Field experience with surgical castration with anaesthesia, analgesia, immunocastration and production of entire male pigs: performance, carcass traits and boar taint prevalence
Male piglets are castrated to reduce boar taint and also to reduce aggressive and sexual behaviour. However, the procedure as traditionally performed is painful and negatively affects performance. Large-scale results about the consequences of implementing alternatives on farms are lacking. We, there...
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Elsevier
2015-01-01
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| coleção: | Animal |
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| Acesso em linha: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114002894 |
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