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Behavior, production results and meat quality of intact boars and gilts housed in unmixed groups: A comparative study

In the present study, possible differences in behavior, production results and meat quality between entire males and gilts, both housed in single-sex groups but with visual contact to other groups, were investigated.

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Sex and inmunocastration on feed intake, skatole and indole concentration in adipose tissue in pigs.

Feed intake may affect skatole and indole concentrations in the adipose tissue.

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Effect of preoperative meloxicam or tolfenamic acid administration on stress and pain induced by surgical castration in piglets

Tolfenamic acid tended to be more efficient than meloxicam both during and post-castration.

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European Union: study and economic analysis of the costs and benefits of ending surgical castration of pigs

The study is aimed at providing EU policymakers with an improved understanding of which of the options is most adequate for pig meat production when weighing the costs against the benefits.

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Immunological castration decreases aggression in male pigs co-penned with females in the late a fattening period

After the second dose of vaccine, pigs penned with entire males had more injuries than pigs in immunologically castrated pens.

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Current situation of the castration of piglets in Europe

The European Declaration on alternatives to the castration of pigs is a declaration that is a voluntary agreement in which, for the first time, the European swine farmers have manifested a proactive stance with the aim of presenting a solution, from the swine sector, to a social demand.

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Effect of local anaesthesia and/or analgesia on pain responses induced by piglet castration

Lidocaine reduced pain during castration and that meloxicam reduced pain after castration.

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Major French pig breeder to end pig castration

Cooperl Arc Atlantique, a major group of French pig breeders accounting for 20% of the whole pig production in France, announced it will propose plans designed to completely stop the castration of piglets by March 2013.

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Germany: castrating piglets without anaesthesia will be banned

The Federal Agriculture Ministry lays down a time schedule for phasing out the practice of castrating piglets without anaesthesia: accordingly, this method is to be banned throughout Germany as of 1 January 2017.

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Effects on performance characteristics of immunologically castrated male pigs using different levels of lysine in the diets

Medium-high lysine content diet, the best combination of immunologically castrated pigs.

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Germany: principal slaughterhouses agree not to penalize non-castrated pigs

Tönnies, Vion and Westfleisch have undertaken a joint statement to buy whole finishing pigs without any deduction in the price.

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Comparative on-farm study of alternatives for surgical castration of male pigs:consequences for boar taint and carcass quality

Different alternatives for surgical castration without anaesthesia were performed on 20 farms to evaluate the effect on boar taint and carcass quality.

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