Pig producer attitude towards surgical castration of piglets without anaesthesia versus alternative strategies

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 524-530

  Tuyttens, Frank A M ^a   Vanhonacker, Filiep ^b   Verhille, Benedicte ^a   De Brabander, Daniel ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^b  

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

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alternative strategies; Boar taint; Pig producers; Pigs; Surgical castration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CASTRATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HERD; HERD SIZE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCASTRATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PIGLET; PRODUCTION OF ENTIRE MALE; PROFIT; SELF REPORT; SPERM SEXING; SWINE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BELGIUM; DATA COLLECTION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SEX PRESELECTION; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84859103436     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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