{
  "author": "U Weiler; M Bonneau",
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    {
      "raw_text": "U Weiler and M Bonneau 2019 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 333 012001 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/333/1/012001",
      "title": "Why it is so difficult to end surgical castration of boars in Europe: Pros and cons of alternatives to piglet castration",
      "authors": "U Weiler; M Bonneau",
      "publication_year": 2019,
      "doi": "10.1088/1755-1315/333/1/012001",
      "confidence": 1
    }
  ],
  "confidence": 1,
  "doc_type": "Conference Paper",
  "id": 19,
  "language": "English",
  "publication_date": "2019",
  "source_type": "file",
  "source_uri": "file:///home/pi/welfare_docs/Animals Assured/Research/Pig Castrate/Weiler_2019_IOP_Conf._Ser.__Earth_Environ._Sci._333_012001.pdf",
  "summary": "This paper explores the challenges of ending surgical castration of boars in Europe, despite public criticism and a 2010 commitment to cease the practice by 2018. It details the reasons for castration (boar taint, male behaviour) and evaluates alternatives.",
  "title": "Why it is so difficult to end surgical castration of boars in Europe: Pros and cons of alternatives to piglet castration"
}