Preventive measures like feeding, breeding and housing are effective in reducing boar taint Source: this article was published earlier in the German magazine Fleischwirtschaft. December 2016. The article has been translated for the Czech butcher magazine Maso to inform and update the Czech market and meat industry about the developments, … Continue reading
EU: castratie zonder verdoving nog steeds gebruikelijk
Pig Progress, 16 maart 2017 Minder dan een jaar voor de zichzelf opgelegde deadline, wordt in de varkenshouderij in de Europese Unie nog steeds op grote schaal gecastreerd zonder verdoving. Enkele jaren geleden heeft de Europese varkenssector vrijwillig gekozen om onverdoofde castratie te stoppen op 1 januari 2018. Tegen de … Continue reading
EU: Castration without anaesthesia still common
Pig Progress, March 16, 2017 Less than a year before its own deadline, the pig industry in the European Union is still widely castrating without anaesthesia. Several years ago, the European pig industry voluntarily opted to stop castration by 1 January 2018. Against the background of that ‘European declaration’, the … Continue reading
Many questions and great interest in non-castration in Wallonia
On February 14, 2017 a meeting of the College des Producteurs Wallonie took place in Namur, (Belgium). Most important topic in the program was a discussion about whether or not castrating pigs should come to an end. Walloon pig farmers are very interested in the subject. Some doubt the usefulness … Continue reading
France: Focus on castration increasing
The French animal welfare organisation PMAF (Protection mondiale des animaux de ferme) currently started a massive communication campaign against piglet castration. The campaign is based on posters that are posted in the Paris metro while the International Agricultural Fair is going on in Paris. It is the first time that … Continue reading
The right terminal sire can reduce tainted pig carcasses
Pig Progress.net The German artificial insemination organisation GFS is making a distinction amongst boars looking at the risk of spreading boar taint to their offspring.It is possible to finish boars with a reduced risk for boar taint, when applying a terminal sire from artificial insemination organisation GFS. Earlier this month, … Continue reading
CASTRUM study on alternative methods of anesthesia and analgesia for the castration of pigs
Against the background of the European declaration to voluntarily stopping castration by January 1, 2018, DG Santé of the European Commission has commissioned a study to examine the state of play in the various European countries. The survey was executed by the CASTRUM Consortium. The study focused in particular on … Continue reading