ience of the respondents by country and overall. Country BEL BGR HRV CZE DEU ESP FRA ITA NOR POL PRT ROU RUS SRB SWE UKR OVERALL Pork consumption Less than once a week 16 10 8 11 20 14 19 23 25 15 16 18 21 13 35 26 18 1–2 times a week 31 33 38 28 46 34 43 40 45 35 34 37 33 33 34 37 36 3–4 times a week 35 30 34 36 20 36 27 30 18 28 35 30 28 30 22 23 29 More than 4 times a week 18 28 20 25 13 17 11 7 12 22 16 16 19 23 9 14 17 Where do you buy your meat Butcher 54 67 61 65 45 55 43 56 2 18 40 44 39 47 8 52 44 Supermarket 81 49 57 73 80 62 69 51 98 75 78 51 57 46 92 31 66 Local producer 22 27 24 24 10 10 24 25 9 34 8 16 23 21 19 33 20 Liking score 1 Pork chops 5.1 6.0 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.5 6.0 5.1 6.0 5.1 5.1 6.1 5.6 Minced meat products 5.8 5.4 5.6 5.5 5.9 5.4 5.7 6.1 5.7 5.4 5.1 4.8 5.6 5.1 5.4 5.1 5.5 Importance at purchase 2 Lowest price 9 43 32 27 21 19 12 13 15 25 36 34 44 31 11 11 24 Good taste 84 95 95 80 82 88 91 89 90 83 85 93 89 92 83 66 86 Improved animal welfare 50 69 60 30 60 53 64 45 52 41 52 67 51 55 89 32 55 Produced locally 58 75 79 56 53 62 75 71 41 46 58 70 52 63 70 22 59 Produced organically 33 64 53 18 38 36 48 40 11 28 29 57 52 49 36 34 40 Low fat content 23 46 32 22 32 39 27 27 19 45 36 55 54 42 7 21 33 High tenderness 56 83 74 36 55 70 62 64 53 47 74 77 76 61 38 34 60 Easy to prepare 31 68 58 30 46 50 36 42 42 56 55 70 61 63 34 35 48 Guaranteed food safety 87 94 94 62 76 90 81 71 81 79 85 94 89 91 86 74 84 Low environmental impact 51 77 60 25 54 56 57 50 39 32 49 67 51 62 50 34 52 Confident that meat is safe 92 58 70 61 78 93 74 52 84 64 91 71 53 73 76 47 72 Negative towards vaccination 19 18 28 34 16 9 17 15 11 20 3 28 34 31 8 20 20 Aware of piglet castration 76 65 66 70 56 49 80 51 65 41 71 34 35 47 84 60 59 Experience with bad
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…Heid and Hamm [22] found that consumers of organic pork were willing to pay more for pork from boars compared to pork from piglets castrated without pain relief. However, these results are…
…This research was funded by the National Pork Board under award number 18-037. Acknowledgments: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Pork Board under award number 18-037…
…Preliminary work conducted by the Pain Mitigation Assessment Protocol Consortium, funded through the National Pork Board and Iowa Pork Producers Association, has begun the first steps in this process. This consortium, composed…
…Alternatives without surgical castration in pork production are raising entire males or immunocastration. Entire males have the advantage of a high growth potential and a good feed conversion rate, but the risk…
alleviate pain assocated with piglet castration, teeth clipping and tail docking.; National Pork Board Iowa: Iowa, USA, 2019. 94. McCafferty, D.J. The value of infrared thermography for research on mammals: previos…
alleviate pain assocated with piglet castration, teeth clipping and tail docking.; National Pork Board Iowa: Iowa, USA, 2019. 94. McCafferty, D.J. The value of infrared thermography for research on mammals: previos…
…MPG and AV received funding from the Introduction National Pork Board #19-065 (pork.org). The funder has no role in study design, data collection In the United States (US), approximately 94…
…MPG and AV received funding from the Introduction National Pork Board #19-065 (pork.org). The funder has no role in study design, data collection In the United States (US), approximately 94…
rk and to reduce male specific behaviour, farmers have traditionally castrated their male piglets surgically and the procedure is still common in most countries. As this has usually been done without any pain relief, this measure faces strong public criticism. European stakeholders committed themselves to end this practice from 2018, but today, 75% of male piglets are still surgically castrated in the EU. Pain relief during and/or after surgery is increasingly used in some Western European countries to avoid suffering of the animals, but the surgery and risk of infections remain. Alternatives without surgical castration in pork production are raising entire males or immunocastration. Entire males have the advantage of a high growth potential and a good feed conversion rate, but the risk of boar taint and welfare problems due to male behavior limit the acceptance by the pork chain. Immunocastration reduces these problems but also decreases, in part, the anabolic advantage of males. To find country-specific, tailored solutions, there is a need to bundle the research activities along the pork chain and to spread scientific information to increase the acceptance of alternatives by farmers, industry and consumers. 1. Introduction For a very long time, farmers have been castrating their male piglets surgically without any pain relief. The practice is still common in most countries, but it is increasingly facing strong criticism because of the pain associated with the surgery. The suffering incurred by the animal during the surgical process and the following days has been well documented during the last 15 years. In 2010, European stakeholders had already committed themselves to end this practice and to develop pork production systems by 2018 that are independent of surgical