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Castration methods do not affect weight gain and have diverse impacts on the welfare of water buffalo males
(2011-09-01)
Castration is used to improve the management of water buffalo beef males raised under extensive conditions. However, as buffalo are considered robust animals, their welfare is often neglected, which, among other implications, ...
Performance, carcass and meat quality of pigs submitted to immunocastration and different feeding programs
(2020-08-01)
The feed restriction of pigs aims to improve the nutrient utilization of the diet, reduce carcass fat and increase lean meat. Immunocastration is a painless, reversible technique that improves animal welfare, decreases ...
Long-term weight gain and economic impact in pigs castrated under local anaesthesia
(2016-12-01)
Castration is a controversial practice in swine production because in some countries is still performed without anaesthesia, and therefore causes intense suffering and stress to animals. This study investigated the effect ...
A comparison of immunological, chemical and surgical castration of Nelore bulls
(2021-07-15)
The objective was to compare effects of immunological, chemical and surgical castrations on testicular characteristics, scrotal surface temperatures, sperm quality, and serum testosterone concentrations in Bos indicus ...
Surgical and chemical castration induce differential histological response in prostate lobes of Mongolian gerbil
(Elsevier B.V., 2007-01-01)
The present study describes the short-term alterations in the prostate ventral and dorsal lobe of the adult Mongolian gerbil, in response to two different androgen suppression approaches. Groups (n = 6) of 16-week-old ...
Terminação de bovinos aos 18 meses com diferentes condições sexuais suplementados em pastagem de aruana
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBRZootecniaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia, 2016-02-22)
This study aimed to evaluate performance, behavior as well as meat and carcass characteristics of beef cattle with different sexual conditions, finished at 18 months, raised on Aruana (Panicum maximum Jacq cv. Aruana) ...
Uso da imunocastração como alternativa à castração cirúrgica na produção de novilhos para abate
(Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBRZootecniaUFSMPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Zootecnia, 2015-02-25)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the use of immunological castration as an alternative to surgical castration in the production of beef cattle. In the research were used 48 Aberdeen Angus male bovines, monitored ...
Effectiveness of a New Recombinant antiGnRH Vaccine for Immunocastration in Bulls
(MDPI, 2021)
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Avances en el tratamiento de cáncer de próstata resistente a la castración: énfasis en nuevas terapias hormonales
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2015)
Prostate cancer represents the second cancer-related cause of death in North American and Chilean men. The main treatment for incurable stages of disease is surgical or pharmacological castration. However, with time and ...