Growing consumer awareness about animal welfare has led to the assessment of the impact
of common farming practices, such as physical castration, on animal well-being under …

Simple Summary Surgical castration of male piglets without pain treatment and anaesthesia
is not only a welfare problem but also violates the integrity of the animals. The favoured …

Meta-analytical approach was used to quantitatively synthesize the effect of
immunocastration on growth, carcass, meat quality, reproductive organs and boar taint …

Meta-analysis was used to compare pigs immunocastrated (IC) with Improvac® versus
physically castrated (PC) or entire male (EM) pigs. Performance and carcass data as most …

Surgical castration of piglets is a routine practice in pig production used to prevent the
incidence of boar taint of pig meat, which may develop in entire male pigs as they reach …

Immunological castration of male pigs is an attractive alternative to surgical castration and
nowadays is increasingly used in many countries to reduce boar taint and improve pork …

Simple Summary Surgical castration of male pigs is associated with pain. Improvac®, a
GnRH vaccine induces an endogenous immune reaction that leads transiently to a decrease …

This study compared carcass and meat quality traits between 16 vaccinated (VF), 19
castrated (CF) and 8 entire (EF) female Iberian pigs, and between 21 vaccinated (VM) and …

Castration is frequently used to reduce aggressive behavior and improve the meat quality of
animals. Traditionally, surgical and mechanical castration are used to sterilize the animals …

The producer of vaccine against GnRH recommends that immunocastrated pigs are to be
slaughtered within 4 to 6 weeks after the second vaccination (V2). The objective of the study …