Self-reports of Dutch dog owners on received professional advice, their opinions on castration and behavioural reasons for castrating male dogs. by Pascalle E M Roulaux, Ineke R van Herwijnen, Bonne Beerda

“…Male dogs are often castrated based on the thought that it facilitates well-behavedness. …”
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Piglets' acute responses to local anesthetic injection and surgical castration: Effects of the injection method and interval between injection and castration by Mathilde Coutant, Jens Malmkvist, Marianne Kaiser, Leslie Foldager, Leslie Foldager, Mette S. Herskin

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Acute Cold / Restraint Stress in Castrated Rats by Farideh Zafari Zangeneh, Ashraf Amirzargar, Akram Ahangarpour

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Chemical castration of small animals: Where are we? by Vitória Caroline Aires Silveira, Ana Carolina Nolasco Colla, Maria Ligia de Arruda Mestieri

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From torture to therapy: the history of human castration by A. Nacchia, C. De Nunzio, R. Lombardo, A. Tubaro

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Alternatives to Piglet Castration: From Issues to Solutions by Ulrike Weiler, Maria Font-i-Furnols, Igor Tomasevič, Michel Bonneau

“…Because castrated male pigs convert feed into meat less efficiently than entire males, they are less efficient regarding the utilization of resources [...]…”
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TRACING THE CRIMINAL POLICY ON CASTRATION AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE by Mompang L Panggabean

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TAXANES IN THE TREATMENT OF CASTRATION-RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER by T. N. Skvortsova, S. V. Mishugin, A. A. Gritskevich, I. G. Rusakov

“…Currently, the study of mechanisms of development and introduction of the most effective treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) – one of the most highlighted problems concerning facing oncologists and urologists worldwide. …”
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Bull castration by method of total scrotal ablation by Smolec Ozren, Toholj Bojan, Stevančević Milenko, Kos Josip, Spasojević Jovan

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Response to the Letter to the Editor on the surgical castration of piglets by Marien Gerritzen, PhD, BSc, Marion Kluivers-Poodt, DVM, Henny Reimert, Vincent Hindle, Bert Lambooij, Dr, PhD, DVM

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Reappraisal of glucocorticoids in castrate-resistant prostate cancer by Oliver Sartor, Christopher C Parker, Johann De Bono

“…We note that the current clinical evidence for GR mediating drug resistance or disease progression in patients with castrate-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) is very limited at best.…”
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Is gene editing an acceptable alternative to castration in pigs? by Maria Cristina Yunes, Dayane L Teixeira, Marina A G von Keyserlingk, Maria J Hötzel

“…Male piglets are commonly castrated to eliminate the risk of boar taint. Surgical castration is the commonly used procedure and is known to induce pain. …”
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Effect of Age at Castration on Beef Calf Performance by Amie Imler, Todd Thrift, Matt Hersom, Joel Yelich

“…A study in Florida was conducted to examine the issue of age at castration to determine if castration timing resulted in significant differences in growth rate and weaning weight in nursing calves. …”
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Changes in serum lipid profile of castrated dogs by M. N. A. Rocha, M. O. Lima, A. K. Kataoka

“…The present study was to evaluate possible changes in serum lipid profile of castrated dogs, weight gain, body fat percentage and IMCC, and possible correlations of these changes with the time of castration. …”
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Prostate progenitor cells proliferate in response to castration by Xudong Shi, Jerry Gipp, Michael Dries, Wade Bushman

“…In sham-castrated controls less than 4% of 4-marker cells were BrdU labeled (P < 0.01). …”
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Castration promotes the browning of the prostate tumor microenvironment by Alejandro Alvarez-Artime, Belen Garcia-Soler, Pedro Gonzalez-Menendez, Sheila Fernandez-Vega, Rafael Cernuda-Cernuda, David Hevia, Juan C. Mayo, Rosa M. Sainz

“…Given that adipose tissue is a target of androgen signaling, the actual role of androgen removal on the periprostatic adipose tissue was the aim of this work. Methods Surgical castration of the transgenic adenocarcinoma of the mouse prostate (TRAMP) was employed. …”
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Does the Method of Castration Affect Calf Performance? by Trey Warnock, Matt Hersom, Todd Thrift

“… This 4-page fact sheet discusses the purpose of castration in male calves as well as the different methods used to castrate. …”
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Characterizing Circulating Tumor Cells and Tumor-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Metastatic Castration-Naive and Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer Patients by Khrystany T. Isebia, Eshwari Dathathri, Noortje Verschoor, Afroditi Nanou, Anouk C. De Jong, Frank A. W. Coumans, Leon W. M. M. Terstappen, Jaco Kraan, John W. M. Martens, Ruchi Bansal, Martijn P. Lolkema

“…Circulating tumor cell (CTC)- and/or tumor-derived extracellular vesicle (tdEV) loads in the blood of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients are associated with worse overall survival and can be used as predictive markers of treatment response. …”
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Time to castration resistance is a novel prognostic factor of cancer-specific survival in patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer by Yuji Hakozaki, Yuta Yamada, Taketo Kawai, Masaki Nakamura, Yuta Takeshima, Takuya Iwaki, Taro Teshima, Yoshitaka Kinoshita, Yoichi Fujii, Yoshiyuki Akiyama, Yusuke Sato, Daisuke Yamada, Motofumi Suzuki, Mayu Kashiwagi-Hakozaki, Tetsuo Ushiku, Haruki Kume

“…Abstract We aimed to identify prognostic factors of cancer-specific survival (CSS) in non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (M0CRPC) patients. …”
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Experimental study of apoptosis in the prostate tissue following castration by Y Doustar, Ali Rezaie, S Atash Benab

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