Exploratory survey on European consumer and Stakeholder attitudes towards alternatives for surgical castration of piglets
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Aluwé, Marijke
Heyrman, Evert
Almeida, João M.
Babol, Jakub
Battacone, Gianni
Čítek, Jaroslav
Getya, Andriy
Karolyi, Danijel
Kostyra, Eliza
Kress, Kevin
Kušec, Goran
Mörlein, Daniel
Semenova, Anastasia
Škrlep, Martin
Stoyanchev, Todor
Tomašević, Igor
Tudoreanu, Liliana
Van Son, Maren
Żakowska-Biemans, Sylwia
Zamaratskaia, Galia
Van den Broeke, Alice
Egea, Macarena
Fecha de publicación
2020-09-28ISSN
2076-2615
Resumen
Surgical castration of piglets without pain relief is still common practice in many countries. Possible alternatives for surgical castration are application of pain relief or anaesthesia or production of boars (entire males) and immunocastrates. Each of these alternatives faces advantages and disadvantages which may result in different citizen attitudes and consumers acceptability. Understanding which practice is acceptable to whom and why may further stimulate implementation. Consumer (n = 3251) and stakeholder (n = 1027) attitudes towards surgical castration without pain relief, surgical castration with anaesthesia, immunocastration, and production of boars were surveyed from April to June 2020 via an online questionnaire in 16 countries (>175 respondents per country). Surgical castration without pain relief was separated from each of the alternatives due to animal welfare and showed the lowest acceptability (32%). Within the alternatives, a further partitioning between the alternatives was based on perceived quality and food safety, with an acceptance of 85% for applying anaesthesia, 71% for immunocastration, and 49% for boar production. Differences depending on professional involvement and familiarity with agriculture could be observed, mainly for the acceptance of surgical castration without anaesthesia, immunocastration, and boars. Castration with anaesthesia was highly accepted by all types of respondents.
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Lengua
English
Materias (CDU)
663/664 - Alimentos y nutrición. Enología. Aceites. Grasas
Páginas
25
Publicado por
MDPI
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Animals
Citación
Aluwé, Marijke, Evert Heyrman, João M. Almeida, Jakub Babol, Gianni Battacone, Jaroslav Čítek, and Maria Font i Furnols et al. 2020. "Exploratory Survey On European Consumer And Stakeholder Attitudes Towards Alternatives For Surgical Castration Of Piglets". Animals 10 (10): 1758. doi:10.3390/ani10101758.
Program
Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
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