Castration of piglets under CO2-gas anaesthesia

It has become common practice in pig fattening production systems to castrate young boar piglets without the use of anaesthesia. In this study, we examined whether or not CO2 gas is capable of inducing an acceptable anaesthetic state during which castration can be performed. The first step was to id...

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Main Authors: M.A. Gerritzen, M. Kluivers-Poodt, H.G.M. Reimert, V. Hindle, E. Lambooij
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-01-01
Series:Animal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731108002887