Economical assessment of the alternatives for surgical castration: a comparison of the gross margin per pig

Frederik Leen; Alice Van den Broeke; Marijke Aluwé; Jef Van Meensel; Sam Millet

Economical assessment of the alternatives for surgical castration: a comparison of the gross margin per pig

Frederik Leen, Alice Van den Broeke, Marijke Aluwé, Jef Van Meensel, Sam Millet

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Abstract

In recent years, the pig industry has been facing very difficult economic conditions. Contemporary intensive pig production is characterized by small margins between costs and revenues. As a result, small adjustments or anomalies in management, even with slight changes in revenues and costs, can significantly affect the economic performance of the pig farm. Among many aspects of managing the fattening farm or the farrow-to-finish farm, the decision to raise entire males (EM), immunocastrates (IC) or barrows (BA), can make an important difference in the technical and economic performance of the farm.

Original language	English
Journal	Advances in Animal Biosciences
Volume	9
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	55
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 11-Nov-2018

Keywords

B410-agricultural-hydrology
pigs
castration
gross margin

PHDFREDERIK: Farm-specific decision support on optimizing the slaughter weights of pigs in a complex and changing decision context
Millet, S. (ProjectSupervisor), Van Meensel, J. (ProjectSupervisor), Leen, F. (Former PhD Student) & Lauwers, L. (Former Project Manager)
1/01/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Research

1 Organisation and participation in conference
1 Lecture and oral contribution

Economic assessment of the alternatives for surgical castration: a comparison of the gross margin per pig.
Van den Broeke, A. (Speaker)
8-Feb-2018
Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution
Annual meeting of the working groups of Cost-IPEMA
Leen, F. (Participant)
8-Feb-2018 → 9-Feb-2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation and participation in conference

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Economical assessment of the alternatives for surgical castration: a comparison of the gross margin per pig

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PHDFREDERIK: Farm-specific decision support on optimizing the slaughter weights of pigs in a complex and changing decision context

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Economic assessment of the alternatives for surgical castration: a comparison of the gross margin per pig.

Annual meeting of the working groups of Cost-IPEMA

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