Pig producer attitude towards surgical castration of piglets without anaesthesia versus alternative strategies

• Published in: Research in veterinary science Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 524 - 530
• Main Authors: Tuyttens, Frank A.M., Vanhonacker, Filiep, Verhille, Benedicte, De Brabander, Daniel, Verbeke, Wim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 01.06.2012; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Alternative strategies; Anesthesia - veterinary; Animal Welfare - economics; Animal Welfare - standards; Animals; Attitudes; Belgium; Boar taint; Castration; Cattle; Data Collection; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Hogs; Humans; Male; Orchiectomy - methods; Orchiectomy - veterinary; Pig producers; Pigs; Sex Preselection; Surgical castration; Swine; Veterinary medicine; Belgium; Pigs; Pig producers; Alternative strategies; Surgical castration; Boar taint

A group of 160 Flemish pig farmers (n=160) were surveyed about their attitude towards surgical castration with anaesthesia (SCA) and without (SCN), immunocastration (IC), sperm sexing (SS) and the production of entire males (EM). The farmers’ general preference was recorded as SCN>SS>SCA=IC>...