Surgical castration with pain relief affects the health and productive performance of pigs in the suckling period

BACKGROUND: Surgical castration is still practiced in many EU countries to avoid undesirable aggressive behavior and boar taint in male pigs. However, evidence shows that castration is painful and has a detrimental influence on pig health. This study investigated the clinical and productive effects...

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Autores principales: Morales, Joaquin, Dereu, Andre, Manso, Alberto, de Frutos, Laura, Piñeiro, Carlos, Manzanilla, Edgar G., Wuyts, Niels
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5585944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-017-0066-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5585944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28879020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40813-017-0066-1

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