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Change in Norwegian consumer attitudes towards piglet castration: increased emphasis on animal welfare

BACKGROUND: Male piglets are surgically castrated at a young age primarily to prevent pork meat from being tainted with boar taint, an offensive taste and odor that can be present in uncastrated male pigs. The practice of surgical castration is considered to be both stressful and painful for the pig...

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Autores principales: Sødring, Marianne, Nafstad, Ola, Håseth, Torunn Thauland
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7249416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32456651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-020-00522-6