Early immunocastration of male pigs with Improvac ® - Effect on boar taint, hormones and reproductive organs

Vaccine

Volumn 29, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 9514-9520

  Brunius, Carl ^a   Zamaratskaia, Galia ^a   Andersson, Kristina ^a   Chen, Gang ^b   Norrby, Mattias ^a   Madej, Andrzej ^a   Lundström, Kerstin ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Androstenone; IGF 1; Oestradiol; Skatole; Testosterone; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; IMPROVAC; SKATOLE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TESTIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ESTRADIOL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; ODORS; ORCHIECTOMY; ORGAN SIZE; SKATOLE; SWINE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; VACCINES;

EID: 81955161871     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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