Production only of entire (uncastrated) males
With this approach, no surgical or pharmacological treatment is applied to pigs, and their genital tract is allowed to develop normally and remains intact until they are slaughtered. Testing and sorting the carcasses is necessary to ensure that tainted ones are not commercialized as fresh meat or in particular meat products such us as dry cured ham.
Advantages and Disadvantages compared to surgical castration without anaesthesia:
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Compared to surgical castration without anaesthesia, what do you expect the advantages and disadvantages of producing only entire (uncastrated) males to be? |
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