Article published the November 30, 2012
Introduction
Immunological castration of male pigs with Improvest® (Pfizer Animal Health) allows the production benefits of intact males to be exploited while eliminating the risk of producing pork with boar taint. One aspect that is likely to differ between physically- and immunologically-castrated males is behavior, particularly sexual and aggressive behavior; however, there has been little ...
Article published the November 30, 2012
Introduction
Improvest® (Pfizer Animal Health) is approved in a number of countries for immunological castration of male pigs. There is an increasing amount of research evaluating the growth performance and carcass characteristics of immunologically- compared to physically-castrated male pigs. However, there has been little if any research comparing the responses of these two genders during p ...
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