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Examining Alternatives to Painful Piglet Castration Within the Contexts of Markets and Stakeholders: A Comparison of Four EU Countries

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Painful castration of male piglets to avoid boar taint can potentially be replaced by three more ethical alternatives: using pain relief during and after castration, raising entire males, and administering vaccines. To ensure that pigs and pig products can be traded with the fewest b...

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Autores principales: Lin-Schilstra, Li, Ingenbleek, Paul T.M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7918531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33673383
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11020486