Immunocastration and its effects on carcass and meat traits of male pigs
To compose the experiment, 160 male Topgen pigs - 80 surgically castrated (treatment 1) and 80 immunocastrated (treatment 2) - were randomly selected from a commercial swine farm at the moment of slaughter. Surgical castration was performed when the animals were seven days of age and immunocastratio...
Main Authors: | Nayara Andreo, Ana Maria Bridi, Caio Abércio da Silva, Louise Manha Peres, Barbara de Lima Giangareli, Évelyn Rangel dos Santos, Camila Piechnicki Rogel, Jéssica Gonçalves Vero, Guilherme Agostinis Ferreira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Universidade Estadual de Londrina
2018-11-01
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Series: | Semina: Ciências Agrárias |
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Online Access: | http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/30216 |
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