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Lucas,D.S.; Siqueira,E.T.F.; Haguiwara,M.M.H.; Azevedo,S.S.; Yotsuyanagi,S.E.; Silva,T.J.P.; Soto,F.R.M.. |
ABSTRACT A non-surgical sterilant (NSS) was used with the objective of assessing the zootechnical performance, carcass and meat quality, and hormone levels. 90 male piglets were selected with birthweights varying between 1.5kg to 2.0kg. The control group was constituted of 45 males castrated by the conventional surgical method, at the seventh day of age, and the treated group was constituted of 45 males castrated with NSS (active principle of zinc gluconate in the concentration of 26.2mg/mL associated to the dimethyl sulfoxide at 0.5%), with the application of the first dose on the seventh day of age and the second dose on the fourteenth day of age. The zootechnical assessments were carried out on the farm and consisted: weight gain in the periods per... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Swine; Zinc gluconate; Androstenone; Feed conversion; Carcass yield. |
Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352016000601487 |
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