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Vaccination of boars with a GnRH vaccine (Improvac) eliminates boar taint and increases growth performance.
Frank R. Dunshea, C Colantoni, Karyn D. Howard et al. · Journal of Animal Science · 2001 · 406 citations
5α‐androst‐16‐ene‐3‐one:—Compound responsible for taint in boar fat
R. L. S. Patterson · Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture · 1968 · 386 citations
Education, Laboratory Animal Study, Food Chemistry +17
The accumulation of skin lesions and their use as a predictor of individual aggressiveness in pigs
Simon P. Turner, Mark J. Farnworth, Ian White et al. · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2005 · 298 citations
Animal Study, Behavioral Sciences, Individual Aggressiveness +8
The effects of immuno- and surgical-castration on the behaviour and consequently growth of group-housed, male finisher pigs
G. M. Cronin, Frank R. Dunshea, Kym L. Butler et al. · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2003 · 206 citations
Animal Physiology, Animal Performance, Animal Study +3
Effects of castration, tooth resection, or tail docking on plasma metabolites and stress hormones in young pigs1
Armelle Prunier, Anne-Marie Mounier, Magali Hay · Journal of Animal Science · 2005 · 199 citations