Effect of information provisioning on attitude toward surgical castration of male piglets and alternative strategies for avoiding boar taint

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 327-332

  Tuyttens, Frank A M ^a   Vanhonacker, Filiep ^b   Langendries, Karolien ^a   Aluwé, Marijke ^a   Millet, Sam ^a   Bekaert, Karen ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Castration; Consumer attitudes; Entire males; Immunocastration; Pigs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BOAR TAINT; CASTRATION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; ODOR; ODOR CONTROL; PIG FARMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; ORCHIECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SUS SCROFA; YOUNG ADULT;

SUIDAE;

EID: 80052091948     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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