Essays about: "vaccination against GnRH"

Found 5 essays containing the words vaccination against GnRH.

  1. 1. Immunokastrering av gris genom vaccination mot gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Bodil Elwing; [2014]
    Keywords : immunokastrering; gris; GnRH-vaccin; galtlukt; kastrering; gonadotropinfrisättande hormon; immunocastration; pig; GnRH-vaccine; boar taint; gonadotropin-releasing hormone;

    Abstract : Immunisering mot gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) har visat sig vara effektivt mot att hämma galtlukt på griskött och oönskat aggressivt beteende bland hangrisar. I ett samhälle där vi sätter allt högre krav på våra produktionsdjurs välfärd är efterfrågan på metoder som inte innebär smärta eller lidande för djuren stor. READ MORE

  3. 2. Vaccination against boar taint - effect of restrictive and semi ad libitum feeding regime on production and behavior

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Lovisa Nilsson; [2014]
    Keywords : vaccination against GnRH; boar taint; feeding regime; behavior; skin lesions; male pig; performance; carcass quality;

    Abstract : Male piglets have been castrated for centuries to avoid contamination of their meat with boar taint, a strongly unpleasant odour that makes the meat inedible. Today boar taint can be prohib-ited by vaccination against gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) using Improvac®. READ MORE

  4. 3. Immunokastrering av gris : för- och nackdelar ur produktionssynpunkt

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Pernilla Rosberg; [2012]
    Keywords : immunokastrering; kastrering; Improvac; gris; galtlukt; kötthalt; androstenon;

    Abstract : Kastrering av smågris för att motverka galtlukt görs idag i Sverige under grisens första levnadsvecka utan bedövning. EU kommissionen har lagt fram ett förslag på att från och med 2012 ska all kastrering av grisar ske med bedövning, och kirurgisk kastrering ska upphöra från 2018 under förutsättning att vissa praktiska problem har lösts tills dess. READ MORE

  5. 4. Immunisering för att minska ornelukt

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Anna Strömberg Jansson; [2010]
    Keywords : ornelukt; androstenone; immunisering; gris;

    Abstract : Hundreds of thousands of piglets are castrated without anesthesia in Sweden every year so that we may be guaranteed meat without boar odor. The smell appears while cooking meat of boar and is described as urine- and sweat-like. High levels of androstenone and skatole are considered the main factors behind boar odor. READ MORE

  6. 5. Immunokastrering av hangrisar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Johanna Öijer; [2006]
    Keywords : kastrering; hangrisar; beteende; skatol; griskött;

    Abstract : Active immunization against gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is an alternative to surgical castration of male pigs to avoid boar taint. The aim of this study, including 128 pigs, was to evaluate the effect of a GnRH-vaccine Improvac® on performance and on social and sexual behaviour. READ MORE