…In addition to the most commonly used alternatives Another important aspect concerning entire male pigs, to surgical castration of male pigs (immunocastration besides the quality of meat, is in using their meat…
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…Meeting of the including transport and preslaughter lairage, not only Working Group on the Utilisation of Meat from Entire Male Pigs, Uppsala, minimises skin damage (fighting), but also reduces the June 8…
…Earth and Environmental Science 333 (2019) 012001 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/333/1/012001 3.2 Entire male pigs Leaving the male pigs entire avoids a cumbersome job, and is highly…
…Earth and Environmental Science 333 (2019) 012001 doi:10.1088/1755-1315/333/1/012001 3.2 Entire male pigs Leaving the male pigs entire avoids a cumbersome job, and is highly…
…Alternative methods could be immunocastration, production with entire male pigs or castration with anesthesia and/or analgesia. Production with entire male pigs means to feed pigs to lower carcasses, as the boar…
. According to Polish law and EU Directive 2010/63/EU, the experiment did not require approval from the local ethics committee, as it was conducted in production facilities under standard farming practices, limited to routine feeding and veterinary procedures. Informed Consent Statement: Consent was obtained from the farm owner. Data Availability Statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author (A.Z.). Acknowledgments: This paper is a part of the PhD thesis of Anna Zalewska. Conflicts of Interest: Author Piotr Cybulski was employed by the company Goodvalley Agro S.A. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. References 1. Heyrman, E.; Millet, S.; Tuyttens, F.A.M.; Ampe, B.; Janssens, S.; Buys, N.; Wauters, J.; Vanhaecke, L.; Aluwé, M. On-Farm Prevalence of and Potential Risk Factors for Boar Taint. Animal 2021, 15, 100141. [CrossRef] 2. Duarte, D.A.S.; Schroyen, M.; Mota, R.R.; Vanderick, S.; Gengler, N. Recent Genetic Advances on Boar Taint Reduction as an Alternative to Castration: A Review. J. Appl. Genet. 2021, 62, 137–150. [CrossRef] 3. Squires, E.J.; Bone, C.; Cameron, J. Pork Production with Entire Males: Directions for Control of Boar Taint. Animals 2020, 10, 1665. [CrossRef] 4. Hess, R.A.; Park, C.J.; Soto, S.; Reinacher, L.; Oh, J.E.; Bunnell, M.; Ko, C.M.J. Male Animal Sterilization: History, Current Practices, and Potential Methods for Replacing Castration. Front. Vet. Sci. 2024, 11, 1409386. [CrossRef] [PubMed] 5. Aluwé, M.; Heyrman, E.; Almeida, J.M.; Babol, J.; Battacone, G.; Čítek, J.; Furnols, M.F.I.; Getya, A.; Karolyi, D.; Kostyra, E.; et