Session 17. Symposium: Alternatives to castration in pigs

Date: 24 August 2010; 14:00 - 18:00 hours
Chairperson: Oliver (ES)

Theatre Session 17

• Ban of castration: product quality matters
  Støier, S.
• Consumers’ attitudes and preferences towards pig castration: the trade-off between animal welfare and hedonism
  Gil, J.M. and Kallas, Z.
• Androstenone sensitivity of European consumers: the Spanish, French and English case
  Blanch, M., Panella-Riera, N., Chevillon, P., Gonzàlez, J., Gil, M., Gispert, M., Font I Furnols, M. and Oliver, M.A.
• Consumer’s opinion on alternatives for unanaesthetized piglet castration
  Van Beirendonck, S., Driessen, B. and Geers, R.
• Removing the taint
  Backus, G.B.C.
• Expected effects on carcass and pork quality when surgical castration is omitted: results of a meta-analysis study
  Pauly, C., Ampuero, S. and Bee, G.
• Quantitative genetic opportunities to ban castration
  Merks, J.W.M., Bergsma, R., Bloemhof, S., Roelofs-Prins, D.T. and Knol, E.F.
• Impact of the non castration of male pigs on growth performance and behaviourcomparison with barrows and gilts
  Quiniou, N., Courboulay, V., Salaün, Y. and Chevillon, P.
• Impact of single-sex and mixed-sex group housing of boars physically castrated or vaccinated against GnRF (Improvac®) on feeding duration and shoulder lesions
  Schmidt, T., Grodzycki, M., Paulick, M., Rau, F. and Von Borell, E.
• Influence of housing condition on behaviour and sexual development in male pigs
  Prunier, A., Brillouet, A., Tallet, C. and Bonneau, M.
• Alternatives to castration in pigs: an E-learning tutorial
  Blanch, M., Cook, J., Panella-Riera, N., Oliver, M.A. and Thomas, C.

Poster Session 17

• Effect of dietary chicory on boar taint
  Zammerini, D., Wood, J.D., Whittington, F.M., Nute, G.R., Hughes, S.I. and Hazzledine, M.
• Castration under analgesia or local anesthesia: impact on pain and labour demand
  Courboulay, V., Hémonic, A., Gadonna, M. and Prunier, A.
• Effect of housing system and slaughter strategy on physiological measurements, skin lesions and androstenone and skatol levels in entire male pigs
  Fabrega, E., Soler, J., Tibau, J., Hortós, M., Puigvert, X. and Dalmau, A.
• Relationship between the hepatic SUL2A1 protein expression and backfat androstenone level in pigs of three breeds
  Panella-Riera, N., Mackay, J., Chevillon, P., Oliver, M.A., Bonneau, M. and Doran, O.
• Androstenone sensitivity in Spain: differences between urban and rural consumers
  Panella-Riera, N., Blanch, M., Gonzàlez, J., Gil, M., Tibau, J., Gispert, M., Font I Furnols, M. and Oliver, M.A.
• (Missing) link between different boar taint detection methods
  Aluwé, M., Bekaert, K., Tuyttens, F., De Smet, S., De Brabander, D.L. and Millet, S.
• The effect of Meloxyvet® administration on the behaviour of piglets after castration
  Van Beirendonck, S., Driessen, B. and Geers, R.
• Welfare assessment of males and females on pig farms
  Courboulay, V., Temple, D., Dalmau, A., Fabrega, E., Velarde, A. and Chevillon, P.
• Boar taint levels and performance data in Pietrain sired crossbred males in Germany
  Frieden, L., Mörlein, D., Meier-Dinkel, L., Boeker, P. and Tholen, E.