Immunocastration of Male Pigs – Situation Today

Sammanfattning

Immunological castration of male pigs is an attractive alternative to surgical castration and nowadays is increasingly used in many countries to reduce boar taint and improve pork quality. Moreover, immunocastrated pigs showed reduced sexual and aggressive behaviour compared to entire male pigs, thus improving animal welfare. Carcass and meat quality parameters generally do not differ between immunocastrated and surgically castrated male pigs. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license.

Nyckelord

male pigs; reproductive system; immunological castration; meat quality

Publicerad i

Procedia Food Science
2015, volym: 5, sidor: 324–327
Utgivare: Elsevier

Konferens

58th International Meat Industry Conference (MeatCon)

SLU författare

• Zamaratskaia, Galia

  • Institutionen för molekylära vetenskaper, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Annan biologi
Husdjursvetenskap
Annan veterinärmedicin

Publikationens identifierare

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profoo.2015.09.064

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