gschwend, Kathleen Herkommer   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intermediate clinical endpoints as surrogates for overall survival after salvage prostatectomy

BJU International, EarlyView.
Objectives To evaluate biochemical recurrence‐free survival (BRFS) and metastasis‐free survival (MFS) as potential intermediate clinical endpoints (ICEs) for overall survival (OS) in patients undergoing salvage radical prostatectomy (sRP). Patients and Methods Evaluable patients were selected from a retrospective dataset, resulting in a cohort of 879 ...
Navid Roessler, Zuzanna Nowicka, Marcin Miszczyk, Giorgio Calleris, Alessandro Dematteis, Malte W. Vetterlein, Simone Albisinni, Henk G Van Der Poel, Paul Cathcart, Giovanni E. Cacciamani, Inderbir S. Gill, Raj A. Persad, Steven Joniau, Rafael Sanchez‐Salas, Joseph A. Smith Jr, Robert Jeffrey Karnes, Mohamed E. Ahmed, Pawel Rajwa, Derya Tilki, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Paolo Gontero, Giancarlo Marra, on behalf of the Young Academic Urologists Prostate Cancer Working Party   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sutureless Technique for Surgical Castration in Adult Boars: A Feasibility Study. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
Romeo SMT, Morrone S, Akl T, Scanu A, Columbano N.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source