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GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration

Castration of male animals is intended to produce high-enhance quality of animal meat, prevent unpleasant taste, reduce aggressive behavior, and manage overbreeding. Over the years, Tranditional methods of mechanical and surgical castration have been employed over the years, but they fall short of m...

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Autores principales: Wang, Chun, Yang, Cuiting, Zeng, Yutian, Zhang, Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10644813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38026623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1248879
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author Wang, Chun
Yang, Cuiting
Zeng, Yutian
Zhang, Ming
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Zhang, Ming
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description Castration of male animals is intended to produce high-enhance quality of animal meat, prevent unpleasant taste, reduce aggressive behavior, and manage overbreeding. Over the years, Tranditional methods of mechanical and surgical castration have been employed over the years, but they fall short of meeting animal welfare requirements due to the associated risk of infection, pain, and stress. Immunocastration, specifically Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-immunocastration, targeting the hypothalamic–pituitary-testis (HPT) axis, has emerged as an animal-friendly alternative to surgical castration, effectively addressing these issues. This review seeks to systematically summarize the principles, development, current applications and challenges of GnRH-immunocastration, offering insights into its role in promoting animal welfare.
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spelling pubmed-106448132023-01-01 GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration Wang, Chun Yang, Cuiting Zeng, Yutian Zhang, Ming Front Vet Sci Veterinary Science Castration of male animals is intended to produce high-enhance quality of animal meat, prevent unpleasant taste, reduce aggressive behavior, and manage overbreeding. Over the years, Tranditional methods of mechanical and surgical castration have been employed over the years, but they fall short of meeting animal welfare requirements due to the associated risk of infection, pain, and stress. Immunocastration, specifically Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-immunocastration, targeting the hypothalamic–pituitary-testis (HPT) axis, has emerged as an animal-friendly alternative to surgical castration, effectively addressing these issues. This review seeks to systematically summarize the principles, development, current applications and challenges of GnRH-immunocastration, offering insights into its role in promoting animal welfare. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10644813/ /pubmed/38026623 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1248879 Text en Copyright © 2023 Wang, Yang, Zeng and Zhang. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Wang, Chun
Yang, Cuiting
Zeng, Yutian
Zhang, Ming
GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration
title GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration
title_full GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration
title_fullStr GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration
title_full_unstemmed GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration
title_short GnRH-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration
title_sort gnrh-immunocastration: an alternative method for male animal surgical castration
topic Veterinary Science
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10644813/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38026623
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2023.1248879
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