The effects of immuno- and surgical-castration on the behaviour and consequently growth of group-housed, male finisher pigs

By G. Cronin, F. Dunshea, K. Butler, I. McCauley, J. L. Barnett, P. Hemsworth. 2003

217 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals

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1. M. Mendl
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1. M. Mendl
2. S. Turner
3. L. Rydhmer
4. F. Wemelsfelder
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Citations in the corpus

• Aggressive and sexual behaviour of growing and finishing pigs reared in groups, without castration (2006, background): “Entire males are more likely than castrates to show aggressive behaviour (Cronin et al, 2003 ).”
• The accumulation of skin lesions and their use as a predictor of individual aggressiveness in pigs (2006, background): “, 2000) and a considerable sexual dymorphism in aggression occurs around the time of puberty, characterised by an increase in aggression in intact males (Cronin et al., 2003).”