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Male Reproductive Organ Weight: Criteria for Detection of Androstenone-Positive Carcasses in Immunocastrated and Entire Male Pigs

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Alternatives to surgical castration of piglets present a challenge for control of boar taint. In this study, the proportion of animals with androstenone levels above the risk threshold for boar taint (>0.5 µg/g fat) was found to be less than 5% in immunocastrated animals (ICs), an...

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Autores principales: Fazarinc, Gregor, Batorek-Lukač, Nina, Škrlep, Martin, Poklukar, Klavdija, Van den Broeke, Alice, Kress, Kevin, Labussière, Etienne, Stefanski, Volker, Vrecl, Milka, Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10295219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37370552
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13122042