Steroid hormones, boar taint compounds, and reproductive organs in pigs according to the delay between immunocastration and slaughter

Theriogenology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-80

  Kubale, V ^a   Batorek, N ^b,c   Skrlep M ^b   Prunier, A ^c   Bonneau, M ^c   Fazarinc, G ^a   Candek Potokar M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF SLOVENIA   (Slovenia)

^c PEGASE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Histology; Immunocastration; Reproductive organs; Skatole; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROST 16 EN 3 ONE; ANDROST-16-EN-3-ONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; GONADORELIN; SEX HORMONE; SKATOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CYTOLOGY; EVALUATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCONTRACEPTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; TIME;

ABATTOIRS; ANDROSTENES; ANIMALS; CASTRATION; CONTRACEPTION, IMMUNOLOGIC; GENITALIA; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKATOLE; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; VACCINES, CONTRACEPTIVE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84870482343     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2012.09.010     Document Type: Article

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