The effect of sex on growth and carcass quality in the bacon pig
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 64 (2), 169-176
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s002185960006473x
Abstract
Castration of males is a long-established practice in animal husbandry, and although the use of boars rather than hogs was advocated by Fitzherbert in 1534 the use of castrates in pig production has continued to the present day.Keywords
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