Michel Bonneau

TL;DR: Immunocastration, by which castration is achieved using active immunisation (anti–GnRH immunisation) is an efficient alternative to surgical castration; however, there are no licensed vaccines in the EU and the consequences, in terms of pig welfare as well as its acceptability among EU consumers, need further evaluation.

TL;DR: Results indicate that increasing age at a given body weight, via feed restriction, reduced IMF and collagen concentrations, and the rate of post mortem proteolysis, had no significant impact on pork quality assessed after 4 days of ageing, while increasing both age and weight at slaughter could alter pork texture, in spite of elevated IMF concentration.

TL;DR: Fat samples from 43,13 entire males taken from six European countries were measured for androstenone and skatole using rapid ELISA and colourimetric methods, respectively, and concentrations increased with increasing carcass weight and decreased with increasing lean meat percentage.

TL;DR: PVA particles are associated with intense uterine necrosis and extensive arterial occlusion regardless of size, and Calibrated MS, which areassociated with less uterine Necrosis, permit a segmental arterial Occlusion correlated with size.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that anti-LHRH immunization was effective in reducing the level of androstenone, a boar taint-related compound, although having a limited effect on the performance of the animals.