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SUBMITTER: Perez-Ciria L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7919812 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pérez-Ciria Leticia L Carcò Giuseppe G Miana-Mena Francisco Javier FJ Mitjana Olga O Falceto María Victoria MV Latorre Maria Angeles MA
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20210216 2
Increasing fatness and avoiding puberty are desirable in gilts intended for high-quality dry-cured ham production. A total of 48 Duroc x (Landrace x Large White) females of 26.5 ± 3.70 kg body weight (BW) were used to evaluate the impact of immunocastration and to find the optimum application time of the second dose for immunocastration on growth; sex hormones; reproductive tract development; and carcass, meat, and fat quality. Gilts were allocated to four experimental treatments (<i>n</i> = 12) ...[more]