Vaccination against boar taint - effect of restrictive and semi ad libitum feeding regime on production and behavior

Male piglets have been castrated for centuries to avoid contamination of their meat with boar taint, a strongly unpleasant odour that makes the meat inedible. Today boar taint can be prohib-ited by vaccination against gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) using Improvac®. The aim of this study was t...

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Autor principal: Nilsson, Lovisa
Formato: Second cycle, A2E
Lenguaje:sueco
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Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/7453/

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