@article{3478, keywords = {castration, boar-taint, GnRF, vaccination}, author = {A Albrecht and E große Beilage and M Henning and T  Bekendorf and J Krieter}, title = {Growth performance and carcass characteristics of ImprovacTM-treated male pigs compared with barrows}, abstract = {The present study assessed the effects of using Improvac TM (Pfizer Animal Health, Germany) on growth performance and meat characteristics in cross-bred male pigs. In addition average daily weight gain of immunised and surgically castrated males ...}, year = {2012}, journal = {Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift}, volume = {125}, pages = {456-462}, month = {11/2012}, publisher = {Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG}, address = {Hannover}, issn = {0005-9366}, doi = {10.2376/0005-9366-125-456}, language = {English}, }