Consumer response to the possible use of a vaccine method to control boar taint v. physical piglet castration with anaesthesia: A quantitative study in four European countries

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1107-1118

  Vanhonacker, F ^a   Verbeke, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

acceptance; boar taint; consumer perception; physical castration; vaccine method

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 79958858045     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111000139     Document Type: Review

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