Male animal sterilization: history, current practices, and potential methods for replacing castration
Sterilization and castration have been synonyms for thousands of years. Making an animal sterile meant to render them incapable of producing offspring. Castration or the physical removal of the testes was discovered to be the most simple but reliable method for managing reproduction and sexual behav...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-07-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Veterinary Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2024.1409386/full |