Traditionally, research on farm animal welfare has mainly been focused on welfare
problems thought to be common in intensive systems, whereas the welfare of animals kept …

Simple Summary Each alternative to traditional surgical castration has its pros and cons.
Depending on the societal context, the production system, and the target market (s), pork …

Male piglets are castrated primarily to prevent the unpleasant odours and flavours of entire
male pig meat (boar-taint). Although castration can be legally performed without analgesia …

The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of immunocastration on meat and carcass
quality compared with meat from females, entire and surgically castrated males. One …

This paper constitutes a review on the welfare aspects of piglet castration that considers the
scientific literature published after 2004. Castrating during the neonatal period (1 to 3 days …

There is a moral obligation to minimize pain in pigs used for human benefit. In livestock
production, pigs experience pain caused by management procedures, eg, castration and tail …

Castration of male livestock being reared for meat has long been practiced, to prevent
unwanted breeding, make management and handling easier, and to improve meat quality …

Abstract Background In 2010, the 'European Declaration on alternatives to surgical
castration of pigs' was agreed. The Declaration stipulates that from January 1, 2012, surgical …

AIM: To investigate whether the electroencephalographic (EEG) responses to slaughter by
ventral-neck incision without prior stunning may be perceived as painful in halothane …

Neurophysiological techniques are widely applied to animals, both in the search as a
monitor for adequacy of anaesthesia, and studies to assess the efficacy of analgesic agents …